Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-01-15

| o'onlnS a. tAoir uohtniy meeting neId In
the lecture room of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton:
FOURTH REPORT OF THE BOARD OF
MANAGEMENT RENDERED Jan. IA, 1853.
The Board of Management respectfully
submit their monthly report for the consid-
Grafton of the Institute
two meetings, one special meeting on the
10th of December, and the other the regu-
lar monthly meeting held on the 18th inst
The special meeting was called for the
purpose of appointing committee to draw
| up Charter of Incorporation for the Insti-
tute, and to take measures to secure its pas
sage through Congress. Messrs Stansbury,
Maury and French were appointed the COM
mittee, and have drawn up memorial and
charter copies of which are hereunte ap-
pended
| At the stated meeting of the Board, held
| last evening, seventeen members were pre-
sent 1t is a matter of regret that the at
tendance at these important meetings is not
more full. The Board is authorized by Sec.
Sd of Art. 9TH OF the Constitution ''to de-
clare the seat of any of their members va
cant after an absence from the Board for
three consecutive meetings." but it has hest
tated to resort to such a measure in the
hope that an appeal to the members in this
form would be sufficient 1t is obviously
the duty Of one who accepts an Office, to
perform its duties or to resign, and the
Board cannot but express the hope that
| those who find themselves cons family unable
from any cause to attend to their duties,
will give way to others who have more lei
sure or disposition to perform them.
The report of the Corresponding Secre
tary shows that the correspondence of the
Institute is steadily increasing. 1t relates
at the present time chiefly to the business
of the exhibition.
A letter of thanks has been addressed to
J. Chickering esq, President Of the Masea
chusetts Charitable Mechanics Association,
III reply to his courteous letter of congratu
lation read to the Institute at it's last stated
meeting.
A letter of similar character has been adj
dressed to Messrs. Smith & Perkins of
Alexandria in acknowledgment of their lib
eral offer of an engine for the use of tbs
Institute.
a large number of applications have been
received from proposed contributors to the
approaching Exhibition. Many of these
are from distant parts of the country.
The report Of the Exhibition Committee
shows that the arrangements for the exhi-
bition are progressing with becoming en-
ergy.
A memorial has been addressed to the
City Councils praying their aid in carrying
out the proposed exhibition. The Board Of
Common Council has adopted resolutions
similar to those which were adopted in en-
enlargement of the Fair held in this city in
1886 The Board of Aldermen has not yet
acted finally upon them.
A plan for the arrangement of the exhi-
bition hall has been submitted and provis-
ionally adopted.
Numer Jus applications have been received
for the various posts Of doorkeeper, ticket
vendors, policeman, &C., which have been
referred to the Exhibition Committee for it's
action.
The Commissioner of Public Buildings has
given the necessary orders for the lighting
of the hall with gas, and it will, at an early
day, be handed over to the Exhibition Com
mittee to receive the necessary fixtures for
the exhibition. The arrangements for these
fixtures have been entrusted to the Commit
tee on the Machinery Building-Messrs.
Bryan, Mohun, Wood, Entwisle, and TAFT.
, The Exhibition Committee have unani-
monsly elected Mr.. Stansbury, the General
Superintendent of the Exhibition, and Mr..
Rider the superintendent of the machinery.
The superintendent has been authorize to
employ suitable person to visit the north
ern cities and attend to the interests Of the