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metropolitan Mechanics Institute.

Metropolitan Mechanics Institute.
The following is the monthly report of
the Board of Management of the Metropoll-
tan Mechanics Institute, submitted last
evening at their monthly meeting held in
the lecture room of the Smithsonian 1nstitu-
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.
Since their last report the Board has held
two meetings, one special meeting on the
5tl of December, and the other the regu-
Lar monthly meeting held on the 11th inst.
The special meeting was called for the
purpose of appointing committee to draw
UP Charter of Incorporation for the 1nsti-
,ute, and to take measures to secure its pas
,age through Congress. Messrs. Stansbury,
AIaury and French were appointed the COM
.aittee, and have drawn up memorial and
charter copies of which are hereunte ap-
Tended.
At the stated meeting of the Board, held
Inst evening, seventeen members were pre-
lent. 1t is q matter Of regret that the at
tendance at these important meetings is not
1uore full. The Board is authorized by Sec.
I'd of Art. It'll 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
lated to resort to such measure in the
hope that an appeal to the members in this
i3rm would be sufficient. 1t is obviously
the duty of one who accepts an Office, to
lerform its duties or to resign, and the
Eoard cannot but express the hope that
those who find themselves constantly 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-
fury shows that the correspondence of the
Institute is steadily increasing. 1t relates
ut the present time chiefly to the business
OF the exhibition.
A letter of thanks has been addressed to
J. Chickering esq, President Of the Massa-
clusetts Charitable Mechanics Association,
in reply to his courteous letter of congratu-
l;.tion read to the Institute at it's last stated
meeting.
A letter Of similar character has been ad-
dressed to Messrs. Smith s. Perkins of
Alexandria in acknowledgment Of their lib
eral offer os an engine for the use of tbs
Institute
A large number O. 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 exhl-
hilton are progressing with becoming en-
ergy.
A memorial has been addressed to the
City Councils praying their aid in carrying
.ut 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
1916. The Board of Aldermen has not yet
acted finally upon them.
A plan for the arrangement of the exhi-
hilton hall has been submitted and provis-
ionally adopted.
Numerous 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
dav, be handed over to the Exhibition Com