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UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S . AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

[March 9

Bylaw the management of the Agricultural Experiment Station is vested' in the Trustees of the University. That the two institutions are placed under one management signifies the legislative intent that they shall supplement each other and that their work shall be related^ The Station work should be aided, whenever practicable, by the professors in the University and in return, should afford material for their scientific courses. The accounts of the Station should be kept separately and the funds of each institution should be used for its work, but with a view to promoting the effectiveness of the other so far as is not inconsistent with its own interests. To secure results in theadministration of the affairs of the Station it must have an organization of itsown, with executive authority and centralized accountability; but to secure cooperative effort and that unity of spirit which is important among all the different interests under the management of the Trustees of the University, that organization must be subordinate to the general administrative officers of the University.. It is ot: the highest moment that the work of the Station, shall be of a practical character and bear directly upon the agricultural interests of Illinois and hence that the management of the Station shall have the advice, regularly and continuously given, of persons who may be safely assumed to represent those interests with intelligence and foresight. To attain* these ends the following regulations are adopted for the administration of theStation. 1. The Dean of the College of Agriculture shall be, ex-officio. Director ofT the Agricultural Experiment Station. 2. The Director of the Station shall have the custody of all propertyappertaining to the Station; shall be responsible for its proper care, and shall' see that all buildings, lands, roads, implements, animals, etc., are maintained in a thrifty and attractive condition; shall have supervision of the officers and employes of the Station, laying out their work so that it will be of interest and consequence to the farmers of the State, and shall see that that work is^ prosecuted with capability and assiduity and reported in timely bulletins; and. shall employ, such authorized assistants and laborers as may be necessary,,, require faithful service, and discharge them at his discretion. In a word, he shall be the administrative head of the Station, vested with complete executive authority, and charged with responsibility for carrying out the action of the Board of Trustees and attaining the purpose for which the Station wasestablished, in the largest measure practicable. 3. The Board of Trustees will appoint all officers of the Station and fix; their compensation, and will from time to time grant appropriations for paying other employes and laborers and meeting all the other expenses of theStation, but such employes and laborers shall be appointed by the Director. For any act, however, incurring financial liability, or continuing the same,, the Director must find his authority in the action of the Board of Trustees. 4. The Director shall make formal, written reports to the President of the University on the first day of each month. These reports shall keep the President advised in a general way, of:—(a) changes in employes; (b) the operations upon the farm, so far as crops and their disposition are concerned;; (c) the accession of animals and the death or diposition of any; (d) the results of the dairy operations; (e) the work of the horticulturists, (f) the character of experiments undertaken, and the progress thereof; (g) the progress of the work upon bulletins, and the publication of the same; (h) any other matters of interest appertaining to the Station. In the absence of specific directions from the Board of Trustees the Director shall advise with the President touching any unusual matter, and shall follow any directions which; that officer may think necessary to give. And, prior to each meeting ot. the Board of Trustees, he shall deliver to the President, for transmission to the Board of Trustees, any information or recommendations which he may think, well to offer that body. 5. All Station accounts shall be kept by the Business Manager of the University, and all business transactions shall be subject to the rules of the Board of Trustees concerning general University business.