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1902.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 29 departments and institutions was referred to a special committee consisting of Messrs. Smith, Bullard and McLean, with President Draper. 3. The recommendations with regard to the violations of the license law in the city of Champaign were referred to the special committee appointed at the last meeting of the Board to consider this subject. The committee made the following report, which was adopted: URBANA, December, 9, 1902. To the Board of Trustees: Your committee appointed to consider certain phases of lawlessness in the city of Champaign begs leave to recommend that it be instructed to send an address to the city council of Champaign following in it the lines of President Draper's communication. Eespectfully submitted, ALFRED BAYLISS, S. A. BULLARD, F. L. HATCH, Committee, 5. Appropriations were made for the College of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station, as recommended. Mr. Smith reported in regard to the Schmitz case against Kelly & O'Brien (see meeting of October 25, page 146) that, in order to protect the interests of the University, he had entered an appearance in the case. He also reported with regard to the injunction against the street railway (meeting of March 11, 1902, page 53) that evidence would be taken in behalf of the plaintiff this month and evidence in behalf of the defense in the month of January. The Committee on Buildings and Grounds, together with President Draper, was requested to investigate carefully the street railway problem so far as it concerns the University, with a view to protecting University interests and lessening, so far as practicable, the traffic through University grounds, and to report to the Board. The Board adjourned to 2 o'clock p. m. A F T E R N O O N SESSION, DECEMBER 9, 1902. When the Board met pursuant to adjournment the same members were present as in the morning. Mr. Smith offered the following resolution and moved its adoption. Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, while it does not recommend to the Board of Pardons to give Mr. Chas. W. Spalding the benefit of the parole law, yet does not oppose such action. A motion to lay the resolution on the table prevailed by the following vote: Yeas—Messrs. Bayliss, McLean, Bullard, McKay and Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Carriel and Mrs. Abbott. Nays—Messrs. Smith, Hatch and Nightingale.
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