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1905J PEOOEEDINGS OF THE BOAKD OF TKUSTEES. l 79 We requested Mr. Lindgren to have Mr. Haugan at the University at the time of the Trustees' meeting, and Mr. Lindgren said he thought this could be arranged. In conclusion, we will state that your committee is of the opinion that the funds of the University would be in safe hands if entrusted to Mr. H. A. Haugan, and we recommend that he be elected to the office of Treasurer of the University of Illinois, subject to his furnishing a satisfactory bond. Respectfully submitted, ALEXANDER MCLEAN, W. L. ABBOTT. T h e report of the committee was adopted. I t was voted that the Committee on Finance, together with M r . McKinley, should meet M r . H a u g a n and confer with him with regard to his election. After a brief conference the committee returned with Mr. H a u g a n and reported that satisfactory arrangements with regard to details had been made with M r . H a u g a n , w h o was, therepuon, on motion of M r s . Alexander, unanimously elected T r e a s u r e r for the unexpired term ending March, 1907. T h e following resolutions were adopted: AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REQUISITIONS. Resolved, That the President and Secretary be directed to draw upon the Auditor of Public Accounts such requisitions as the law requires, in order that he may issue to the Treasurer of the University his warrants upon tKe said Treasurer for the sums of money appropriated by the Legislature to ^he University of Illinois or to any of its departments. AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE MONEYS. Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, of the University of Illinois is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for all moneys and to endorse all orders, drafts and checks due and payable to the said Board of Trustees, or to the said University of Illinois, and especially all drafts drawn by the Treasurer of the United States, payable to the said Board of Trustees or to the said University of Illinois, on account of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the said University. E L E C T I O N OF A R C H I T E C T . T h e election of an architect for the auditorium which had been postponed to this time from the meeting of J u n e 2nd was brought u p and M r . Clarence H . Blackall was elected architect and the Committee on Buildings and Grounds was instructed to make definite a r r a n g e ments with him for his services and to report to the Board. M r . Bayliss offered the following: resolution which was adopted: Resolved, That the commission to recommend to the Board of Trustees the plan for and a proposed site for a new auditorium be advised that in the opinion of the Board of Trustees it is desirable that the seating capacity of the said auditorium be as great as possible, consistent with suitable architectural effect and approximately perfect accoustics. RESIGNATION O F PROFESSOR SHATTUCK. President James presented the resignation of Professor Samuel W . Shattuck as head of the department of mathematics, and the resignation was accepted.
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