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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S T H E BOARD OF EXAMINERS

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(Established under Section 2 of the Act) 10. The Board of Examiners for the examination of candidates for the certificate of Certified Public Accountant shall consist, according to law, of three members. (The qualifications of the members of the Board are stated in Section 2 of the Act.) 11. The members of this Board of Examiners shall be nominated by the President of the University and approved by the Board of Trustees. 12. Vacancies on the Board, due to any cause, shall be filled for the remainder of the term of office, at the first meeting of the Board of Trustees after the occurrence of such vacancy. Appointments to expiring terms shall also be on nomination of the President for approval by the Board of Trustees. 13. The term of office of these examiners shall be three years, except for the members first appointed. Of these, one shall be appointed for three years, one for two years, and the third for one year. At the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University in June, the place of the retiring members shall be filled by action of the Board of Trustees. 14. Each member of the Board of Examiners appointed under Section 2 of the Act who shall be engaged in the duty of conducting examinations at the time and place appointed by the University authorities, as provided herein, shall send to the University Committee in charge a statement of the time actually spent in the discharge of his duties as a member of this Board in conducting said examinations, together with a statement of actual traveling expenses incurred in performing said duty. This statement shall be certified by the Committee on Accountancy. Each member of the Board shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of $25 a day for such services.

SPECIAL BOARD OF FIVE EXAMINERS

(Established under Section 4, paragraph b, of the Act) 15. T h e Board of Trustees on recommendation of the President of the University, and with the approval of the Director of the Department of Registration and Education, shall appoint to the Special Board of Five Examiners members who possess the qualifications stated in Section 4, paragraph b, of the Act. 16. The term of office of the members of the Special Board of Five E x aminers shall be ten (10) years. When a vacancy occurs on the membership of this Board the successor appointed shall possess the same qualifications as the member whom he succeeds. Such appointments to fill vacancies on this Board shall be made in the same manner as the original appointments are made. 17. Each member of the Special Board of Five Examiners who shall be engaged in conducting examinations as provided in Section 4, paragraph b, of the Act shall send to the University Committee a statement of the time actually spent in the discharge of his duties as a member of this Board in conducting said examinations, together with a statement of actual travel expenses incurred in performing said duty. These statements shall be certified by the Committee on Accountancy for payment. Each member of the Board shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of $25 a day for such services.

APPLICATIONS AND F E E S

18. Applicants for the C.P.A. certificate under the Act shall file their applications with the Committee on Accountancy at Urbana, Illinois, together with the necessary proofs to establish their eligibility. The proper fee must accompany the application. 19. Five dollars of the fee prescribed by the law shall be retained in the case of applicants who are duly admitted to the written examinations, under Section 2 of the Act, but notify the University Committee before the examinations that they are unable to be present thereat, and are not present. T h e fee shall not be returned to an applicant who has been duly admitted lo the written examinations under Section 2 of the Act and presents himself thereat, but withdraws after the opening of the first examination. 20. The fee may be returned at the discretion of the University Committee to an applicant for admission to the written examinations, under Section 2 of the Act, if he is not admitted by the Committee.