Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1868 [PAGE 29]

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2. That this resolution shall be entered upon said book as a part of the proceedings of this meeting. 3. That until a system of by-laws shall be adopted by the board of trustees, the rules and proceedings usually adopted by deliberative bodies, shall be and are hereby adopted for the government of this board. 4. That all resolutions when offered shall be reduced to writing, and sent to the desk of the recording secretary to be read, before action shall be taken upon such resolutions by the board.

Which were unanimously adopted. The following was offered by Mr. FLAGG :

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to have immediately printed for the use of this board two hundred copies of all the acts of Congress and of our State Legislature, relating to the Industrial University of this State.

Which was adopted, and the recording secretary ordered to furnish the Secretary of State with a certified copy thereof. Mr. FLAGG offered the following :

Resolved, That the recording secretary pro tern., be empowered to procure such blanks, rolls, etc., as may be necessary, for the use of the board.

Adopted. Mr. BURROUGHS offered the following:

Resolved, That we now proceed to an informal ballot for Regent of the Industrial University;

Which was, on motion, adopted; but as several gentlemen desired to submit to the board certain statements touching the merits of their respective candidates, the vote by which it was passed was reconsidered and a motion to re-pass it was tabled. Messrs. DUNXAP, QUICK, BURROUGHS and BATEMAST, severally spoke at length on the merits of the various candidates put in nomination. Mr. DUNLAP offered the following; which was laid on the table: Resolved, That any member of the General Assembly is competent to hold the office of Regent. Mr. BLACKBURN offered the following : Resolved, That a majority of the votes of all the members appointed as trustees, and of the members, ex officio, be required to elect any of the officers to be chosen by this board. Adopted. Mr. QUICK called up the resolution of Mr. BURPWOUGHS, which lay on the table, to proceed to an informal ballot for Regent. Which was agreed to. —3