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TENURE 0E OFFICE BY TRUSTEES.

Mr. CUNNINGHAM offered the following:

Resolved, That the Recording Secretary be instructed to prepare nine ballots marked two years, nine ballots marked/<mr years, and ten ballots marked six years t that the Recording Secretary call the roll of members, and that as the names are called, the President draw a ballot, and that the ballot so drawn shall designate the term of service of such member on this Board.

To which Mr. HAYES offered the following amendment:

" Strike out * t e n ' and insert nine; and insert after ' six years,' * and one ballo; blank.' Add at the close, * the Recording Secretary shall prepare three ballots-—one marked two years, one four years, and one six years, and the President shall draw one of them to designate the term of office of the member who shall have drawn the blank ballot."

The amendment was accepted by Mr. CUNNINGHAM, and the resolution, as amended, adopted. Whereupon the Recording Secretary prepared the ballots; which were drawn in the manner prescribed, with the following result:

Allen Burchard Burroughs.... Blackburn... Brown Brayman Cobb Cunningham Douglass Dunlap Edwards Flagg Galusha Goltra 4 years. 4 " 6 (i 2 " 2 " 6 " 6 " 4 " 4 " 0 " .2 " , . .4 " 4 " .6 " Hammond Harding. Hayes Hungate Johnson.., Lawrence Mahan McMurray Pullen Pickrell Quick. Scroggs Topping. Van Osdel 2 6 ...6 6 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 6 2 6 years. " " " " " ". " " «• " " " "

Mr. Dunlap subsequently drew a two years ballot.

On motion, the Board took a recess till 7i P. M.

EVENING SESSION.

Board met pursuant to adjournment, the Governor in the chair,

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Mr. BLACKBURN, from the committee to whom was referred the question of the Kegent's salary, submitted the' following repot: