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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1868
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21 in said building and supply it with the necessary furniture for said meeting of ths Board." Adopted. Mr. BURCHARD moved that a committee of three be appointed to prepare by-laws, and to report at the next meeting in M a y ; which was agreed to. The Chair appointed Messrs. Mahan, Allen and Brown, as such committee. Mr. CUNNINGHAM offered the following, as suggested by the report of the committee: Order of Business. Resolved, That a committee of five, of which the Regent shall be chairman, be appointed by the chair, to prepare and report a course of study for the University, to the adjourned meeting of this Board to be held in May next, and also to suggest a faculty. Carried. Mr. BURROUGHS moved that the chair appoint a committee of five, to be styled the " Finance Committee," to serve for one year; which was adopted. The Chair appointed as such committee Messrs. Cobb, Van Osdel, Cunningham, Galusha and Harding. Mr. DUNLAP moved to defer the election of the other officers of the Board until its next meeting. Mr. BATEMAN opposed the motion. Mr. BURROUGHS called for a division of the question, so as to vote first on the postponement of the election of Treasurer; which was carried; and the question being, "Shall the election of a Treasurer for the University be postponed till the next meeting ?" it was decided in the negative; when the second division of the question—"Shall the election of Corresponding and Eecording Secretaries be postponed till next meeting?" was put and also negatived. Mr. BURROUGHS moved to postpone the election of Treasurer till half-past nine to-morrow. Lost. Mr. MCCONKELL moved to proceed to the election of Treasurer now. Mr. QUICK moved to amend, by inserting "ten o'clock to-morrow ;" which was agreed to, and the motion put and carried
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