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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1869
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52 We would recommend that the Legislature of the State be asked to make an appropriation of eleven thousand dollars a year, for two years, for the above purpose. B. PULLEJST, S. EDWARDS, O. B. GALUSHA, M. D. DUNLAP, W. C. FLAGG. Dr. "W". Kile, of Paris, Edgar county, having been appointed by the Governor to the place made vacant by the death of Mr. Geo. Harding, appeared in his seat, and the usual oath was administered to him by Judge Cunningham. The treasurer, J. W. Bunn, read statement of sale of scrip, and the manner in which the funds have been invested. Referred to committee on Finance. On motion of Mr. Burchard, the account of balance left in the hands of the Regent was referred to the auditing committee, and he further moved that all of the accounts be referred to the same committee. The following resolution was then offered: Resolved, That the committee on Library be instructed to obtain a policy or policies of insurance on the library, instruments, apparatus in the University building, and on all farming implements, and on the buildings in which said implements are housed or stored—to be insured at the full value, or as near thereto as practicable ; and the amount sufficient to pay such premiums as may be required is hereby appropriated, and the Regent is instructed to draw a warrant for the same. Carried. Mr. Edwards presented the following resolution : Resolved, That we recognize it as a duty of the Board of Trustee to make this University pre-eminently a practical school of Agriculture and the Mechanic arts. After discussion, Mr. Cunningham moved to amend, by adding after " a r t s " t h e following words, "not excluding other scientifical and classical studies." Pending the discussion which followed, the Regent announced that the students were assembled in the Chapel, and a recess was taken to enable the Trustees to inspect them. Upon re-assembling, after further discussion, the yeas and nays being called, it was passed as amended by the following vote : Yeas—Allen, Blackburn, Brown of Chicago, Brown of Pulaski,
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