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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871
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112 THURSDAY, A P R I L 20, 1871. The board met at 3 o'clock, P . M., agreeable to adjournment, in the Regent's office. The calling of the roll resulted as follows : Present—Messrs. Blackburn, Bowen, Brown of Pulaski, Cobb, Cunningham, Edwards, G-alusha, Goltra, Griggs, Lawrence, Pearson, Pickrell, Pullen, Pickard, Scroggs, Slade, Scott, VanOsdel, Wright and the Kegent—20. Absent—Messrs. Anderson, Bateman, Brayman, Brown of Sangamon, Greenleaf, Harrington, Hays, Johnson, Mahan, McMurray, Wagner and the Governor—12. Hon. C. E. Griggs invited the members of the Board to be his guests at the Griggs' House. The invitation was accepted; and, on motion, the Board took a recess until 7 o'clock, P . M. E V E N I N G SESSION. The Board assembled at 7:30, P . M. Scriptures were read by the Regent, and prayer offered by Judge L. W. Lawrence. The oath of office was administered to the newly appointed members of the Board, Judge J. O. Cunningham and Mr. Bowen, by Judge Lawrence. Judge Lawrence offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That Judge J. 0, Cunningham be lequested and instructed to examine the question of the liability of the property in the hands of this Board, in trust, for taxes, which are understood to have been levied, and take such action in the premises as to him may seem necessary. On motion of Mr. Goltra, the Board proceeded to consider the question of the location of the University building to be erected. To bring the question directly before the Board, Judge Brown offered the following: Resolved, That the new University building, to be erocted with the proceeds of the appropriation recently made by the Legislature, shall be built upon the crest of the ridge on which the gardener's house now stands, being that part of the University lands lying immediately south of Green street.
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