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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1872
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158 Goltra for the purpose, had gone there last month and his report was submitted, and read to the committee, reporting the land as very desirable, country rapidly settling, and giving estimated price of every section of the 2,300 acres located there. The report was accepted,.and the bill of $111 60 for expenses and services for Mr. W. M. Beatty allowed, and ordered to be paid. On motion of Judge J. O. Cunningham, it was— Resolved, That the Regent be requested to advertise the Nebraska and Minnesota lands for sale upon the following terms, to-wit: One-fifth cash, and the residue upon terms to suit the purchaser, the deferred payments to bear interest at ten per cent.; that upon a sale being made the Eegent execute to the purchaser a contract for a deed upon a compliance with the terms of sale, which contract shall require the purchaser to pay all taxes. The Eegent then made an oral report, stating, that responding to repeated calls, he had visited Washington, D. 0., in order to aid delegates from several agricultural colleges in obtaining a proposed appropriation of public lands for same, and reported the prospects favorable. Committee adjourned, to meet to-morrow at 8 o'clock A* M. SECOND DAY'S SESSION. Committee met at 8 A. M. The chairman read the report of Book-keeper and statement of expenditures and collections to date, which was accepted. The bills presented for payment were then audited &nd allowed. The reports and accounts of the Mechanical and Horticultural Department, and carpenter shops, were read and approved. Certificates were granted, on recommendation of the Faculty, to the following graduates of 1872 : JOHN J. DAVIS, of Freeport. WILLIS A. REISS, Belleville. ALONZO L. WHITCOMB, Urbana. ALFRED M. FLAGG, Rochelle. STEPHEN A. REYNOLDS, Belvidere. JAMES N. MATTHEWS, Mason. CHARLES W. ROLPE, Montgomery. The Eegent was authorized to draw a warrant for the amount which Mr. Van Osdel shall certify due to Mr. E. Gefchlman for the work due on new building during the past month. Mr. M. C. Goltra reported, as a committee on employing Mr. Wardell as Superintendent at new University building, that the gentleman named had been prevented by a previous engagement from entering upon his duties, which were temporarily discharged by Mr. Stedman, of
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