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SEPTEMBER 9, 1874. The Board assembled as per adjournment. The following report was accepted:

The committee instructed to secure an instructor in Agricultural Chemistry, and also to engage an instructor in Chemistry, to succeed Prof. Stuart, beg leave to report that they have engaged Mr. H. A. Weber for Instructor in Chemistry, at $1,200 per annum, and Mr. Chas. W. Silver as Instructor in Agricultural Chemistry, at $1,000 per annum. E. COBB, D. GARDNER, Committee.

The Business Agent's report was resumed. Mr. Blackburn's resolution was adopted, as follows :

Resolved, That without relieving the Professor of Mechanical Engineering from any of the responsibilities of his department, we authorize him to employ necessary aid in the Mechanical Laboratory from the advanced students, at a compensation not exceeding 35 cents per hour for time employed, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee.

On motion of Mr. Sabin, a sidewalk was ordered to be put down in front of new University building, from north gate to the main entrance, to be made of two-inch plank, and four feet wide ; also a sidewalk in front of the old Mechanical building, and the other sidewalks and fences to be repaired. A communication from Mrs. Chase, in regard to moving a certain fence on lot 1, block 11, in Urbana, was referred to Mr. Gardner and the Business Agent, with power to act. The request of the Chemical Department, for more working tables, to cost $240, was referred to the Executive Committee. Prof. Burrill's report of the Horticultural Department was read. A credit of $100 per annum for the use of the house occupied by the Head Farmer, was allowed to the Horticultural Department; also a credit of $72 42 for trees planted on the grounds about the new University building, the former to be charged to the Agricultural Department, the latter to Buildings and Grounds. A request from Prof. Burrill, asking for an appropriation of $15 to furnish the room set apart for microscopical work, with an earthen tank, a bench vise, some chemicals, and a few pieces of small apparatus, was received, and the expenditure authorized. Prof. Taft's request for an appropriation to supply the Department of Natural History with a set of simple rocks for the purpose of illustrating Geology, and with skeletons to illustrate each of the orders of Mammals, was received, and an appropriation of $500 granted. The request for $2,000 for Ward's casts for Paleontology was referred to the Executive Committee. At the request of Prof. Robinson, an appropriation of $80 was granted for the purpose of supplying necessary chemical and finishing additional apparatus for the Physical Laboratory. The request of Professors Robinson and Webb, for an assistant in the Physical Laboratory and Civil Engineering Department was received and an appropriation of $40 per month allowed for that purpose. The request of Messrs. H. A. Weber and C. W. Silver for an appropriation of $60 to make repairs and improvements in the Chemical Department, was allowed.