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44 consult with architect on amendments of specification, consisting Messrs. McLean, Mason and Brown. T h e following resolutions offered by Mr. Fiagg, were adopted: of

Resolved, That the regent be requested to have immediately prepared, a circular containing- the substance of the present catalogue, and to cause copies of the same to be sent to every postoffice in the state. Also that he be empowered to have prepared a poster advertising the University, to be circulated in like manner. Provided that the cost of preparing such circulars and posters shall not exceed $75. Resolved, That the professor of agriculture be authorized to have printed, with the approval of the regent, a special circular in relation to the agricultural department, and to advertise the department in the leading agricultural papers of the state. The expense of said circulars not to exceed $10, and the advertising not to exceed $100 in the aggregate. Resolved, that the regent and the professors of agriculture and horticulture be authorized to organize and hold a farmer' s meeting of about two weeks in duration, in December or January next at the University. Provided that the same be done without extra cost to the University, excepting for the printing and circulation of circulars. I t was decided that the green house, when moved, be located west of the main building and south of the path leading to the gate on W r i g h t street. Mr. McLean, chairman of a committee to confer with the architect on specifications, made the following r e p o r t :

CHAMPAIGN, July 11, 1877.

To the chairman and trustees of Illinois Industrial University, the undersigned, a special committee appointed to examine plans and specifications of laboratory building, would respectfully report the following alterations, additions and amendments to plans and specifications already submitted, to-wit: 1st. We recommend that the basement, together with door entrances and stoops, be built of stone of same quality and general appearance as the main building. 2nd. That the windows and door caps of entire building also be of stone and like form, as on main building. 3d. That so much of the pipes and tanks for gas and water, and for the drainage of the building as can be most conveniently put in proper position, in the progress of the construction, should be included in the specincations and made a part of the work to be contracted for. 4th. That the columns in first and second stories, be of iron of suitable size, instead of wood, as in present plan, and that fourteen additional windows bo placed in attic, in such places as the architect may deem best ; also recommend that attic room be famished so as to be utilized to best advantage. R. B. MASON, A. M. BROWN.

A L E X . MCLEAN, )

VCommittee. )

T h e report was received and all the recommendations except the 3d, were approved. Mr. McLean moved that the architect be requested to prepare in detail specifications according to the recommendations of the committee, as approved above, and that he provide in his specification, t h a t the building shall be inclosed by the 15th of November, sufficiently to protect it from the weather. Carried. Adjourned till 2 o'clock, P . M.

AFTERNOON SESSION. T h e board assembled as per adjournment. Mr. F l a g g from committee on by-laws for faculty, submitted the following :

BY-LAWS FOR THE FACULTY OF THE ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY.

1. The faculty of the University shall consist of the regent and all the resident professors, and of such assistants as have the chief charge of distinct schools. Its officers shall