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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888
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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES 21 For the pay of the botanical assistant the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous assistance the sum of five hundred dollars. For the publication of bulletins the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. For the preparation and publication of the second volume of the report upon the zoQlogy of the State the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. The Board then took a recess until 8 o'clock p. m. EVENING SESSION. The Board assembled at the hour appointed. The account of Treasurer Bunn of money paid for premiums on bonds and for taxes, amounting to $173.50, was audited and allowed, and a warrant ordered to be drawn. The renting of the Griggs farm was referred to the Farm Committee with power to act. The following resolution introduced by Trustee Bennett was adopted: Resolved, That the Regent of the University is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the University such donations as will be useful to the University either for instruction or experiment,—and that he make proper acknowledgement of the same. On motion the Board adjourned, to meet at Chicago in the office of the President, No. 115 Dearborn street, Tuesday, the 9th of November, 1886, at 10 o'clock a. m. E. SNYDER, 8. M. MILLARD, Secretary. President ADJOURNED MEETING, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 9, 1886. The Board met pursuant to adjournment at the office of S. M. Millard, Esq., 115 Dearborn street, Chicago, November 9th, at 10 a. m. Present—Trustees Bennett, Cobb, Earle, Eisenmayer, McLean, Millard, Pearman, and Paden. Absent—Governor Oglesby and Mr. Landrigan. The Secretary being absent, Mr. McLean was appointed Secretary pro tempore. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Mr. Francis M. McKay of Chicago presented his commission from the Governor, appointing him a member of this Board, vice Trustee Follansbee, resigned, was duly sworn and took his seat. The Hon. Samuel Dysart, acting President of the State Board of Agriculture, was present and invited the Trustees to attend the opening meeting of the Exhibition given by the Board of Agriculture in the evening; the invitation was duly acr°pted.
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