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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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Negotiations having been opened with the Minneapolis and Pacific Railroad for payment for the University lands taken by that company in Pope county, Minnesota, the company offers $10 per acre for the land which they have used. The committee recommends that a settlement be made with the railway company upon those terms, and that the proper officers be instructed to completo the necessary papers. All of which is respectfully submitted, S TT " P A R O D Y P )

CHAS. BENNETT, j

Comm

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The Auditing Committee made the following report:

To the Board of Trustees, University of Illinois : The Auditing Committee, to whom was referred the report of the Business Agent, respectfully report that they have examined vouchers for the items contained in said report, Nos. 226 to 450, inclusive, and find them correct and properly receipted, except No. 370 for $1.00, in which case the absence of the voucher is satisfactorily explained in the Business Agent's report. * CHAS. BENNETT, F. M. McKAY, GEO. C. EISENMAYER,

The report was received and approved. The Finance Camtnittee submitted the following report, which was received and ordered to be placed on file:

To the Board of Trustees, University of Illinois: Your committee would respectfully repo,rt that we have examined aud compared the books of the Treasurer with the warrants upon him for the past two]years, beginning March 1,1885, with Nos. 384 to 800 to September 1,1885, No. 1 to 1043up to September 1,1886 and No. 1 to 488 up to March 1, 1887, and found all to be in order and correct. The warrants have been cancelled and left in the hands of the Treasurer. F. M. McKAY, ) w . o i n o GEO. C EISENMAYER, l n*™$?™ CHAS. BENNETT, f Committee.

The following resolution was offered adopted:

by Trustee McLean, and

Resolved, That the President and Secretary of the Board be and they are hereby empowered and directed to execute and deliver a deed to the Minneapolis & Pacific Kail road for the lands taken by said company and duly belonging to the University of Illinois, in constructing their railway across sections 23 and 25, tp. 124, R. 36 in Pope county, Minnesota, and to receipt for the payment for the same at ten dollars per acre.

The matter of form of the deed for the land was referred to the Executive Committee. ^ On motion of Trustee McLean the following resolution was passed:

Resolved, That the President and Secretary be directed to draw their requisition upon the State Auditor for the several sums of money appropriated by the General Assembly for the use of the State Laboratory of Natural History and the State Entomologist's office for the quarter ending June 3, 1887. For the field work and incidental expenses of the laboratory the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. For traveling, office, and incidental expenses of the Entomologist the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. For improvement of the library the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. For the pay of the entomologist assistant the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. For the pay of the botanical assistant the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous assistance the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars.

The following report from the Farm Committee was received and approved:

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: Your Farm Committee, to whom was referred the report of Professor Morrow, would recommend that the report be received, and that permission be granted to Professor Morrow to make public sale of shorthorn cattle as indicated in his report. The granting of authority to purchase cattle we do not recommend. J. T. PEARMAN* EMORY COBB.