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UNIVEKSITY OF I L L I N O I S .

President Millard explained that the meeting was held pursuant to adjournment of the annual meeting held March 12th at Champaign, and that the special subject for consideration was the more complete organization of the Agricultural Experiment Station. H e gave an explanation in detail of the steps already taken under the law of congress of March 2, 1887, and asked for expressions of opinion from visiting gentlemen present. The subject was discussed by Messrs. Dysart, Cobb, Barnard, Mills, Johnson, Hammond, Lespinasse, and the Regent, and as a result of the discussion it was agreed that the Board of Direction of the Experiment Station should be enlarged to consist of nine members, and that the several organizations named, to-wit: the State Board of Agriculture, the State Horticultural Society, and the State Dairymen's Association, should be represented in said Board of Direction. The Board adjourned until 2 o'clock p. m.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Board convened pursuant to adjournment, at 2 o'clock p. m., at the same place as in the morning session. The same Trustees were present. The Begent, as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Experiment Station, presented amendments to the plan of organization adopted at the December meeting, which, after full discussion, were severally adopted. The plan thus amended is as follows:

PLAN FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF AN EXPERIMENT STATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. SECTION 1. Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of an act of Congress, approved March 2, 1887, entitled an act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an act approved July 2,1802, and of the acts supplementary thereto, and of a joint resolution of the 35th General Assembly of the State of Illinois, giving assent thereto, as provided in section 9 of said act of Congress, there shall be, and is hereby, established a department of the University of Illinois, which shall be known and designated as The Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Illinois. Sec. 2. The object and duty of such Experiment Station shall be to fulfill in its scope and wTork the requirements of section 2 of the act of March 2, 1887, establishing the same, and to conduct such other researches and experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the State of Illinois, as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Sec. 3. The experimental work of the Station shall be under the immediate charge of a Board of Direction, consisting of nine persons, one of whom shall be designated as President, when appointed; and all the members of said Board shall be appointed by the Board of Direction of the University, at its annual meeting. The persons who may be appointed on such Board of Direction shall be: the Regent of the University; one person from each of the following named organizations in the State of Illinois, to be recommended to the Board of Trustees by those respective organizations, or by their respective Presidents and Secretaries, to-wit: The State Board of Agriculture, The State Horticultural Society, The State Dairymen's Association; and five other persons, at least twoof whom shall be Trustees of the University. The persons appointed shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the Trustees of the University, and until their successors are appointed. Any vacancies in the Board of Direction shall be filled by the Trustees of the University. The President of the Board of Direction, and two members thereof appointed by the Board of Trustees, shall constitute an Executive Committee, which shall have authority to perform all the functions of the Board of Direction when said Board is not in session. Sec. 4. The Directors shall devise and arrange the methods by which investigation shall be pursued and experiments conducted. They shall divide the work of the Station and assign the parts thereof to such persons as may be best fitted by experience and ability to carry forward such work. They shall keep accurate detailed accounts of all experimental work, and all the circum-