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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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buildings and grounds, with t h e request t h a t arrangements be made a t once to carry out t h e design of said appropriation. Respectfully submitted,

< ALEXANDER MCLEAN, ) JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, [ Finance Committee. F. M. M C K A Y , J CHICAGO, J U L Y 6, 1893.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your committee recommends t h a t t h e bond of t h e treasurer of this board be in t h e sum of six hundred thousand dollars with good approved security, and t h e usual form of penalty conditions. The bond when executed to be approved by t h e finance committee and t h e president of t h e board. The committee further recommends t h a t when such bond shall have been duly executed and approved t h e same shall be filed in t h e office of the business agent of this board. Respectfully submitted,

ALEXANDER MCLEAN, ) J A M E S E. ARMSTRONG, [ Finance Committee. F. M. M C K A Y , )

The regent, Dr. Burrill, asked for t h e following appropriations: From current funds— For repair of field pieces $17 00 For curtains for library 50 00 For material for registration catalogue 50 00 For replacing instruments stolen from t h e engineering exhibit a t t h e World's Fair 23 00 For apparatus stolen from t h e psychological exhibit,. 54 50 For membership fee m t h e American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations 10 00 From state appropriation for buildings and grounds— For cleaning rooms $250 00 and t h e appropriations were made on motion of Mr. Morrison. The committee on instruction reported, recommending t h e appointment of t h e following persons as fellows : William D. Gibbs, B. 8.; James D. Phillips, B. S.; Clendon V. Millar, B. S., and Charles W. Carter, B. L. At t h e request of Professor Forbes, director of t h e State Laboratory of Natural History, and with t h e approval of t h e committee on instruction, t h e laboratory staff was reappointed as follows: Charles A. Hart, office entomologist, salary $750. Mary J. Snyder, stenographer, salary $750. John Marten, field entomologist, salary $1,000. Henry C. Forbes, librarian, salary $1,000. Mr. Morrison offered t h e following resolution, which was adopted: Besolved, That Charles W. Spalding, of Chicago, be appointed treasurer of t h e University of Illinois for t h e unexpired term ending with the annual meeting of March, 1895, he to furnish a satisfactory bond with approved security. On motion of Mr. Bullard, it was voted t h a t t h e treasurer's bond should be approved by t h e finance committee and t h e president of this board, and t h a t this having been done, t h e finance committee should settle with Mr. J. W. Bunn, t h e outgoing treasurer, and transfer t h e securities and moneys now in his hands belonging to t h e University to t h e treasurer-elect, Mr. Charles W. Spalding. The committee on instruction, to which had been referred a paper submitted by Professor Bicker, with regard to certain changes which he