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UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S .

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each be represented by the Dean, ranking professor, or Director thereof. The other University departments to be represented by the head of each shall be as follows: Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Architecture, Art and Design, Botany and Horticulture, Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Economics, Education, Electrical Engineering, English Language and Literature, Geology, German, Greek, History, Horticulture, Household Science, Latin, Mathematics and Astronomy, Mechanical and Railway Engineering, Military Science and Tactics, Municipal and Sanitary Engineering and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Philosophy, Physical Training, Physics, Physiology, Rhetoric, Romanic Languages, Veterinary Science, Zoology.

CARE OF THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

I also recommend that all under the heads of "Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds" and "Heat, Light and Power Plant" on pages 26, 27 and 28 of the edition 1900 be stricken out and the following inserted: After Sept. 1, 1901, the buildings and grounds of the University shall be in the immediate charge of three superintendents, viz., (a) a Superintendent of Buildings, (b) a Superintendent of Grounds, and (c) a Superintendent of the Central Heat, Light, and Power Station and the Water Station. These officers shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the President of the University, shall observe the general requirements of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, and in the absence of such Committee shall be under the direction of the President of the University. They shall appoint such assistants, janitors, watchmen, and other employes in their respective departments as are authorized by the Trustees, and may also employ temporary workmen as may be needed, with the approval of the President and Business Manager of the University. They are enjoined to disregard all influences exerted in behalf of individuals and to make appointments solely upon the basis of merit and fitness. They will endeavor to retain competent and loyal employes indefinitely by assuring them permanency of position and giving them such confidence and recommending such rewards for them as may seem practicable. They shall suspend employes in their respective departments from employment when no longer needed, or at any time for cause, but shall report such action to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. They shall be severally responsible for the physical condition and the efficiency of such parts of the University plant as are under their charge. The professors of architecture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, sanitary engineering, horticulture, etc., shall, as a part of their regular employment, stand in an advisory relation to the superintendents aforesaid touching such parts of the plant as are in character related to the work of their departments; they shall possess themselves of full information touching the details of such parts, shall at all times be free to recommend changes and improvements therein, and any unusual changes therein shall be made with their approval or they shall forthwith report the fact to the President in writing. T h e a m e n d m e n t was adopted. T h e following resolution offered by Mr. M c K a y was adopted: Besolved, that in all matters coming before the Board of Trustees involving the payment and disbursement of moneys such subject matter be referred to the Finance Committee for its consideration and report: Provided, however, that such matters may be considered without reference by unanimous consent of the Board, and that this be the standing rule of the Board.