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1903.]

PROCEEDINGS OP THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. PAVEMENT.

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Professor Talbot was requested to look after the interests of the University in regard to the pavement on the east side of the University grounds. The President and Secretary of the Board were authorized to sign and deliver to Mayor Glover, of Urbana, the following resolutions when matters relating to this pavement were finally adjusted:

WHEREAS, Steps have been taken to pave so much of Mathews avenue, Springfield avenue, and Bomine street, in Urbana, as lies next to the grounds of the University of Illinois, as has not yet been paved, and "WHEREAS, Some question has been raised as to the liability of the University of Illinois to pay the benefits assessed against the said University, therefore Resolved, By the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that i t ratifies and confirms every step and action taken to pave said avenues and street, including the legal sufficiency of the petition and action of the Board of Local Improvements, the passage of the ordinance by the said city to pave said avenues and street, and the action and judgment of the County Court on said ordinance and petition to pave said avenues and street, and also approves of the amount of the assessments of benefits to the University; and further Resolved, That the Business Manager be hereby directed to pay the installments of the assessment as they fall due.

Upon the request of the Superintendent of Buildings, Mr. Morrow, $1,750 was appropriated for repairs, the sum to be expended under the supervision of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds.

COAL CONTRACTS.

The Committee on Buildings and Grounds was authorized to advertise for bids for supplying the University with coal for the year beginning September 1, 1904, and for hauling the same, and to report the same to the Board.

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.

Mr. Bullard recommended the adoption of the following resolutions which had been presented to the Board at the meeting held April 28, 1904, and referred for further consideration to this meeting:

Resolved, That the President of the University is requested, after consultation and advice with the members of the Advisory Board of the College of Pharmacy, and prominent members of the State Pharmaceutical Association, and of the State Board of Pharmacy, to have drafted a bill amending the statutes so that graduation from a reputable Col]ege of Pharmacy will be taken in lieu of at least two years of experience in a drug store, and that the University use its influence toward the passage of the bill into a law of the State of Illinois. Resolved, That all educational institutions of Illinois, and educators and societies interested in the advancement of technical education, be invited to give their moral support to the passage of said bill.

The resolutions were adopted. --20 U