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1905]

PEOOEEDINGS OF THE BOAKD OF TRUSTEES.

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Some members of the Board having said that it would be more satisfactory to them to have an opinion from the Attorney General addressed to the Board, Mrs. Alexander moved that the Attorney General should be asked to meet and confer with the Board. The motion was lost by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Alexander; noes, Governor Deneen, Messrs. Bayliss, Bullard, Lehman, Kerrick, and Davison, and Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Busey; absent, Messrs. Barber and McLean. Mr. Kerrick moved to postpone the consideration of the question until the December meeting, and that the opinion of the Attorney General as to the legality of the proposed purchase be meanwhile asked by the Board. The motion was lost by the following vote: Ayes, Messrs. ^Bayliss, Bullard, Kerrick, and Abbott and Mrs. Evans; noes, Governor Deneen and Messrs. Lehman and Davison, and Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Busey; absent, Messrs. Barber and McLean. The pending motion, to adopt the report of the committee recommending the purchase of a house was lost by the following vote: Ayes, Messrs. Bullard and Kerrick; noes, Governor Deneen, Messrs. Bayliss, Lehman, Abbott, and Davison and Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Busey; absent, Messrs. Barber and McLean. Mrs. Evans was excused from voting. The following resolution was adopted on motion of Dr. Davison: Whereas the Forty-fourth General Assembly passed an appropriation bill in aid of the College of Agriculture and the Experiment Station, section one of which reads as follows: "Section 1.—That it shall be the duty of the College of Agriculture to give thorough and reliable instruction in the economic production of crops; the treatment of the different soils of the State in such manner as to secure the largest returns from each and without impairing its fertility; the principles of breeding and management of live stock, including animal diseases and a thorough knowledge of the various breeds and market classes; the economic and sanitary production of dairy goods, and the best methods of meeting existing market demands and of extending and developing trade in the agricultural production of the State. "That it shall be the further duty of said College to provide and maintain such live stock specimens, laboratories, apparatus and other material equipment, together with teachers of such experience and skill as shall make instruction effective. "That to carry out the provisions of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of 50,000 dollars annually for the years 1905 and 1906—Provided, that the disposition of the funds from time to time to carry out the intent of this act shall be along lines agreed upon by the dean of the College of Agriculture and an advisory Committee consisting of the President of the following State Agricultural organizations, to-wit:—The Illinois Farmers' Institute, The Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association, The Illinois State Horticultural Society, The Illinois Corn Growers' Association, and the Illinois Dairymen's Association," and Whereas the Advisory Committee appointed by the act of the Legislature consisting of the following persons: A. P. Grout, President of the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association. H. A. Aldrich, President of the Illinois State Horticultural Association. Joseph Newman, President of the Illinois Dairymen's Association. E. E. Chester, President of the Illinois Corn Growers' Association. B. F. Wyman, President of the Illinois State Farmers' Institute; have agreed upon the recommendation that a part of the appropriation should be expended, in order to best carry out the intent of the Act, for the erection