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UNIVERSITY OF I L L I N O I S .

[June 24

Meeting of June 24, 1909.

A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held at the Palmer House, in Chicago, June 24, 1909, pursuant to the following notice which was sent out by the secretary, June 18, 1909: By order of the president, Mr. W. L. Abbott, there will be a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at 10:00 o'clock a. m. Thursday, June 24, 1909, at the Palmer House in Chicago to consider communications from the president, to elect a treasurer, to transact such other business as may be duly presented. When" the board met pursuant to this call the following members were present: Governor Deneen, Messrs. Abbott, Blair, Davison, Grout, Meeker and Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Busey; Mr. Hatch came in a little later; absent, Messrs. Crebs and Moore and Mrs. Alexander. President James was present. The secretary, Mr. Pillsbury, presented the minutes of the special meeting of June 4, 1909, and of the regular meeting of June 14, 1909. These were approved on motion of Mr. Meeker.

ELECTION OF TREASURER.

On motion of Mr. Abbott, Henry Alexander Haugan, vice-president of the State Bank of Chicago, was elected treasurer. On motion of Mr. Abbott, it was ordered that the treasurer be required to give a bond of $2,000,000, and the Finance Committee was instructed to attend to getting a satisfactory bond, and upon its receipt and approval, to transfer to the newly elected treasurer, the funds and other property of the University, in the hands of the bondsmen of Mr. Helge A. Haugan, deceased. .

SECOND TRACK ON "OLD RIGHT-OF-WAY/''

Mr. Abbott, for the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, reported the following agreement, drawn by Judge Harker, with reference to the use of the "old right-of-way/' so called, by the Urbana and Champaign Railway, Gas and Electric Company, and moved that the president and secretary of the board be authorized to sign and seal the agreement. The motion was adopted.