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1911]

PROCEEDINGS OE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned officers of the respective parties hereto, authorized by resolution of their Board of Directors and Board of Trustees, respectively, have hereunto attached their signatures as official representatives of the parties hereto,* and corporate seals of the said partis, at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, on t h e . . . . day of . . . , 1911.

D. A. K. STEELE, President, W M . A. PTJSEY, Secretary,

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Upon motion of Mrs. Bahrenburg, and by the following vote, this recommendation was approved, and the officers of the board were authorized to sign the necessary papers to make the modification in the lease: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Governor Deneen, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hatch, Mr. H o i t ; noes, none; absent, Mr. Anthony, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Moore. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. 2. A recommendation that the Board of Trustees ask the General Assembly for an Administration building, to cost, with furnishings and equipment, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00), so that the administrative offices may be removed from their present location in Natural History hall, thus making it possible to assign much needed space to the departments of Zoology, Botany, Bacteriology, etc. Upon motion of Mr. Grout, and by the following vote, this recommendation was approved, and this item was proposed to the Legislature as an amendment to the buildings bill already presented: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Governor Deneen, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hatch, Mr. H o i t ; noes, n o n e ; absent, Mr. Anthony, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Moore.

A U D I T E E P O R T TOR T H E QUARTER E N D I N G S E P T . 30, 1910.

Mr. Grout presented the report- of The Audit Company for the quarter ending September, 30, 1910, and this was received to be filed, certain portions to be printed.

CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 1911.

A. P. Grout, Esq., Chairman, Finance Committee, University of Illinois: DEAR SIR—We have made our regular quarterly audit of the books and records of account of the University of Illinois for the first quarter (ended Sept. 30, 1910) of the fiscal year, and submit herewith our report thereon, together with the appended exhibits and schedules, showing receipts and disbursements in detail. We reconciled the chief clerk's cash account on the morning of Jan. 14, 1911, proved the cash book footings from Aug. 23, 1910, to Jan. 14, 1911, verified the cash in the office by count, examined and proved the footings of the approved and receipted vouchers in process of entry. We obtained a certificate from the First National Bank of Champaign, certifying to the cash on deposit Jan. 14, 1911, $12,171.17. —6 TJ