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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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the University for the ordnance and ordnance stores belonging to the War Department which the University has in its possession for the use of the regiment. This correspondence indicated t h a t a bond furnished by a bonding company woulcl be more acceptable to the War Department than a bond furnished by individual sureties such as the University has given. After discussion, it was voted to authorize the comptroller to purchase from some bonding company pronounced satisfactory by the War Department a bond in the amount of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000.00), covering the military supplies now in the possession of the University and subsequent supplies as they may be ordered; and an appropriation of two hundred fosty dollars ($240.00) was made for this purpose, the vote being- as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Moore; noes, n o n e ; absent^ Mr. Anthony, Mr. Blair, Mr. Deneen, Mr. Meeker.

ADDITIONAL MATTERS P R E S E N T E D BY T H E P R E S I D E N T OF T H E UNIVERSITY.

President James presented the two following additional matters for consideration:

APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR STEBBINS—PURCHASE OF REFLECTING TELESCOPE.

(1) A recommendation that the president of the University be author-ized to appoint Dr. Joel Stebbins, professor of Astronomy at a salary of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum, to begin Sept. 1, 1913; and also that the president be authorized to purchase a reflecting telescope for the astronomical observatory at a price not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). These requests were approved, the vote being as follows: . A}^es, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans^ Mr. Grout, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Moore; noes, hone; absent, Mr. Anthon}^, Mr. Blair, Mr. Deneen, Mr. Meeker. PURCHASE OF LAND BY CHAMPAIGN CHAMBER OP COMMERCE IN THE INTEREST OP THE UNIVERSITY. (2) The following letter from the Chamber of Commerce of Champaign:

CHAMPAIGN, I I I . , June 3, 1912.

President%Edmund J. James, University of Illinois: MY DEAR SIR—Tins is to advise you that the Chamber of Commerce of Champaign have purchased a tract of ground containing ten acres adjoining and lying south of the Athletic Association's ground, between First street and the Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way, and we hold it for the benefit of the Board of Trustees of the University of* Illinois. This association stands ready, at any time up to July 1, 1913, to turn over to the University of Illinois this land upon payment of $7,000.00 and interest, which is the price we paid for it, the board having expressed their wish that we do this.