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UNIVEESITY OF ILLINOIS.

[December 19,

PURCHASE OF CONKLE PROPERTY.

The secretary presented the following communication from President Abbott with reference to the price paid for the Conkle estate, purchased as part of the site for the new engineering buildings:

July 27, 1912. Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Urbana, III. GENTLEMEN: At a master's sale held in Urbana on June 25, Judge Harker, the counsel of the Board of Trustees, acting under instruction from the President of the 'Board, bid off the Conkle property at $10,800. On August 1, 1911, the Executive Committee approved the purchase of this property at a price of $10,550 [Report, 1912, p. 470]. Approval is now asked of the action of the counsel of the board in bidding $10,800 for the same property. Very truly yours,

W. L. ABBOTT.

The action of the counsel of the board reported in the foregoing communication from President Abbott was approved, the vote being as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Anthony, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Moore; noes, none; absent, Mr. Deneen, Mr. Hatch.

RELEASE OF HELLER MORTGAGE.

The secretary presented certain correspondence between President Abbott and Mr. G. W. Charles, of Urbana, relating to a mortgage to the University of Illinois standing recorded in the books of the county clerk of Champaign County against Mr. Joshua Heller, of Urbana; the said mortgage having been given to secure certain sums of rent overdue on land rented by Mr. Heller from the Illinois Industrial University in the years 1867 to 1870. The secretary presented also a communication from Mr. O. E. Staples, Chief Clerk, stating that the business office has no record of any claim of the University against Mr. Heller, and that Professor Shattuck is of the opinion that the mortgage must have been paid in full, as claimed by Mr. Charles in Mr. Heller's behalf. Accordingly^ with the approval of Dean Harker, legal counsel of the University, and President James, the following resolution was submitted for adoption, and was adopted:

Resolved, That Oren E. Staples, Chief Clerk of the University of Illinois, successor to the Illinois Industrial University, be authorized to execute a release of the mortgage of Sarah Heller and Joshua Heller to the Illinois Industrial University, appearing of record under date of May 17, 1870, on page 257 of Book S, in the recorder's office of Champaign County, State of Illinois. MATTERS PRESENTED BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY.

P r e s i d e n t J a m e s presented t h e following m a t t e r s for consideration: GIFT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE TESTING LABORATORY. (1) The following report of a gift made to the University: The Midvale Steel Company of Philadelphia, Pa., represented by Mr. H. M. Deemer, has presented to the University four axles and four pairs of supporting wheels for the new Locomotive Testing Laboratory. These axles and wheels are of heat-treated steel of unusually high grade. They were made by the Midvale Steel Company from the design of Professor Edward C. Schmidt. The contract price was $2,700. The shipment of the material was accompanied by a receipted bill in duplicate and a letter saying, "We shall deem it a favor that you accept this material with our. compliments and good wishes for the experiments which you are conducting. We take pleasure in enclosing under another cover a duplicate bill receipted in f u l l i n settlement of the account."

On motion of.Mr. Blair, it w&s voted to accept this donation from the Midvale Steel Company, and to authorize the president of the University to extend the thanks of the Board of Trustees to tile company.

APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR HARDING. (2) A recommendation from Dr. Eugene DaveripOrt> Deari of the College of Agriculture, that Dr. Harry Alexis Harding be appointed head of the Department of Dairy Husbandry, with the title of Professor of Dairy Bacteriology in the College of Agriculture and Chief in Dairy Bacteriology in the Agricultural Experi-