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PKOOEEDINGS OP THE BOAKD OP TRUSTEES.

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Hatch, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore; noes, none; absent, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR T H E C O L L E G E OF L A W .

(14) A recommendation from the Advisory Board of the College of Law, consisting of Messrs. George E. Drennan, of Chicago; William R. Hunter, of Kankakee; Walter C. Lindley, of Danville; George T. Page, of Peoria, and Peter P. Schaefer, of Champaign, contained in their report of their last visit to the college on December 16, 1912, that the entrance requirements of the College of Law be increased to two years of university work, except that a student twentyone years of age or over who has completed the course of an accredited high school should be admitted and should be given the degree of Bachelor of Laws on completing the course prescribed by the College with an average grade of ten above the passing grade. This recommendation was received for record.

PETTY CASH F U N D A N D BONDING, C O L L E G E OF MEDICINE.

(15) The following communication from Professor George E. Frazer, Comptroller, concerning a petty cash fund in the College of Medicine, and the bonding of the Superintendent and the Clerk in the office of the College of Medicine.

URBANA, 1L,U3 March 4, 1913.

President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois. DEAR SIR: I t is advisable that the Superintendent of the College of Medicine should be permitted to retain receipts to an amount not exceeding $300 as a petty cash fund. The Superintendent of the College of Medicine should be authorized to pay in cash from the petty cash fund such -extraordinary expenses and minor accounts as demand immediate payment. No payment from the petty cash fund on the account of any one bill should exceed the sum of $30. All expenditures from the petty cash fund of the College of Medicine should be considered a personal liability of the Superintendent of the College to the University. The Superintendent of the College of Medicine should be reimbursed for all petty expenditures at least once each month by a voucher drawn in his name covering all petty cash payments. This voucher should be accompanied by a receipted bill for each item, and should be sent to the business office of the University, where a warrant will be drawn in favor of the Superintendent of the College of Medicine for the amount. 1 recommend that Mr. J. L. Tomlinson, Clerk in the office of the Medical College, be placed under a bond of $5,000, and that Superintendent Wm. H. Browne be placed under a bond of $1,000, in some reliable bonding company, the premiums on the these bonds to be paid by the University. Very truly yours,

GEO. E. FRAZER., Comptroller.

The recommendations of the comptroller contained in the foregoing letter in regard to a petty cash fund of not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) in the College of Medicine, the bonding of Messrs. William H. Browne, Superintendent, and J. L. Tomlinson, Clerk, in the amounts of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and five thousand dollars ($5,000), respectively, and the payment of the premiums on these bonds by the University, were approved, the vote being as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore; noes, none; absent, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker. IMPORT O R D E R FOR T H E D E P A R T M E N T OF BOTANY. (16) A request from Dr. Charles F. Hottes, Assistant Professor of Botany, endorsed by Dr. E. J. Townsend, Dean of the College of Science, that permission be given to place an import order for chemicals, glass ware, and apparatus 6f foreign manufacture, for the use of the Department of Botany, to the amount of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500). On motion of Mr. Abbott, this request was approved, the vote being as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr..Hatch, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore; noes, none; absent, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker. At this point Mr. Meeker took his seat with the board. INTERPRETATION OF T H E R U L E IN R E G A R D TO T H E APPOINTMENT OF RELATIVES. (17) A statement calling, attention to the question of the interpretation of the rule of the Board of Trustees concerning the appointment of relatives of members of the Board of Trustees, or relatives of members of the University