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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[Mar. 9,

WHEREAS, In a certain deed executed by Thomas J. Smith to the Board of Trustees, on the 17th day of September, 1914, conveying the northwest quarter (NW. % ) , and the south half (S. •%) of the northeast quarter (NE. % ) , of section thirty-one (31), township twenty-two (22) north, range eight (8), east of the Third Principal Meridian, a mistake was made in that it included one acre of ground not then owned by Thomas J. Smith, but owned by Margaret Lynch and Alice Lynch, situated in the southwest corner of the northwest quarter (NW. %) of said section, and particularly described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of the northwest quarter (NW. %) of section thirty-one (31) township twenty-two (22) north, range eight (8) east of the Third Principal Meridian, thence .east two hundred (200) feet, thence north two hundred eighty-one and eight-tenths (281.8) feet, thence west two hundred (200) feet, to the west line of said section thirty-one (31), thence south to the point of beginning; be it Resolved, That the President of the board be instructed to execute and deliver to Margaret Lynch and Alice Lynch a quit-claim deed to the piece or parcel of land thus particularly described. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mrs. Henrotin, the resolution was adopted, by the following vote: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Ward, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Trevett.

APPOINTMENT OF MR. C. M. D E L A N Y A N D MR. JAMES E X A M I N E R S ' IN ACCOUNTANCY. H A L L AS

(8) A recommendation from the Committee on Accountancy that Mr. Clarence Martin DeLany be appointed to membership on the Board of Examiners in Accountancy to fill the unexpired term, ending June 30, 1916, of Mr. Peter White, who died on December 17, 1914. A further recommendation from the committee that Mr. James Hall, Chicago manager for Marwick, Mitchell, and Company, 189 LaSalle Street, Chicago, be appointed for the term of three years beginning July 1, 1914, as a member of the Board of Examiners in Accountancy, in place of Mr. Seatree, whose term expired on June 30, 1914. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mrs. Evans, Mr. Delany and Mr. Hall were appointed as recommended.

INCREASES I N S A L A R I E S IN BUSINESS OFFICE.

(9) A recommendation from the Acting Comptroller, Mr. L. E. Knorr, that, owing to the readjustment in the Comptroller's office and the increase of responsibility upon Mr. Alfred Steitz and Mr. M. E. Thompson, the salaries of Mr. Thompson and Mr. Steitz be advanced, from March 1, 1915, to $100 a month each. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mrs. Henrotin, the salaries of Mr. Steitz and Mr. Thompson were increased to $100 a month each, from March 1, 1915. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Ward, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Trevett.

ADDITIONAL FELLOWSHIPS, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION.

(10) A request from the Dean of the College of Engineering that four additional research fellowships be created in the Engineering Experiment Station with a stipendium of $500 a year each, this in view of the fact that the Department of Mining Engineering has been created since the present number was fixed at ten, that the Department of Ceramics will be transferred to the College of Engineering for the coming year, and that two research fellows in the Experiment Station should be appointed for each of these departments. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mr. Carr, the four additional fellowships were created and the President of the University was authorized to nominate candidates for the same. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Ward, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Trevett.

E X T E N S I O N W O R K IN H O M E ECONOMICS.

(11) A recommendation from Dr. Eugene Davenport, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, that Miss Isabel Bevier be appointed Vice Director of Extension Work in Home Economics, and that Miss Mamie Bunch be appointed State Leader for Demonstration Work in Home Economics under the Lever Bill. If this is done Miss Bunch will employ half her time in that work, and half her salary will be paid from the Lever Funds. Both appointments are to date from March 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916. On the recommendation of President/ James and on motion of Mrs. Evans, these appointments were made.

RENEWAL OF L E A S E , M T . HOPE C E M E T E R Y ASSOCIATION.

(12) A letter from the Comptroller announcing that he has signed a lease for four acres, lying in the northeast corner of the tract of land owned by the Mt.