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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[February 21

with the First National Bank of Chicago by the Secretary or other officer of this corporation. And be it further Resolved that the State Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to honor vouchers bearing facsimile signatures of the President and Secretary of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois if such facsimile signatures resemble the facsimile specimens duly certified to or filed with the State Comptroller by the Secretary. These authorizations are to continue in effect until the State Comptroller has been supplied with specimen signatures of succeeding officers of this Board. Election of Members to the Merit Board Mr. Velasquez nominated Mr. Stone and Dr. Donoghue to serve as members of the Civil Service Merit Board, succeeding Mrs. Shepherd and Mr. Velasquez. (Mr. Lenz will continue to serve.) The nominations were closed, and the secretary was instructed to cast a unanimous ballot of the board for the election of Mr. Stone and Dr. Donoghue to the Merit Board. T h e ballot was so cast, and Mr. Stone and Dr. Donoghue were declared elected members of the Merit Board. RECESS At the request of the press, the board recessed briefly to permit the taking of photographs. Mr. Neal left the meeting at this point, to return later as indicated below. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President's Reports President Corbally presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed with the secretary of the board. Kane-Edgar Proposal on University Governance President Corbally reported on a proposal for the reorganization of the governing structure of higher education in Illinois as proposed recently by Representatives Douglas K a n e and Jim Edgar. He said that the proposal reflected misunderstandings, not unworthy motives; and that he assumed the board would want the administration to try to dissuade the two legislators from pursuing their proposal. Mr. Howard made the following motion, which was approved without dissent: T h a t the Board of Trustees express its firm belief that the suggestions for change in governance of the University of Illinois, as made to members of the House Committee on State Government Organization recently, are contrary to the best interests of the University of Illinois and of the people of the state; and that the president of the University and his staff cooperate