Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944 [PAGE 799]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 18

Professor James J. Doland, Supervising Engineer for the construction of the Airport, concurs in this. On motion of Mr. Davis, these materials were released as recommended. Lease of Farm in T o l o n o Township (2) As a part of the program of land acquisition for the University of Illinois Airport, the Board of Trustees has purchased the northeast quarter of Section 2, Tolono Township, one-half mile west of Savoy, Illinois, known as the Kimmel farm. It will not be needed immediately for airport purposes. The present tenant on this farm, Mr. Ralph A. Bachert, whose lease expires March 1, 1944, desires to lease the farm for the following farm year. The Dean of the College of Agriculture recommends that the University lease this farm to Mr. Bachert for the farm year beginning March 1, 1944, on the basis of division of crops, cash rent, and other stipulations. This lease provides that the tenant agrees to pay as rent the following shares of crops grown, or sums of cash per acre: for land used for corn, oats, or soybeans, one-half the crop; for land used for wheat or alfalfa, no payment; for land used for clover or as pasture by tenant, $8 an acre. The lease prepared is the regular form of Illinois Crop-Share Cash F a r m Lease. I recommend authorization of this lease. On motion of Mr. Jensen, this lease was authorized as recommended. Postgraduate Course in Industrial Medicine and Hygiene (3) The State Department of Public Health has requested that the University, through its College of Medicine, in cooperation with the Committee on Industrial Hygiene, Illinois State Medical Society, and the Chicago Medical Society, offer a postgraduate course in industrial medicine and hygiene. The course will consist of a series of about 12 to 14 evening demonstration conferences, meeting once each week from January 4 to March 28, 1944. The estimated expenses are $1,000, itemized as follows: guest lecturers, $550; bus transportation, field trip, $100; printing and postage, $100; incidentals and contingencies, $250. A tuition fee of $25 is proposed. It is expected that there will be at least 50 registrants, so that the fees will cover all costs. The Executive Dean requests approval of the fee and an appropriation for the necessary expenses, and these recommendations are concurred in by the Provost and the Comptroller. I recommend approval of the fee and an appropriation of $1,000, or so much thereof as may be required, for this purpose. On motion of Mr. Davis this fee was approved, and the appropriation was made as recommended, by unanimous vote of record. Accountants' Examining Board (4) The profession of public accountancy in Illinois is composed of two groups —those who hold the certificate of "Certified Public Accountant" issued by this or other States, and those who are not Certified Public Accountants but who hold the certificate of "Public Accountant" issued by the Department of Registration and Education of Illinois. C.P.A. certificates are issued by the University of Illinois under an Act of the General Assembly of 1903 and P.A. certificates are issued under an Act passed in 1927. Some accountants hold both certificates. All accountants engaged in public practice, whether or not they hold the certificate of C.P.A., must have the P.A. certificate. This division of the accountancy profession has created a great deal of confusion in the public mind. Since 1927 discussions have been going on seeking an agreement on legislation which would merge the two groups of public accountants. The two professional groups agreed upon a bill which was enacted by the 63rd General Assembly into law as the Accountancy Act of 1943, which repeals and supersedes the Acts of 1903 and 1927. The administration of the new Act is vested in the University of Illinois and in the State Department of Registration and Education. T h e law provides for