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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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448 Name JAMES PERSHING CASEY HAROLD NORMAN G E I S E R RICHARD A R T H U R H O E F S BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 20 State from Which They Obtained Certificates Indiana District of Columbia Wisconsin Address East Chicago, Indiana Chicago Chicago EDWARD K A H N ERNEST L E E W E H N E R Chicago Houston, Texas District of Columbia Texas On motion of Mr. Bissell, these certificates were awarded. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CERTIFICATE REVOCATION ( n ) T h e University's Committee on Accountancy recommends that Illinois Certified Public Accountant Certificate No. 2066, issued by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on September 30, 1943, under Section 4 ( a ) (2) of the Illinois Accountancy Act, to Spencer Dixon Lorton, formerly of Cowden, Illinois, be revoked on the ground that he has been convicted of falsifying income tax returns for clients. H e was fined and sentenced by the United States District Court to three years imprisonment. H e appealed, but his appeal was dismissed by the United States Court of Appeals. H i s bondsman has failed to produce him for commitment, and his bond has been forfeited. Section 20 of the Illinois Accountancy Law provides that the Department of Registration and Education may suspend or cancel the registration as a Public Accountant for any one of various reasons including conviction of any crime, an essential element of which is dishonesty or fraud. Section 22 of this law provides that "After the completion of proceedings which result in the nonregistration of an applicant or the revocation, suspension or cancellation of the registration of a person for cause or causes listed in Section 20, the Department shall notify the University. Thereupon, without further proceedings, the University shall revoke the certificate as a certified public accountant, if any has been issued by it, to said applicant or person." The University has received official notice from the Director of the Department of Registration and Education that Public Accountant Certificate No. 1941, issued to Spencer Dixon Lorton, was revoked as of May 26, 1955. Accordingly, I recommend that the Illinois C.P.A. Certificate issued be revoked and that the Secretary of the Board be instructed to send official notice of this revocation to Spencer Dixon Lorton at the last known address. On motion of Mr. Johnston, this certificate was revoked and the Secretary of the Board was authorized to send official notices to all parties concerned. REVISION O F AGREEMENT W I T H FARM A N D HOME BUREAUS (12) Since 1914 the University has been receiving funds under federal acts for support of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics. The provisions of these acts require that an amount at least equal to the federal grants be supplied from sources within the state. F o r the year 1954-55 the work in Illinois is being financed approximately as follows: ( a ) funds from federal sources, $1,175,000; (b) funds from state sources (University of Illinois appropriations), $886,000; ( c ) funds from county governments, $20,000; ( d ) funds from farm and home bureaus, $1,250,000. The relationships between the University's Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics and organizations in Illinois is on a county basis and is covered by a "Memorandum of Understanding." This is not prescribed by lav but is entered into voluntarily on a yearly basis. On November 24, 1954, the Secretary of Agriculture issued United States Department of Agriculture Memorandum 1368 which restricts the extent of cooperative relationship with farm bureaus previously in force under the University-5 existing memorandum of understanding. During the intervening months there has been much discussion of possible ways and means to meet the requirements of the Secretary's memorandum and still preserve both the federal and state relationships that have produced such good results in the past. A plan for at 'east temporarily meeting the situation is proposed by Dean and Director Louis i>. Howard and Associate Director of Extension William G. Kammlade in the fo1111 of a revised "Memorandum of Understanding." T h e new provisions of the memo-
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