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Caption: Book - History of the University (Powell)
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548 History University of Illinois 6. No trustee shall receive any compensation for attending the meetings of the board, except his necessary traveling expenses; and for incompetency, neglect or the abuse of the privileges or duties of his office, every trustee may be questioned by any citizen of this state. The proceedings in such case to be by writ of quo warranto or other proper proceedings before any court of competent jurisdiction; the penalty to be the vacation of the office. * \t jj'j|j 7. No member of the board of trustees shall be a professor or officer of the faculty of the institution, nor contractor for the erection of any of the buildings of the institution. 8. At all stated and regularly called meetings of the board of trustees, seven members shall constitute a quorum. 9. The board shall annually appoint a secretary, who shall hold the office for one year and till his successor shall be appointed and qualified; and it shall be his duty to keep a full and fair record of the proceedings of the board, which shall always be open to inspection by the board or any member thereof; and said record shall be evidence of the facts therein stated and contained in all events whatsoever. LOCATION OF INSTITUTION. ' 10. The institution shall be located by the board of trustees in some central portion of the state, having reference to facilities of access as well as to geographical position. In making the location the trustees shall take into account the best interests of the state and of the institution; and no member of the board shall give a vote in favor of the county where he shall then reside. OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTION. 11 J|The object of the institution shall be to impart instruc^ ^ U all departments of useful knowledge, science, and art, I i l i i those departments now most needed by the g | l | of the state, to-wit: 1st. A l l l l seminary, or a normal school department, for the improves^ andfe^cation of common school teachers.
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