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Annual Meeting of the Board Tuesday July 29th 1856
The committee appointed to take under advisement the
compensation that members of the Board of Trustees
should receive reported the following resolution, which
on motion of Mr Welch was adopted to wit:
Resolved that hereafter Each member of the Board
receive two dollars per day and ten cents per mile for
actual travel to be paid out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated-
On Motion of Doc Howard the Board then adjourned
until 2 O clock P.M.-
Afternoon Session
The Board met pursuant to adjournment, present
as in the forenoon Except Mr Wright & Judge Pruden.
The report of the Finance Committee being handed
in was by Mr Jewett Chmn the Board received, adopted and ordered
the same to be Entered of recovered
The committee on Schollarships made their report and
was received and adopted and ordered to be placed on
record-
On Motion of Mr Miller, the Finance Committee
heretofore appointed, who consisted of Messrs Brown, Welch,
Jewett, and Dana were continued with the same powers
and duties-
On Motion of Mr Jewett the acting committee
consisting of Messrs Jewett, Dana & Wilson were
Continued for the ensuing year. Judge Pruden
on Motion of Mr Hand was added to that Com'ttee
The Committee on degrees reported the names of
Wm H Young, James Dunlap, J.C. Corbin Chas Walker
O.P. Shiras, H.F. Miller E.A. Guthrie and J. Anderson
of the Graduating Class of 1853, who were initled in course
to the degree of "Master of Arts," and on motion of
Mr Welch the degree of "Master of Arts" was confered
upon them-
The Committee made the further report that
application had been made for the degree of D.D. by
three Gentlemen and on for L.L.D. and two for