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Annual Meeting. Wednesday Aug. 1, 1849. Continued.
of the Members of the Board residing in Athens Co.
to wit. Pres. Ryors, Miller, Welch, Jewett, Dana & Brown
On Motion, Mr Jewett was added to the Committee
on the sale of Lots.
A communication from Prof. Williams offering the
sale of certain Books to the University, was received,
read and referred to the Committee on Finance.
At 1/2 past 10 A.M. the Board took a recess un=
til 3 o'clock P.M. to hear the Inaugural Address of
Prof. Wm J. Hoge.
Afternoon Session.
The Committee on the President's Communication
made a Report which was adopted.
The Committee on Finance made a Report which
was accepted, except a recommendation to pur=
chase the Books offered by Prof. Williams, which was
rejected, on the grounds of the low state of the funds -
On motion it was resolved that the sum of
$75.00 be appropriated for the purchases of necessary ap=
paratus and chemicals, to be expended by Prof. Mather.
The Board then proceeded by ballot to the
election of Officers for the ensuing year, when it ap=
peared that the following persons were duly elected, viz.
Treasurer, John Brown. Auditor, Henry Bartlett.
Secretary, A.G. Brown. Collector, Abel Stedman.
On motion Mr Welch was appointed President
Pro Term (underlined), for the ensuing year.
On motion, Mr Hubbard was added to the
Committee heretofore appointed on the subject of the
changes of the tenure of the University Lands to Freehold,
and the Committee continued -
On Motion the matter of the claim of the University
against the late President McGuffie was again
referred to the acting Committee, with full power
to settle or compromise the same.
On Motion, resolved, that the Acting Committee
be empowered, with the consent of Prof. Mather,
to cause evidence of debt in the usual form to be
issued to A.G. Brown for the amounts advanced
for the freight of certain minerals belonging to
Prof. Mather, with interest. Provided that the