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Transcript: Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes - 1857

[Begin page 12]

Office of Sec. Board of Education.
Lansing, Jan’y 14, 1857..
the Board of Education met at the office of the
Secretary, at 8 o’clock A.M. pursuant to adjournment.
Present. H. L. Miller, Ino. R. Kellogg, Geo. Millard, and
the Secretary.
A communication was received from. Prof.
L.R. Fisk, in relation to the facilities required for
the Department of Chemistry in the Agricultural
College, and the amount of time it should con=
sume, and asking for instructions, which com=
munication was considered and placed on file.
[Chem & Laboratory
Assistant]
The Board authorized Prof. Fisk to fit up the
working Laboratory of the college, according to a plan
submitted, and to employ an assistant in his
Department, at an expense not to exceed the cost
of his board with the Steward of the College.
Appointment of President.
[Jos. R. Williams
President
&
Director of Farming]
[Salary $1500]
On motion it was unanimously
Resolved. That the Hon. Joseph R. Williams be
and he is hereby appointed President of the
Michigan State Agricultural College. and
Director of Practical Farming, at an annual
Salary of fifteen hundred dollars, ($1500.00)
Resolved. That the Secretary be instructed
to notify Mr. Williams of his appointment, and
to respectfully request his acceptance thereof.
[J.M. Gregory
Pol. Econ. & Eng. Lit.
Salary $750]
On motion it was unanimously
Resolved. That Mr. John M. Gregory be appointed
to the Department of Political Economy and
English Literature in the Agricultural College,
for the present at a salary of $750.00 per annum,
the Board hoping ultimately to be able to establish
the Salary at $1000.00 per annum, and that the
Secretary notify him of his apopintment
The Board continued in open session, from
day to day, for several successive days, morning,
afternoon and evening. –

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Friday, January 16, 1857.
[Visiting
Statesmen]
Members of the Board of Education, the Exec=
utive Committee of the State Agricultural Society, and
a large number of members of the Legislature have
this day visited and examined the Agricultural
Farm and College Buildings.
The Board continued in open Session, con=
sidering matters connected with the Agricultural
College and Normal School, all the membership
in attendance.
Saturday Jan. 17, 1857.
Leave of absence was asked and obtained for
George Millard till Monday evening.

Monday, Jan. 19, 1857.
[Buildings
not
accepted]
Messrs. Miller & Kellogg of the Board of Education
visited and carefully inspected the Agricultural
College Buildings, with reference to their accept=
ance on the part of the State from the Contractor:
but it was agreed on the part of the Board that the
Contract has not been fulfilled on the part of the
Contractors, and the Board hence decline their
acceptance.
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1857.
The Board met at the office of their Secretary,
Present H.L.Miller, George Millard and the Secretary,
Judge Kellogg being detained at his lodgings by illness.

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1857.
The Board agreed upon the following com=
munication to the Legislature, which was trans=
mitted to the President of the Senate, and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives: -
[Memorial
to
Legislature]
“Memorial of the State Board of Education
upon the subject of an Agricultural College.
“To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Repre=
sentatives of the State of Michigan:


[Act
appropriating
Salt Spring Lands]
“By an Act of the Legislature of this State entitled
‘an Act for the establishment of a State Agricultural
School; approved Feb. 12, 1855,’ twenty-two sections
of Salt Spring Lands, or the moneys arising from the
sale thereof, were appropriated for the purchase of
land for an experimental farm, upon which
the said School shall be located; as also ‘for the

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erection of buildings, the purchase of furniture, apparatus,
library and implements, payment of professors and teach=
ers, and such other necessary expenses to be incurred in
the establishment and successful operation of said School.’
[Selection
of
Farm]
“By the act aforesaid, the President and Executive Committee
of the Michigan State Agricultural Society was authorized,
under certain restrictions, to make the selection of said
farm, which was done in the month of June, 1855,
and thereupon by the provision of Said Act it became
the duty of the State Board of Education to cause to be
erected the necessary buildings for said School, and
to make such arrangements and improvements as
the end and object of the plan might in their judgment
demand.
[Building [oc?] ]
“Since the purchase, sundry improvements under the
direction of the Board have been made upon the farm,
in clearing and draining the same. The west wing
of of the college buildings. and the boarding house on
the premises, are nearly completed. Some of the re=
quisite outbuildings are in a State of forwardness,
and will be finished as soon as the weather will
permit; and thus far the Board have endeavored
to do all in their power to have the College opened
for the reception of Students as early as the first
Wednesday of April next.
[Expenditures]
[Wants]
[illegible in original, Tools, Teams]
“In addition to the sum paid for the farm, the
same being $10,500.00, or thereabouts, the Board of
Education have expended the further sum of
$34,774.19 in improvements upon the farm, in
buildings, and in sundry incidental expenses.
Other expenditures must be made before the
buildings now erected are furnished for the
reception of students, and fully prepared for the
proper working of the different departments of the College.
On the opening of the spring the farm must be
fenced, implements and teams for agriculture
work must be provided, and the whole system
within doors and out of doors must be put in
motion and adequately sustained.
[Dwellings]
“During the approaching summer and ensuing
fall, the East wing of the College, and dwelling houses
for the accommodation of the professors of the institution
and their families, should be erected, the grounds
around the College premises properly laid out, and

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tastefully arranged, and permanent improvements
should be made in fencing the grounds, and
fitting them for use, as well upon the farm as
around the College buildings. It will at once
be seen that to do all of this properly and thoroughly,
a sum of money will be required fully equal to
that already expended.


[Reasons
for
Supporting
Agr & Coll.]
“In this paper it is our intention to bring the whole
subject of the Agricultural College to the notice and
attention of the Legislature. Its importance de=
mands an earnest, but enlightened consideration.
The Agricultural College is an experiment. If
properly aided, sustained and directed, it may
be made eminently useful; otherwise it may be
a failure. But in order to make it answer the
expectation of its friends, and promote the edu=
cational interests of the State, as connected with
agriculture, prudence, deliberation and deter=
mined support are all necessary. The develop=
ment of the system has been undertaken by this
State, and other States are now looking to Michigan
with intense interest. to see the final result.
“While the undersigned are unwilling to assume
the attitude of memorialists, to your Honorable Bodies,
we would distinctly intimate our readiness faith=
fully to apply any additional appropriation you
may be pleased to make, to the fullest possible
realization of the yet to be developed idea of an
Agricultural College.
“H.L. Miller, State
(Signed.) “Ino. R. Kellogg, Board
“George Millard, of
“Ira Mayhew,” Educa=
tion.

Thursday, Jan. 22, 1857.
A communication was this day received from
J.C. Holmes. Esq, Secretary of the State Agricultural
Society, enclosing the following resolution of said
Society.
[Library of
St. Agl. Soc.
to
College]
“Resolved. That the library belonging to the
State Agricultural Society be, and is hereby presented
to the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan.”
The President of this Board was requested to ac=
knowledge the communication, and to tender

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to the Society our thanks and signify our appreciation of the
donation.
The account of Secretary Holmes, for charges for transportation
of library and fixtures from Detroit to Lansing was audited at
$64.45, and a check drawn in payment.

Saturday Jan. 21, 1857.
[Accounts]
The accounts of members for services and expenses were
audited, and checks drawn in payment as follows: to
H.L. Miller $58.00; to John R. Kellogg $67.50; to Ira Mayhew. $46.50.
The Board adjourned to meet at Lansing the latter part
of February on the Call of the Secretary.
Ira Mayhew,
Secretary

Office of Sec’y Board of Education.
Lansing Feb. 25th, 1857.
[No Quorum]
A meeting of the Board of Education had been called
for this day, but there was present only the Secretary, other
members of the Board being detained by reasons in
letters received by them, which letters are placed on
file. Whereupon another meeting of the Board
was called for March 11th, 1857.
Ira Mayhew,
Secretary.

Office of Sec’y of Board of Education
Lansing March 11, 1857.
The Board met pursuant to call of the Secretary.
Present. H.L. Miller and the Secretary. There being no
quorum, the Board continued in open Session,
from day to day, till Friday morning, the 18th, when
John R. Kellogg appeared and took his Seat. A quorum
now being in attendance the Board proceeded to the
transaction of business.
[Contractors
tender
Buildings]
A letter from Royce and Copeland, Contractors, under
date of February 5th, 1857, notifying the Board that
the Agricultural College Buildings which they had
contracted “to erect, finish and complete,” by the first
day of December, 1856, “is now ready for acceptance,”
which had been filed with the Secretary, was laid
by him before the Board. After consideration they
communicated the following reply:
(See over.)

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[Begin page 17]

“Lansing, March 14, 1857.
“Messrs Royce & Copeland,
“Genti’n”
“You have notified us, under
date of February 5th, 1857, that the College Buildings
were completed according to your contract with us,
and we have already intimated to you (in our letter of
yesterday) our readiness to accept them as they are,
under protest that in our opinion they are not
finished according to the true intent and meaning
of your contract, and appealing to the final award
of the arbitrartor named in the contract.
[Proposal
for
Arbitration]
“In your note received by us today, you say you will
lay no obstacle in the way of our taking possession of
the buildings, but intimate that you shall construe
our act in so doing as full acceptance of the build-
ings, and a fulfilment of the contract on your part,
and an acknowledgment of our indebtedness to you
for the amount of your account against us. By
this we suppose you to mean that unless we take the
buildings with the acknowledgment thus made by
us agreeably to your intimation, we cannot have them.
Have we understood you aright, or have we mistaken your
meaning?
“Beside, as you will know, we are not informed of
of the amount of your account against us, and
therefore it would not be prudent on our part to
accept the Buildings on any such condition.
“We do not ask you to waive any of your rights
under the contract, by our acceptance of the buildings,
nor by that acceptance can we consent to waive
any of our rights. Let the contract between us, and
the man made arbiter under that contract, decide
with the contract in his hand, and the work before
his eyes, and we shall cheerfully abide his decision.
If you are willing to say as much, let the arbiter be
called, and the work be examined, and the final
decision be made. Are you willing or not?
“By order of the Board of Education,
(Signed,) “H.L. Miller,
“President.”
The entire correspondence is placed on file where
it may be referred to, though not deemed necessary
by the Board to be copied on the records.

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Saturday, March 14, 1857.
The Board of Education continued in Session, from
day to day, from the 11th to the 14th, there being present
Messrs. Miller, Kellogg and the Secretary.
Having closed the correspondence, a portion of which
appears on the preceding page, the Board took up the
question of erecting dwelling houses for professors.
After a free discussion it was
[3 Dwellings]
Resolved. That we proceed to erect three dwelling
houses, with the necessary outbuildings, on the
agricultural farm, the present season, one of said
dwellings, intended for the occupancy of the President
of the College, to cost not to exceed $3,500.00, and the
other two to cost, each, not to exceed $2,500.00 to 3,000.00,
these being designed for the occupancy of professors.
[H. Goadly
Entomol & Anatomy]
Resolved. That Henry Goadly. M.S. of Detroit, be
appointed to the Chair of Entomology and Comparative
Anatomy and Physiology in the Agricultural College.

[D.P. Mayhew
Natural Science]
Resolved. that D.P. Mayhew be appointed to the De=
partment of Natural and Experimental Science in
the Agricultural School, provided he will consent
to vacate his present position at the Normal School,
though the Board will not urge this change.
[Calvin Tracy
Mathematics]
Resolved. That Calvin Tracy, of Mt Vernon, Knox Co.
Ohio, be appointed to the Department of Mathematics.
[R.D. Weeks
Engl. Literature]
Resolved. That Robert D. Meeks, now of Iowa,
but recently of Massacusetts, be appointed to
the Chair of English Literature, and assistant
Director of Practical Farming.
[Salaries $1000.]
Resolved. That the Salaries of these several Profes-
sors be established at $1000:00 per annum, from
the time of their entering upon duty.
[Sale of Cord Wood]
It was agreedwith [illegible in original] A. Wood, contractor for
manufacturing and furnished brick, that he
receive a quantity of wood, (some twenty cords.)
at the brickyard, which the Board purchased
from him last season, after he had finished
burning, at the same rate the Board paid him,
and that we sell him 250 cords of wood now
in the woods (more or less,) as he may require.
at 75 cents a cord, to be measured after drawing
and piling at the yard by Mr. Wood, he taking
entire piles fromt he woods, rejecting only
unmerchantable wood, if any.

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It was further agreed with Mr. Wood that this
Board be furnished with and receive 500,000
brick to be furnished in monthly installments,
from the first of June to the first of Oct. next.
the brick to be of similar quality and kinds, pressed
and unpressed, and at the Same prices as those
furnished Royce and Copeland, now in the
College buildings, and that any quantity
remaining in the Kiln be estimated and
paid for at 25 cents less per thousand.
Said brick are to be paid for by the Board, or
by the Contractors for the buildings to be erected, from
month to month, as they are delivered. The
Board agree to make any advance that Mr.
Wood shall require on the first kiln, after the
same shall be put up, and previous to burning.
[Brick
Contract]
It is further understood and agreed that
Mr. Wood shall have the privilege of the Brickyard,
and of material for manufacturing brick,
without charge, and that he has also the privilege
of selling to other parties at such rates as he pleases,
provided, only, that he meets his engagement
with this Board, and does not unncessarily
mar the College grounds.
[Discretionary
power of
Expenditure
given
J.C. Holmes
temporarily]
Resolved. That Mr. J.C. Holmes be authorized –
and expected to exercise his discretion in the
purchase of trees, seeds, and shrubs, whether for
ornament or use, and in the preparation and care
of the grounds therefor; that when the same shall
be sufficiently developed for sales, he be authorized
and expected to make the same, on terms just
both to the institution and to purchasers, as
there may be occasion. In short, that there be
committed to his care and management the devel=
opment of the Department to which he has been
appointed, and that, in order to his possessing
the proper facilities for carrying on the same, he be
for the present, from time to time, and till
otherwise arranged, furnished with the
certificates of this Board to the Auditor General,
covering such amounts as he may deem
necessary this to expend, he from time to time
rendering a [illegible in original] account to this Board
for the application of the same.

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[Also to
L.R. Fisk]
Similar authority was conferred in the case of Prof.
L.R. Fisk in the development, temporarily of his
Department. But it is understood that these
arrangements are but temporary, and that they
be held subject to change and entire revision,
if need be, on the full organization of the college.
[Arbitration]
It being necessary to consult the Attorney General
in relation to the arbitration with Royce & Copeland,
the Board authorized John R. Kellogg to go to Detroit
for that purpose, and took a recess from Friday
noon, March 20th, till March 25th.
Ira Mayhew.
Secretary.
[No Quorum]
On the 25th of March, Mr. Miller & Mr.Willard
only being present, Mr. Kellogg having gone to Allegan
and the Secretary being detained at home
by illness, no business was transacted.
Ira Mayhew,
Secretary

Office of Sec. Board of Education,
Lansing, April 13th, 1857.
Pursuant to an invitation from the Hon. Joseph
R. Williams, President elect of the Agricultural College,
addressed to each member of the Board of Education,
and the usual call of the Secretary, J.R. Kellogg and
the Secretary convened as above, the Secretary
having been at his office two days in waiting,
though employed in other official labors.
H.L. Miller was detained at home by the illness
of his family, and George Willard not appearing
there was no quorum.

[J.R. Williams
enters on duty]
The Hon. Joseph R. Williams placed on file
with the Secretary a letter of acceptance as President
of the Agricultural College, and entered upon duty.
[J.M. Shearer
Steward]
A proposition from Mr. J.M. Shearer for the
office of Steward was received, and Mr. Miller’s
views in relation thereto being represented by letter
and otherwise, said proposition was accepted.
Arrangements were made for the meeting of the
Faculty at the college May 6th, and for the dedication
and opening of the college May 13th, and the Board
adjourned. Ira Mayhew,
%s allowed as per check book. Secretary.

[End page 20]





THE MORRILL ACT

Public Laws of the United States
Thirty-Seventh Congress, Second Session

CHAP. CXXX. – An Act donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories
which may provide College for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, that there be granted to the
several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of pub-
lic land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thou-
sand acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which the
States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the [illegible in original]
eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be
selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land aforesaid, after being
surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States in sections or subdi-
visions of sections, not less than one quarter of a section; and whenever
there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which [illegible in original]
shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limit of said
State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to [illegible in original]
of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to
sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to which
said State may be entitled under the provisions of this act, land scrip to
the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share: said scrip
to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses
and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose what-
soever: Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land script
may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any
other State, or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees
may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of
the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-
five cents, or less, per acre: And provided, further, That not more than
one million acres shall be located by such assignees in any one of the
States: And provided, further, That no such location shall be made before
one year from the passage of this act.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of manage-
ment superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands,
previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and
disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be
paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said
States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be
applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter
mentioned.
SEC 4. And be it further enacted, That all moneys derived from the
sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are appor-
tioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be
invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other
safe stock, yielding not less than five per annum upon the par value of
said stocks; and that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual
fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished, (except so
far as may be provided in section fifth of this act,) and the interest of
which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and
claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance
of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without exclud-
ing other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to
teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the me-
chanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respec-
tively prescribe in order to promote the liberal and practical education of
the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the grant of land and land
scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to
which, as well as to the provisions hereinbefore contained, the previous
assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts:
First. If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the forego-
ing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or
contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to
which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever un-
diminished: and the annual interest shall be regularly applied without
diminution to the purposes mentioned in the fourth section of this act,
except that a sum, not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount re-
ceived by any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended for
the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever author-
ized by the respective legislatures of said States.
Second. No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be ap-
plied, directly or indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the purchase,
erection, preservation, or repair on any building or buildings.
Third. Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provis-
ions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one
college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such
State, shall cease; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States
the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to
purchases under the State shall be valid.
Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each
college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their
cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and
economical statistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall
be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may
be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the
Secretary of the Interior.
Fifth. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised
to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall
be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres
proportionally diminished.
Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against
the government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of this
act.
Seventh. No State shall be entitled to the benefits of this act unless it
shall express its acceptance thereof by its legislature within two years
from the data of its approval by the President.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That land scrip issues under the
provisions of this act shall not be subject to location until after the first
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the land officers shall receive
the same fees for locating land scrip issues under the provisions of this
act as is now allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants
under existing laws; Provided, the maximum compensation shall not be
there increased.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Governors of the several
States to which scrip shall be issued under this act shall be required to
report annually to Congress all sales made of such scrip until the whole
shall be disposed of, the amount received for the same, and what appro-
priation has been made of the proceeds.
APPROVED, July 2, 1862.

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Office of Sec. Board Ed’n
Lansing, May 12, 1857.
The Board met at the Office of the Secretary,
pursuant to call, and adjournment, at 7 o’clock
P.M. _ Present. H.L. Miler. Ino. R. Kellogg. George
Willard, and the Secretary.
[Plans for
4 Dwellings]
Resolved, That T.J. Scott, Architect, of Toledo,
O. be requested to furnish plans and specifi-
cations for four Professors’ Residences for the Agric’l
Farm, which are to be furnished at a cost of
$50.00 each, and in the, five, seven and nine weeks
from this time, respectively and to be paid for
when received.
[Roof of
College Hall]
Resolved, That said Scott be requested to furnish
a plan for improving the roof of the college building,
and send his % through to the Secretary of this Board.
The Board adjourned till 2 P.M. to-morrow.

May 13th, 2 o’clock P.M.
Board met, Present the same members as before.
[Expenditures]
Resolved. That the % of [illegible in original] of $777.00 for
Stock for Farm be allowed and paid.
[Board’s
Accounts]
The Secretary reported the following accounts as
paid by the usual certificate, pursuant to instructions
of the Board: S.M. Bartlett, Feb. 4. for Agri’l Farm
improvements, $670.78; L.R. Fisk, as advance on Freights or
Chemicals and apparatus for College, $100.00; S.M. Bartlett,
Feb. 26th, for College & farm improvements. $367.00; L.R. Fisk.
for apparatus and Chemicals, as per bill rendered, $2297.14;
W.E. Tilly, Stage Agent for charges on two boxes of books from
Washington for college library, $16.53; J.C. Holmes, for
salary to March 3d, furnished March 18th. $125.00; S.R. Fisk, [illegible in original]
$125.00; J.C. Holmes, March 16th, for transportation of fur=
niture for College Boarding House from Detroit to Lansing $200.00;
J.R. Kellogg, March 20th, Services expenses, $72.00; S.M.
Bartlett for improvements on farm buildings $200.00;
J.C. Holmes, April 11th; Expenses of fitting up Boarding
House, etc., $300.00; S.M. Bartlett, Ag’l Farm improvements,
$200.00. The % of members of the Board for expenses to
April 13th were stated. H.L. Miller’s being $95.00, and $20.00
additional, on account of arbitration with Royce Copeland;
John R. Kellogg $24.50, and Ira Mayhew’s for expenses in attend=
ing the last three meetings, and executing instructions of the Board
during the interim, being $112.00.

[End page 21]

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The Board adjourned till to-morrow morning at 8 o’clock.

May 14th, 1857.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present the
same members as before, the Board being full.
[Advertising]
Resolved. That the Secretary be, and he is hereby authorized
and instructed to pay all accounts for newspapers ad
vertisements ordered by the Board, at the advertised
rates of the papers so advertising respectively.
[not pd.
unless ordered]
Resolved. That this Board will audit no accounts for
advertising not ordered, by them, or by their Secretary.
Resolved. That the Secretary be, and he is hereby in=
structed to communicate the foregoing resolutions
to all parties forwarding accounts against this Board,
not authorized, or not duly certified, and to inform
them that their accounts should be accompanied
by the advertisement, as published by them, their
published rates of advertising, and a certificate
from the foreman in the office of the length of time
the same has been inserted.
[Holmes Treasurer
Weeks, Secretary]
Resolved. That J.C. Holmes be appointed treasurer
of the Agricultural College, and that Robert D. Weeks be
appointed Secretary of the College.
[$5000. for
Current Exp.]
Resolved. That upon J.C. Holmes filing his Bond
with the Secretary of this Board, the latter be authorized
to place at the disposal of the former for the purpose
of meeting the current expenses of the College and
farm, the sum of five thousand dollars, subject
to the provisions of law relative to the disbursements
of the funds of the college by the treasurer of the same.
[Treasurer’s Bond
$10000.]
[Law for Treasurer]
Resolved. That the Treasurer of the College be required
to give his Bond to the Board of Education in the
sum of ten thousand dollars, with two good
and sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties as said treasurer, according
to the requirements of Section 11 of Act 130, Session laws
of 1855 of the State of Michigan.
The Board took a recess for dinner.

May 14th, 2. P.M.
The Board met in full session.
The conditions of attendance upon the Agricultural
College, the price of Board, etc, having been under
consideration the following resolutions were adopted:

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[Com. to
Assess Price of
Board]
Resolved. That the President, Secretary and Treasurer of
the College be instructed to estimate the cost of board
of students on the third Wednesday of June, of the
current year; and thereafter on the third Wednesday
of July of the summer term, and the third Wednesday
of January of the winter term, and assess the Same
upon the students for the whole terms respectively;
provided, however, that in cases of necessary
settlements with the students, or any of them,
before those dates, the sum of two dollars and
fifty cents per week shall be charged.
[Wages]
Resolved. That by the Same officers of the College,
and at the same dates respectively, the rates of
compensation to the students according to age,
capacity and fidelity, shall be fixed; provided,
however, that ten cents per hour shall be the
maximum, and five cents per hour the minimum
price allowed for such labor.
[Students
Accounts]
Resolved. That the same officers shall cause the
balance to be struck at the same time, with each
student, and that the sum due from each
student shall be paid to the College treasurer
within two weeks from the dates respectively when
such balance is declared; and in case of the
nonpayment by the student, his parents or guardian,
before the expiration of each term, he shall forfeit
all further claim to privilege in the institution;
provided that in case of any interposition of Prov=
idence which prevents the completion of the term
for which any student may have paid, there
shall be refunded to him any overpayment.
[Labor 3 hrs. per Day]
Resolved. That students shall be required to labor
till otherwise ordered, three hours per day; provided,
that if exigence arise, which, in the judgment of
the officers of the Institution demands it, the max=
imum of labor allowed by the law under which
the Institution is organized, shall be required of them.
[Bill for Furniture]
Resolved. That, upon J.C. Holmes’ Certificate that
the accounts rendered by him as agent of this
in the purchases of furniture for the Boarding Hall,
are correctly rendered, the Secretary of this Board is
authorized and instructed to file the certificates
of this Board in the payment of the same.

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The Board of Education adopted the following com=
munication to the President and Faculty of the Agricul=
tural College, and directed that the President of this
Board communicate the same to the President of
the College, and that the Secretary incorporate the
same into the recorded proceedings of this Board.
Copy of Letter.
[Letter to
Faculty]
“To the President and members of the Faculty of the
Agricultural College of the State of Michigan –
“Gentlemen: -
[Unity]
“The Board of Education in committing
to your care and direction the interests of the College
over which you are called to preside, have done
so, under the conviction, and in the confidence
that you will unite your efforts in realizing the
true idea of an Agricultural College. Having
fixed in your minds after full consideration,
the end to be sought for, we trust that all all
your measures will be taken in harmony and
in wisdom.
[Economy]
“In the present state of the funds appropriated
for the use of the College, and in view of the various
sums required for the completion of the buildings,
and the current expenses of the institution itself,
the Board would earnestly recommend to you
the practice of strict economy in all your purchases
for and improvements upon the farm.
[school first]
“This Board are of the opinion that, for the next
two years, more regard should be had to the work=
ing of the School, than to the improvement of
the farm and grounds more immediately
connected with the College buildings.
[economy vital]
“One fourth of the sum placed at our disposal
will be absorbed in the building of the Houses for
the Professors and their families, and in providing
the necessary fixtures and conveniences for the
same. We wish you, gentlemen, to bear all
these things in mind. Remember that economy
and thrift are inseparable; and strive to teach
this useful and important lesson, both by
precept and example, in each and all of the
departments in which you may be called to
direct and preside.
“With the expectation that you will regard

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this caution, in the particular we have mentioned,
and with our best wishes for your prosperity and
success, we remain truly yours
“In behalf and by order of the Board of Education,
(Signed) “H.L. Miller,
“President.”
The Board adjourned till to-morrow morning
at 8 o’clock.
May 15th, 1857.
The Board met in full session pursuant to adjournment
with the wish to make the limited means at our dis=
posal for Professor Salaries, accomplish the best results
for the Institution it was
[Faculty to
apportion
their own work]
Resolved. That the Board of Instruction in the Agr’c’l
College be authorized and requested to make such a di=
vision of their duties as the exigences of the Institution
demand, without restriction to the particular de=
partments to which they have [severally?] been appointed.

In closing the arbitration with Royce & Copeland
the papers relating to which are placed on file it was
[Arbitration Settlement]
Resolved. That the Secretary of this Board issue
a certificate to S.M. Holmes, Treasurer of the State
of Michigan, for the sum of Threehundred and forty
Seven dollars & 30/100, being the amount due him
for payment of the Award to Royce & Copeland made
under arbitration, and for a bill of sundry articles
sold by Royce and Copeland to the Board of Education.
The Board adjourned till to-morrow morning.

May 18th 8 o’clock a.m.
The Board met at the Office of the Secretary at the
usual hour. present, Messrs. Miller, Kellogg and
the Secretary, [dir?] Willard having left for home.
In settling with the Agent of the Board, it was
[Account, Bartlett]
Resolved. That the Secretary draw the certificate of
this Board in favor of S.M. Bartlett, for $1085.25, the
same being his due, as per %s rendered, and that
his receipt be taken therefor.
[Dedication of
College]
The Board continued in open session from
day to day, from their arrival here the evening of
the 12th till the present time, adjourning to attend
the dedicatory exercises of the College the thirteenth.

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[Expenditures]
During these sittings of the Board the following accounts
were allowed and paid: - May 12th. to J.C. Holmes,
for Agricultural implements puchased for the College,
provisions, etc. $1500.00; to Rob’t D. Weeks, advance on Salary,
May [13th?], $125.00; to L.R. Fisk, for expenses freight and
labor connected with his department in the College,
under instructions from this Board. $830.64; to [A?]. Wood as
advance on contract for brick $200.00; to S.J. Bartlett, for
Agricultural farm improvements, $100.00; to J.C. Holmes for
agricultural improvements, provisions, and bills rendered
for furniture for boarding house, $5150.07; to F. LaRue for
Livery hire to date. $18.00;

[Board’s
Accounts]
Members of the Board were paid for services and
expenses as follows: - Geo. Millard. for attending three meetings
$121.67; H.L. Miller $69.30; and Ino R. Kellogg $600.59.
[Clerk for Secty.]
The Secretary was authorized, should he find it necessary
to do so, to employ clerical aid in payment of %: for
advertising dedication and opening of College etc.
The Board, after a protracted and laborious session
adjourned to meet on the Call of the Secretary,
Ira Mayhew,
Secretary.
Office of Sec. Board Education
Lansing, July 21, 1857.
The Board met pursuant to call of the Secretry, at
9 o’clock a.m. Present Ino. R. Kellogg, George Willard
and the Secretary. Mr. Kellogg was called to the chair.
The Secretary announced to the Board that he had
learned by letter from Governor Bingham of the resigna=
tion of H.S. Miller. President of this Board, whereupon it was
[Prest. Miller of
Bd of Education
Resigns]
Resolved. That we have learned with regret of the
resignation of the Hon. H.S. Miller. late President of this
Board, whose services hitherto have contributed greatly
to the present gratifying condition and propspects of
the Institutions under our supervision, and the aid
of whose prudence and wisdom in our counsels
we had hoped to continue to receive.
To fill the vacancy created by this resignation it was
[J.R. Kellogg Prest.
of
Bd. ^ Education]
Resolved. That Ino. R. Kellogg be appointed
President of this Board.
The question having arisen between the Fac=
ulty and some of the Students, whether any abatement
should be made in charging the board of Students
of the Agricultural College for voluntary absences.

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and the same having been referred to this Board
for their decision it was
[No deduction
from board for
voluntary absence]
Resolved. That no deduction be made in the
charge for board of Students because of absences,
unless they arise from providential causes, -
the organic law of the Institution declaring that
no pupil shall be received for less than one term,
unless by special permission from the Board of In=
struction.
Several students having left the Institution,
without excuse, and in some cases with out
the knowledge of the Faculty, it was further
[Permission
necessary to leave
College]
Resolved. That pupils leaving the Agricul=
tural College without permission, subject them=
selves to expulsion, and to a forfeiture of the privilege
of re-entering the institution.
The Board adjourned to meet at the College, for
the examination of Buildings, and for the location
of Professors’ residences. to-morrow morning, and
thence at the offices of the Secretary.

July 22d, 1857.
The Board met at the Office of the Secretary in the
P.M. the majority of the members having spent
the former part of the day at the College. The P.M.
and evening were spent in discussion and in
the consideration & Plans for Residence for Prof’s,
when the Board adjourned till to-morrow morning.

July 23d, 1857.
The Board met at the office of the Secretary,
at 8 o’clock A.M. Present George Millard and the
Secretary, the President being detained at his
room by illness. Geo. Millard was appointed
President pro-tem.
[Plans for
4 Dwellings]
The plans for four Cottage Buildings for
Professors’ Residences, submitted by Scott and
Bunnell, Toledo, Ohio, with specifications
for the same, were adopted by the Board, with
such changes in materials to be employed as
the Superintendant of Buildings and this Board
may, from local causes, think expedient, and
which it is understood shall not exceed in cost
that of the materials named in the specifications.

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[Sites]
The sites of the aforesaid Buildings, recommended
by Mr. Scott, were adopted.
[Cellars]
Francis Foster, of Lansing, was employed to dig
the cellars to the houses, and employ men to assist
him, for which he is to receive $2.00 per day. He is
to keep the time of the men employed by him.
[Foundations]
Joseph J. Miller, of Lansing, Brick and Stone Mason,
was employed to lay cellar walls and foundations
to Professors’ Residences. he keeping the time of men
employed by him, and working with him and
under his directions, for which he is to receive
$2.75 per diem. – Mr. Miller, further proposing and
agreeing to remain in the employ of this Board at
the same rate, in case his services shall be required.
In view of the necessities for immediate action, it was
[Re-roofing
College Hall]
Resolved. That the plan submitted by Scott and
Bunnell for reroofing the College building be adopted,
and that the work be prosecuted with all practicable
dispatch.
Mr George W. Maher, of Albion, and others, having
been recommended to this Board as suitable persons
to superintend the erection and completion of Professors’
Houses, and the reroofing of the Agricultural College,
agreeably to the plans submitted by Messrs. Scott
and Bunnell, and purchasing necessary materials
for the same, which may not be otherwise provided,
& was therefore, on motion of Geo. Willard.
[Building
Supt]
Resolved That the Secretary of this Board be
instructed to correspond with Geo. W. Maher, and
others recommended to this Board, and to take
such action in the employment of a Sup’t of
Buildings as in his judgment will secure the
most speedy and reliable completion of the work.
The Board adjourned till to-morrow morning.

Lansing, July 24th, 1857.
The Board met at the Office of the Secretary at
7 o’clock A.M. – Present George Willard and the Secretary.
Mr. Willard acting as president protem._ and proceeded
to the consideration of business;
At 10 o’clock J.R. Kellogg appeared and took
his seat as President when it was
[Builders’
Shanty]
Resolved, That we agree to the proposition of Mr. A.
Wood to build a Shanty on the Agricultural College

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grounds to be located under the direction of President
Williams, for the purpose of boarding the men to be
employed in the erection of Professors Houses and
such other work as may be ordered by this Board,
provided, such shanty shall be necessary for the
accommodation of boarders, with the understanding
that this Board will take the boards necessary for its
erection, off his hands at cash when said house
shall be completed, the amount of the lumber
not exceeding 5000 feet.
[Payment on
Barn Contract]
Mr. Henry Moots who had erected a barn
and outbuildings on the Agricultural Farm
under an alleged contract with M.S.M. Bartlett,
our late agent, presented a claim for a balance
due him, whereupon in the absence of the
alleged contract it was,
Resolved. That Mr. Henry Moots be paid $100.00
on his account against the State, on the condition that
he refund the same or such [part?] thereof as he cannot
prove to be his due, under the aforesaid contract.
Mr. Millard & the President voting in the affirmative
and the Secretary in the negative.
[Kitchen Room]
Resolved. That a wash and cook room affording
all needful facilities for the Kitchen department, in=
cluding a wood room, all under one roof, be erected
under the Superintendance of President Williams, after
consulting with the Steward in regard to details.
[Brick]
Resolved. That this Board will receive of Mr. A.
Wood, 150,000 brick, in addition to those heretofore
specially agreed for.
[Expenditures]
[Advertising $200.]
[Advertising $100.]
The Secretary reported the following amounts
paid since the last meeting of the Board, the
same being pursuant to provisions of the Board,
to wit: May 19th, to L.R. Fisk for work on Laboratory, %
to be rendered $100.00; May 20th to G.M. Dewey, clerk
to Secretry, for payment of bills rendered and to be
rendered, for advertising dedication and opening
of Agri’c’l College $200.00; Jume 12th, for Agricul=
tural implements, Provisions, etc. $500.00; June
12th, to J.C. Holmes, as Treasurer of the College,
(who had filed his Bond in the Sum of ten thousand
dollars.) for use as Treasurer of the College under
the Statue, $5000.00; June 15th, to A. Wood, Brick-
maker, on contract for brick, $400.00; July 9th, to

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A. Wood, on contract for brick, $600.00; July 9th, to Messrs.
Scott & Bunnell, architects, Toledo, for designs for four
cottages, for Agri’c’l Farm, and for plans for roof for College
building, $225.00; July 10th, to J.C. Holmes, for Salary to
July 18th, $287.00 and for use as Treasurer of College $1000.00;
to L.R. Fisk, for Salary to July 18th $287.00; Ira Mayhew, for
expenses in transacting business for Board in Detroit
and in attending two meetings of the Board $108.00;
to G.W. Dewey, Clerk to Secretary, for payment of advertise=
ments orderd by the Board of Education to be paid $100.00,
and to Dudly Holmes for their % against the Agri’c’l College,
$194.50. The foregoing was approved by the Board, and,
The following accounts were audited by the Board
at the present meeting. to wit: to A.Wood on contract for brick
$400.00; to Greene & Mills $180.71 and $700.00 on another %, both
together being $880.71, the balance of their % of $961.02 being
left for future adjustment; to S.R. Greene, as witness in
arbitration before Gov. Bingham. $6.00; to Joseph Miller for
% rendered, certified by S.W. Bartlett, late Ag’t. $50.15; to
Burn & Grove, [do.?] $77.27; to A.M. Kimball, [do?] $8.00.
[Accounts]
The expenses of members were audited and paid as
follows: to George Willard, $41.00; to John R. Kellogg, $63.00;
and to Ira Mayhew for expenses in attending meeting
of the Board and executing their instructions at Sundry
times $132.00: when on motion.
The Board adjourned to meet at the office of the
Secretary in Lansing. Oct. 21st, at 9 o’clock A.M.
Ira Mayhew,
Secretary,

Office of Sec. Board of Education.
Lansing. October 21st, 1857.
[No Quorum]
The Board met at the office of the Secretary pur=
suant to adjournment. Present. B.L. Baxter and
the Secretary. There not being a quorum, the Board
took a recess till to-morrow morning.

Oct. 22, 1857, 9 o’clock A.M.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present. Messrs. Kellogg. Baxter and the Secretary.
There now being a quorum the Board proceeded to
business.
[Brick]
The Secretary reported action he had taken on behalf
of the Board in a partial settlement with Mr. A. Wood for

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Brick, in taking 30.910 of 130.910, which Mr. Wood had
made, and had in kiln, beyond the amount
specially contracted for by the Board. It was
Resolved. That the Board approve of the action of their
Secretary in receiving from Mr. Wood 30.910 brick
beyond the amount [embraced?] in our contract with
him, and paying him the contract price therefor.
The Board went into the consideration of Normal
School matter the remainder of the day.

Lansing, Oct. 23, 1857.
The Board met at the Office of the Secretary at 8 o’clock,
pursuant to adjournment. Present: Messrs. Kellogg,
Baxter and the Secretary. On motion it was
[Brick Yard]
Resolved. That we purchase of Mr. A. Wood,
brick contractor, the 100,000 brick he has on hand,
at the Brickyard, together with the houses, shanties,
fence, sheds, machines, lumber, timber, [wells?], ovens,
and all other materials belonging to him upon
the college premises, and all his interest in the Brickyard
and premises, except his tools proper, including
the moulding and pressing machines, which he
is immediately to remove, at the sum of $400.00,
to be paid on the first of January next.
[Advertising $50.]
Resolved. That the Secretary be authorized to settle
the account of the Publishers of the Detroit Advertiser,
for advertising for the Agricultural College, pro=
viding the same may be done at a cost not
exceeding fifty dollars.
[Surveyor’s
Outfit]
Resolved. That Professor C. Tracy be authorized
to purchase a Surveyors Compase and Level, with
the necessary apparatus for surveying and leveling,
for the use of the Agircultural College.
The following Rules and Regulations were
adopted for the government of the College.
Rules and Regulations
of the
[Rules]
Agricultural College of the State of Michigan.
[Leave Grounds]
1. Students shall not absent themselves from
the college premises without permission.
[Comulsory Attend-
ance at Chapel]
2. They are required promptly to attend all chapel
exercises, recitations, lectures, and field operations,
and to discharge every duty imposed upon them.
[Study Hours]
3. They shall faithfully observe all study hours,

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and remain quietly in their rooms during the same,
except on leave of absence.
[Liquors]
4. They shall neither bring nor use upon the premises
any spiritous or intoxicating liquors.
[Tobacco]
5. The use of tobacco and other narcotics, being dis=
approved of under all circumstances, is forbidden
in any of the College buildings.
[Language]
6. No student will be permitted to use ob=
scene or profane language.
[Cards]
7. Card-playing, and other games of chance, are
wholly prohibited.
[Labor]
8. No student will be permitted to interrupt or
interfere with the labor of fellow-students, and other
persons employed on the premises, or to visit them
while at their labor.
[Damages]
9. The mutilation or defacement of any part of
the College premises, is regarded as a great mis=
demeanor, both in principals and accessories.
all damages shall be assessed upon the offenders.
[Sabbath]
10. On Sabbath, students shall attend the public
Religious Services held at the College; and during
the hours not necessarily otherwise occupied,
shall remain quietly in their rooms, and
engage in nothing inconsistent with the
proper observance of the day.
[Apartment]
11. Upright and gentlemanly deportment will
on all occasions be required.
[Dismissions]
12. As no person can be received into the Institution,
under the law creating it, for less than one term,
any student leaving during term time, without
permission of the Faculty, is liable to expulsion
and a forfeiture of further privileges in the Institution.
[Penalties]
13. Violations and disregard of the Rules of the college,
or countenancing the same on the part of others, will
subject the offender to reprimand, suspension, or
expulsion, as the Faculty may determine.
[Cooperation]
14. Students are expected fully to cooperate with
the Faculty, to secure the objects for which the
Institution was established.
[Fire arms]
15. Fire arms will not be permitted to be
kept or used upon the College premises.
The Board adjourned to meet at the office of the
Secretary to-morrow morning at 8 o’clock.
Ira Mayhew Sec.

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Lansing, Oct. 24th, 1857.
The Board met at the office of the Secretary,
pursuant to adjournment at 8 o’clock A.M.
Present, Messrs Kellogg, Baxter and the Secretary.
Upon the recommendation of the Faculty it was
[Account, Banker]
Resolved. That $65.00 be allowed to Mr. Banker
for services rendered in the Institution, beyond
those contemplated at the time of his appointment,
to the close of the present term.
[Prof. Weeks’
Resignation]
The resignation of Mr. Robert D. Weeks, as
Professor in the Institution, tendered under date of
July 30th, to take effect at the expiration of the
present term, was taken up and considered;
and on receiving a written communication
from the Faculty, in reply to one from this Board,
it was unanimously
Resolved. That the resignation of Robert D.
Weeks as Professor in the Agricultural College, to
take effect at the close of the present term, be
accepted, and that the Secretary be requested
to notify him thereof.
On motion it was unanimously
Resolved. That we entertain unshaken confi=
dence in Prof. Weeks as a man of integrity and
moral worth; that we regret the existance of
circumstances which induced him to tender
his resignation, which we feel obliged to accept;
and we assure him that he will carry with him
to his field of future labor, wherever that may be,
our best wishes for his prosperity and happiness.
Resolved. That the Secretary to communicate
the foregoing resolutions to Mr. Weeks.
Resolved. That this Board will undertake
to accommodate, for the ensuing term, and
till otherwise determined, one hundred students
in the Agricultural College, and that the
Faculty be instructed to receive Students from
the various counties of the State, with reference
thereto, in conformity with the provision of Sec. 5
of the Statutes under which the Institution has
been established.
The Board adjourned till Monday morning.
at 8 o’clock. Ira Mayhew
Secretary.

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Lansing Oct. 26, 1857.
The Board met at the office of the Secretary,
pursuant to adjournment. Present. Messrs.
Kellogg, Baxter and the Secretary.
[Acct. Green & Mills
Disallowed]
Resolved. That it is the sense of this Board that
no further allowance be made on the account of
Messrs. Green and Mills, on which $700.00 was
allowed and paid. the 24th of July last, and
that they be notified thereof.
[$140. rent for
Dwellings]
Resolved. That until otherwise determined, an
annual rent of $140.00 each, be charged for the
occupancy of the Houses erected for the accom=
modation of the Faculty of the Agricultural College,
and that said occupancy, unless arranged by
mutual agreement among the Professors, be
determined, either by lot, or by a premium for
the first choice, over and above the rent fixed
upon, at the option of the Faculty.
[C. Tracy, Secty.]
[Clerical assist.]
Resolved. That Prof. Tracy be temporarily appointed
Secretary of the Agricultural College, with authority
to employ necessary clerical assistance.
[Employmt. Mr. Briggs]
Resolved. That President Williams be authorized to
employ Mr. Briggs for the ensuing year, if he deems
it advisable to do so, at a compensation not ex=
ceeding $350.00 and board, or $400 including
board.
The Board again resumed the consideration
of Normal School matters, after which they
adjourned till to-morrow morning at 8 o’clock.

October 25th, 1857.

[Adjourn]
The Board met at the office of the Secretary at 8 o’c’k
A.M. pursuant to adjournment. There being
no pressing business before them, the Board took
a recess to attend the examination of Classes
in the Agricultural College.
October 28, 1857.
[Adjourn]
The Board met again, as yesterday, at the
office of the Secretary. Present the same members
as before, to wit: Messrs. Kellogg. Baxter and the
Secretary, and there being no business requiring
their attention adj’d, and met again this evening
at the office of the Secretary. Ira Mayhew,
Secretary

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Evening Session, Oct. 28, 1857.
The Board having attended the examination
of the Agricultural College during the day,
held an evening session at the Sec’s offices.
Present. Messrs. Kellogg, Baxter, and the Secretary.
[Finances]
[Advertising $50.]
The Secretary reported the following certificates
to the Auditor General as having been filled
by him since the last meeting of this Board,
pursuant to their directions, to wit, Aug. 1st,
to J.C. Holmes, Treasurer of the College $3000.00; [do?],
August 19th $5000.00; [do?] Sepember 11th, $5,000.00; Sept.
18th. to A. Wood, on contract for Brick. $508.13; Oct.
21st. to J.C. Holmes, Treasurer of the College, $1000.00.
A check was [filled?] Oct 17th. to I.M. Green, ag’t for the
Detroit advertiser, for $57.00 for advertising for
Agricultural College.
[Boards’
Accounts]
The accounts of members were allowed as follows.
to wit. _ to J.R. Kellogg, for services and expenses in
attending this meeting. $48.81; to W.J. Baxter, [do?],
$49.34; to Ira Mayhew, Secretry, for expenses in
attending meeting and executing instructions of
the Board at intervals between Sessions, $56.00.
The Board adjourned to meet at the Library of
the Normal School Building in Ypsilanti, Thursday,
the 18th of March, at 9 o’clock A.M. unless sooner
convened by call from the Secretary.
Ira Mayhew,
Secretary.

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