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[Begin page 182]
Office of the Secretary of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture
Lansing, Tuesday evening, February 9th, 1869.
Special meeting of the Board. Present, Messrs Wells,
Prutzman, Carpenter, Knapp, Hosford, Childs, Abbot,
& the Secretary.
[Board Officers]
The records of the last meeting were read & approved.
The term of office of the President, Secretary, & Treasurer having
expired, the Hon. H.G. Wells was elected President, Sanford
Howard was elected Secretary, & Joseph Mills, Treasurer.
Dr Miles having laid before the Board a statement in regard
to an exchange of swamp lands (portions of the "Big Marsh") with
Jacob Bennet, it was
[Big Marsh
Exchange]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to negotiate for
the proposed exchange of lands, & that the President & Sec-
retary of the Board be authorized to conclude the bargaining
provided satisfactory titles can be obtained.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Wednesday morning. Feb. 10th.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. It was
[Sale]
Resolved, that the sum of $1690, received by Hon. Z. Chand-
ler from sale of swamp lands, be turned into the
Treasury of the Agricultural College.
[Prof. Botany]
Resolved, that the busines of procuring a Professor of Bot-
any for the College, be left with President Abbot.
[Farm Accts]
Resolved, that the summary of accounts presented by
the Superintendent of the Farm Department in regard to
operations in this Department for the year 1868, be published
in the Secretary's Report.
[Bldg Com.]
Resolved, that Mr Knapp & Mr Prutzman be ap-
pointed a Building Committee to attend to the creation
of the proposed College Building, with power to employ a
superintendent of the work.
The following preamble & resolution, proposed by Mr
Hosford, were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the Hon. Justus Gage has, from
enfeebled health, deemed it [inexpediant?] to
[End page 182]
[Begin page 183]
longer continue a member of the State Board of Agriculture
and
[Resolutions
J. Gage]
Whereas, he has, during the long period of his connection
with the Board, been [illegible in original] the constant
& warm friend of the Agricultural College, & always a
wise & safe counsellor in regard to the management of
its affairs, therefore
Resolved, that the members of this Board take pleasure
in expressing their appreciation of the valuable services of
their late associate, & tender him their cordial thanks for
aid
the [disinterested?] & efficient ^ he has rendered in advan-
cing the objects of the Board, & the interests of the
Institution under their charge.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
[End page 183]
[Begin page 184]
Office of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture, Lansing,
Monday evening March 29th, 1869; Special meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture. Present, Messrs Wells, Prutzman,
Carpenter, Knapp, Abbot, Childs, & the Secretary.
[New Hall]
The examination and discussion of plans for the proposed
new College building was the first business engaged in by
the Board, but without arriving at any conclusion, an
adjournment till tomorrow morning was made.
Tuesday, March 30th.
[ " ]
The Board met & resumed the examination & dis-
cussion of building plans, & adjourned to meet at the
Agricultural College tomorrow morning.
Agricultural College, March 31st.
[ " ]
The Board met, & after having selected the site for the
proposed building, it was
[ " ]
Resolved, that the plan of building offered by W.A. Mal-
lory, be accepted, & that the plan & specifications be submitted
for the bids of building, as proposed by the advertisement
of the Board
Resolved, that the sum of Six Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasurer, into the hands of the
Treasurer of the Board.
[Swamp Land
Fund]
Resolved, That the proceeds of all part or future sales of
of Swamp Lands, constitute a Swamp-Land Fund, & that
a separate account of such fund be kept in the books
of the Secretary
[& Improvement]
Resolved, That all expenditures for the management &
improvement of the Swamp Lands, be charged to the ac-
count of the Swamp-Land Fund.
[Acct.]
Resolved, That the expenses of building the Green-House
& Garden Barn be charged to the Swamp-Land
Fund.
[Farm Plans]
Resolved, That the plans of Farm Operations for
the current year, submitted by the Farm Superintend-
ent, be accepted & adopted.
over
[End page 184]
[Begin page 185]
[Oxen
man]
Resolved, That the Farm Superintendent be authorized
to purchase a yoke of oxen, & employ a man to use the
stump machine.
[Garden Plans]
Resolved, That the Report of the Superintendent of the
Garden, on operation for the current year, be accepted
& adopted, except that portion relating to the con-
tinuation of the blind chair & the removal of muck
[ &
Foreman]
Resolved, That James W. Robinson be appointed
Foreman of the Garden, with a salary at the rate of
Twenty-six Dollars for each calendar month.
Resolved, That when the Board adjourn, it be to meet
at the office of the Secretary, in Lansing, on Wednesday
evening, April 14th.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary
[End page 185]
[Begin page 186]
Office of the Secretary of the Michigan State Board
of Agriculture, Lansing, Wednesday evening, Apl. 14, 1869
Adjourned meeting of the Board: Present, Messrs Wells,
Prutzman, Carpenter, Knapp, Hosford, Childs, Abbot,
& the Secretary.
It was
[New Hall]
Resolved. That the time for receiving bids in ref-
erence to the erection of the proposed new building for the
Agricultural College, be extended to tomorrow, 15th inst, till
two o'clock, P.M.
Thursday morning, Apl. 15th.
[Bids]
The Board met & discussed, informally, various matters
relating to the proposed new building, till the arrival of the
time for opening the scaled proposals for the erection of
the same. It appeared that eight propositions were sub-
mitted, of which, after full consideration, that of Messrs
Edwards & Cooper was accepted by the adoption of the
following resolution:
[Contract]
Resolved. That the Building Committee be directed to
make a contract with Messrs Edwards & Cooper, of
Ypsilanti, for the erection of a new building on the
grounds of the Agricultural College, on the plans & spe-
cifications of William H. Mallory, of Ann Arbor, after
having been modified in certain particulars, as agreed
on by the Board.
Adjourned to meet at Jackson, Tomorrow, 16th inst
Jackson, Apl. 16th.
The Board met as per adjournment, & after much
discussion of various matters, adjourned till tomorrow,
17th inst.
Jackson Apl. 17th.
the Board met as per adjournment. It was
[Advertise
Land Grant]
Resolved, That the President of the Board be
authorized & directed to take measures to advertise the
Agricultural College Lands granted to the State by Con-
gress, & to charge the expenses of the same to the College
if, after conferring with the Land-Grant Board, he
shall deem it advisable to do so.
(over)
[End page 186]
[Begin page 187]
[12½c wages]
Resolved, That the Faculty of the College be authorized
to raise the wages paid to students, for full half day's work
on Saturdays, to twelve & a-half cents per hour.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard.
Secretary.
Ypsilanti, Thursday, Apl. 22, 1869.
Special meeting of the State Board of Agriculture.
Present: Messers Wells, Knapp, Childs, & Prutzman
It was
Resolved, That Mr Prutzman act as Secretary
pro-tem.
On motion of Mr Childs it was
[Funds]
Resolved, That the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars
be drawn from the State Treasury _ out of the appropri-
ation made by the Legislature for the building pur-
poses of the Agricultural College, _ to be placed in the
hands of the treasurer of the Board, to be used in pay-
ment on contract made with Messrs Edwards & Cooper
for erecting a dormitory building at the College.
Adjourned.
[Contract
for New Hall]
Memorandum of an Agreement made & entered into
this 22d day of April, A.D., 1869, by & between David Edwards
& Abram Cooper, principals, of the county of Washtenaw
& State of Michigan, & Daniel Qick & F.P. Bogardus
their sureties, parties of the first part, & the State Board
of Agriculture of the State of Michigan, but its Building
Committee, Abram C. prutzman & Samuel O. Knapp,
party of the second part, witnesseth:
That the said David Edwards & Abram Cooper, prin-
cipals, & Daniel Quick & F.P. Bogaidus, sureties, bind
& obligate themselves, jointly & severally, of the said State
Board of Agriculture, for & in consideration of the sum
of One Hundred Dollars to them this day paid, as
well as for & in consideration of the covenants and
[End page 187]
[Begin page 188]
promises herinafter recited to be done & performed by the said State Board
of Agriculture, to build, erect, complete, & finish on the farm of the
State Agricultural College, in the county of Ingham & State of Mich-
igan, a College Building to be used for residence & dormitory pur-
poses, according to plans & specifications prepared by William
H. Mallore, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, said building to be finished
and completed for occupancy
^ by the first day of Februay, A.D., 1870: The specifications are changed
so as to require all excavations for foundation & lines of sewer-pipe to be
done by the Agricultural College, but all filling in for protection [to walls?]
to be done by the contracting: cisterns & [box?]-drains from down pipes to be
made by the College: The specifications are also changed or as to require
two less stairs in number, & all the stairs to be located as may be
directed by the Architect: Buildings for temporary occupancy of
Contractors & their employe's to be located on lands not owned
by the College, & all trespasser on College property by employe's of
by
Contractors or Sub-Contractors to be settled & paid for ^ Con-
tractors. It is especially understood by the parties hereinto that
any & all of the members of the State Board of Agriculture of
the State of Michigan are not to be held personally liable
for any sum of money under & by virtue of this agreement. The
said Edwards & Cooper bind & obligate themselves to do & per-
of
form all ^ the work & labor, & furnish all the materials required
under this agreement & the accompanying plans & specifications
for the sum of Thirty-one Thousand and Sixty-seven Dollars
($31,067 00/100), which said sum the said State Board of Agriculture
agree to pay the said Edwards & Cooper in payments as
follows, to wit: Ten Thousand dollars within ten days from the
also Five Thousand Dollars when the basement well is built & [illegible in original] the first floor wing in place
date thereof; ^ also Five Thousand Dollars when the brick walls are
completed and ready for the roof; also Five thousand dollars when
the roof is finished & completed & the building ready for the lathe
& plaster; also Two Thousand Dollars when the plastering is
finished; & the balance, Four Thousand & Sixty-seven
e
Dollars, when the building is completed & axc^pted by the
State Board of Agriculture Sewer-pipe in lieu of wood-boxes
to be placed for underground drain by Contractor; for cesspool
drains, in diameter nine inches.
Given under our hands, in duplicte, this day & year above stated.
D. Edwards
Abm. Cooper
D.L. Quick
A.P. Bogardus
A.C. Prutzman \ Building
S.O. Knapp / Committee
The above is a true copy. Sanford Howard, Secretary State Board of Agriculture
[End page 188]
[Begin page 189]
State Agriucltural College, May 26, 1869.
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. Present: Messrs
Wells, Prutzman, Carpenter, Knapp, Hosford, Childs,
Abbot, & the Secretary.
[Standing
Committees]
Standing Committees were appointed as follows:
On Accounts,
Messrs Carpenter, Prutzman & Abbot.
On Employe's,
Messrs Abbot & Hosford.
On College Property,
Messrs Knapp & Prutzman.
On Farm Management,
Messrs Childs & Carpenter.
On Horticultural Department,
Messrs Wells & Knapp.
The Committee on Accounts submitted the following Report
which was accepted & adopted:
[Accounts]
The Committee on Accounts have examined vouchers
for warrants No 1059 to 1136, inclusive, excepting for numbers
1078, 1093, 1099, 1100, 1108, 1111; 1115, & 1128, for which vouchers
are not complete. The Committee have approved accounts
examined, & recommend their allowance by the Board
The Committee who recommend the allowance of bills, as
follows:
A.C. Prutzman, expenses $20.35
H.G. Wells 42.70
O. Hosford 10.00
S.O. Knapp 36.65
J.W. Childs 20.35
D. Carpenter 13.75
D. Carpenter,
Chairman.
It was
Resolved, that the sum of Four Thousand Dollars
be drawn from the State Treasury into the hands of the
Treasurer of the Board.
Resolved, That the President & Secretary of the Board
be authorized to [have?] money from the State Treasury
into the hands of the Treasurer of the Board from time
to time as the same may be needed to pay on contract, or expenses
connected with building the New Hall.
[End page 189]
[Begin page 190]
[Architect
Dismissed]
Resolved, That the Board dispense with the further services
of Mr Wm. H. Mallory, that the President of the Board inform
Mr Mallory of this action, & settle with him.
[Shanty Site]
Resolved, That the Building Committee be authorized to
give, under such regulation, as they may think it proper
to impose, a place for the workmen employed on the New Hall
to live upon, the ground to be definitely marked out by the
Committee.
[Travelling Com.
on New Hall]
Resolved, That Mr Knapp & Mr Rockwell be authorized to
visit Flint or other places, for the purpose of examining the
internal conveniencies, etc, of public buildings, with reference
to our New Hall.
[Farm House]
Resolved, That the Board proceed to erect a brick Farm-
House, as soon as future sales of Swamp Land shall furnish
sufficient means.
[ " " ]
Resolved, That the Committee on Farm Management
prepare plans & proceed to the erection of the Farm-
House in accordance with the foregoing resolution.
[ " " Roof]
Resolved, That Dr Miles be authorized to procure shingles
& re-shingle the roof of the lean-to of the present Farm-House.
[Fence]
Resolved, That the fencing along the north bank of Cedar
river be continued to the west line of the College premises.
[Museum Case]
Resolved, That the Faculty be authorized to have a mu-
seum case for birds made provided the cost do not exceed
$75.
[Paper Chapel]
Resolved, That the Faculty be authorized to paper
the Chapel before the next Junior Exibition.
[Exhibit at
Fairs]
Resolved, That the Superintendent of the Farm, & Hor-
ticultural Department, the Professors of Chemistry & the
Professors of Entomology, report to the Board at the next
meeting, as to what can be done in their several depart-
ments to represent the College at the next State Fair
at Jackson, & also at the coming Exhibition of the
Michigan Central Agricultural Society, at Lansing.
over
[End page 190]
[Begin page 191]
[Farmers'
Institute]
Resolved, That the President & Secretary of the Board
report at the next meeting, a plan for a Farmers'
Meeting with lectures & discussions, sometime during
the next winter's vacation.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard
Secretary.
State Agricultural College, August 25, 1869.
Regualar meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. _
Present: His Excellency Governor Baldwin, Messrs
Wells, Prutzman, Carpenter, Hosford, Knapp, Childs,
Abbot, & the Secretary.
The Board, having decided to attend the exhi-
bition of the Junior class of the College, adjourned till
tomorrow morning.
Thursday, August 26th.
The Board met, the President in the chair.
[Heating New Hall]
Mr Knapp, on behalf of the Building Committee,
submitted a proposition from J. David & Co., of Chicago,
in regard to heating the New Hall, which proposition
was accepted, & the Committee authorized to enter into
a contract for its execution.
The President of the Board reported that pursuant
to a resolution heretofore adopted, a warrant has
been drawn on the Auditor General for Five Thousand
Dollars to apply on building contract, being the second
payment on the same.
The Superintendent of the Farm reported that in
consequence of the unusual wetness of the season,
he had been unable to carry out his original plan in
regard to the purposes to which some fields were to
have been devoted, & proposed some changes, which
were adopted.
[Farm House]
Mr Childs reported that a contract had been made
for the erection of a brick Farm-House, 33 + 40 feet
two stories high, to be completed by the first day of
November 1869; the mason work contracted for with
[End page 191]
[Begin page 192]
Mr. V.K. Jones, at $1,575.00; & the carpenter-work with N.C. Chapman,
at $1,575.00 _ making a total cost of $3,150.00.
[Fair Exhibits]
The Superintendents of the Farm and Garden, & the Pro-
fessors of chemistry & entomology, submitted reports in regard to
representing the College through their several departments at
the coming state Agricultural Exhibition at Jackson. The reports
were accepted & adopted.
It was Resolved, That the Board hold an extra session
at Jackson during the second day of the State Fair.
[Fair Vacation]
Resolved, That the college Faculty be authorized to sus-
pend College exercises during the week of the State Fair.
[Address]
Resolved, That the President of the College requesting
the Hon. George Willard a copy of the address delivered
by him at the College last evening, & have one thousand
copies of the same published in pamphlet form.
[Cheml.
Laboratory]
Resolved, That Three Thousand Dollars from the sale
of Swamp Lands, be set aside for the purpose of building
a Laboratory.
[Spectroscope
Induction Coil]
Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Six Hundred & Fifty
Dollars, be expended under the direction of Dr Kedzie,
for a spectroscope & Ruhmkoff's Induction coil.
[Cheml. Lab.4 Com]
Resolved, That Dr Kedzie & President Abbot be a
committee to examine some of the best chemical
Laboratories in the country, & present plans & estimates for
to the Board for a chemical Laboratory for the Agri-
cultural College.
[Loan]
Resolved, That the President of the Board be authorized
to loan out of the College Swamp-Land Fund, to the 10th
of March, 1870, the sum of Two Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars _ the interest to be paid on the same being the sum
Ninety Dollars.
[Advance on Int.
to Contractors]
Resolved, That Two Thousand Dollars be advanced
to Messrs Cooper & Edwards on their contract, for
to apply on their next payment, conditioned on
their paying interest on the same at the rate of ten per cent
per annum on the money advanced.
[End page 192]
[Begin page 193]
[Catalogue
Wood Cut]
Resolved, That the Faculty be authorized to have
a wood-cut of the College Halls obtained in order to
serve as a frontispiece to the Annual Catalogues of
the College.
[Coll. Hall Repairs]
Resolved, That the President of the College
be directed to have the College Hall examined
& to have made all repairs necessary to the safety
of the building.
[Ditch]
Resolved, That Dr Miles be authorized to have a
ditch dug across the Southeast corner of the College
Farm, [& ?] in his judgement & will be of sufficient ben-
efit to the College to cover the cost, & provided the
cost shall not exceed Twenty-five Dollars.
[Horse Power]
Resolved, That Dr Miles be authorized to sell the
horse-power now owned by the College, & to purchase
a wider one.
[Sell Stock
to
Buy Thresher]
Resolvd, That in case Dr Miles can dis-
prove of stock sufficient to purchase a threshing
machine of Harder's manufacture, he be au-
to exceed
thorized to spend a sum not ^ Two Hundred Dollars
for that purpose.
[Title]
Resolved, That the title of Dr Mile's Professor-
ship be changed by the omission of the words
"Animal Physiology and" from the title as it
stands in the catalogue for 1868.
[Tracy. Salary
1500.]
Resolved, That the salary of Mr W.W. Tracy be at
the rate of $1500 a year, from & after Dec 1, 1869.
Resolved, That the Board hold an extra session
at the College on Tuesday, November [illegible in original] at 9 oclk, A.M.
[Accounts]
Mr Carpenter, from the Committee on Accounts,
reported that accounts had been examined, which
are covered by warrants numbered, as follows, &
recommend their allowance by the Board:
No 1157 -- $140.05
" 1158 -- 13.75
" 1140 -- 250.00
[End page 193]
[Begin page 194]
No 1141 -- -- $22.75
" 1142 -- -- 150.00
" 1143 -- -- 250.00
" 1144 -- -- 110.00
" 1145 -- -- 300.00
" 1146 -- -- 100.00
" 1147 -- -- 20.10
" 1148 -- -- 33.31
" 1149 -- -- 200.00
" 1150 -- -- 35.30
" 1152 -- -- 175.00
" 1153 -- -- 75.92
" 1154 -- -- 12.56
" 1155 -- -- 40.63
" 1157 -- -- 37.19
" 1158 -- -- 264.00
" 1159 -- -- 13.66
" 1160 -- -- 26.90
" 1162 -- -- 83.34
" 1163 -- -- 60.00
" 1165 -- -- 125.00
" 1166 -- -- 200.00
" 1167 -- -- 87.29
" 1169 -- -- 150.00
" 1170 -- -- 125.00
" 1171 -- -- 200.00
" 1172 -- -- 100.00
" 1177 -- -- 63.93
" 1179 -- -- 7574.00
" 1180 -- -- 500.00
" 1100 -- -- 95.00
" 1102 -- -- 100.00
" 1041 -- -- 50.00
The report was accepted & adopted.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard.
Secretary.
[End page 194]
[Begin page 195]
Jackson, Sept. 23, 1869.
Special meeting of the State Board of Agriculture Present
Messrs Wells, Prutzman, Knapp, Childs, & the Secretary
[Farmers
Institute
No!]
The President of the Board, in behalf of the com
mittee to which was referred the subject of holding a
meeting of the Agricultural College, sometime during
the coming winter, for the purpose of having lectures
& discussions on matters pertaining to agriculture,
resported, verbally, that considering the great expense
which such a meeting would necessarily impose
on the College it was inexpedient to attempt it at
time refrerred to; that whether such a meeting could
be held with advantage to the College at some
other season of the year was a question for
further consideration.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
[End page 195]
[Begin page 196]
State Agricultural College, Lansing, November 9th., 1869.
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. Present, Messrs
Wells, Prutzman, Knapp, Childs and Abbot.
In the absence of the Secretary, minutes of the proceeding
were taken by Mr Abbot.
Mr. Wells, chairman of the Building Committee, reported
having drawn $5000 on contract for New Building, at two dif-
ferent times, which sums were paid over to the contractors.
It was
[B.S.]
Resolved, That the President of the College be directed
to confer the degree of Bachelor of Science, in the name of this
Board, upon the following gentlemen, who have completed their
course of studies in this Institution, viz.,
Charles E. Bessey. Guy Johnson
Ernest H. Bradner. Lyman Mason
George W. Seton. James Satterlee.
Henry E. Gibson. John S. Strange
Richard Haigh, Jr. Paul J. Wilkins
[ R ]
[Expelld. or Suspend.d
Students Keep Off.]
Resolved, That no student who has been expelled or
suspended from the State Agricultural College, shall be
allowed to enter the grounds or buildings of the In-
stitution, except by express permission of the Faculty of
the College.
[ R ]
[Key Deposit]
Resolved, that the Faculty be authorized to demand of
each student receiving a key to his room, a deposit of
One Dollar for the same, to be kept until the key is
returned to the Steward or the Secretary of the College.
Resolved, That the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasury into the hands of the
Treasurer of the Board
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
Request a Reproduction[Begin page 182]
Office of the Secretary of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture
Lansing, Tuesday evening, February 9th, 1869.
Special meeting of the Board. Present, Messrs Wells,
Prutzman, Carpenter, Knapp, Hosford, Childs, Abbot,
& the Secretary.
[Board Officers]
The records of the last meeting were read & approved.
The term of office of the President, Secretary, & Treasurer having
expired, the Hon. H.G. Wells was elected President, Sanford
Howard was elected Secretary, & Joseph Mills, Treasurer.
Dr Miles having laid before the Board a statement in regard
to an exchange of swamp lands (portions of the "Big Marsh") with
Jacob Bennet, it was
[Big Marsh
Exchange]
Resolved, that Dr Miles be authorized to negotiate for
the proposed exchange of lands, & that the President & Sec-
retary of the Board be authorized to conclude the bargaining
provided satisfactory titles can be obtained.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Wednesday morning. Feb. 10th.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. It was
[Sale]
Resolved, that the sum of $1690, received by Hon. Z. Chand-
ler from sale of swamp lands, be turned into the
Treasury of the Agricultural College.
[Prof. Botany]
Resolved, that the busines of procuring a Professor of Bot-
any for the College, be left with President Abbot.
[Farm Accts]
Resolved, that the summary of accounts presented by
the Superintendent of the Farm Department in regard to
operations in this Department for the year 1868, be published
in the Secretary's Report.
[Bldg Com.]
Resolved, that Mr Knapp & Mr Prutzman be ap-
pointed a Building Committee to attend to the creation
of the proposed College Building, with power to employ a
superintendent of the work.
The following preamble & resolution, proposed by Mr
Hosford, were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the Hon. Justus Gage has, from
enfeebled health, deemed it [inexpediant?] to
[End page 182]
[Begin page 183]
longer continue a member of the State Board of Agriculture
and
[Resolutions
J. Gage]
Whereas, he has, during the long period of his connection
with the Board, been [illegible in original] the constant
& warm friend of the Agricultural College, & always a
wise & safe counsellor in regard to the management of
its affairs, therefore
Resolved, that the members of this Board take pleasure
in expressing their appreciation of the valuable services of
their late associate, & tender him their cordial thanks for
aid
the [disinterested?] & efficient ^ he has rendered in advan-
cing the objects of the Board, & the interests of the
Institution under their charge.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
[End page 183]
[Begin page 184]
Office of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture, Lansing,
Monday evening March 29th, 1869; Special meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture. Present, Messrs Wells, Prutzman,
Carpenter, Knapp, Abbot, Childs, & the Secretary.
[New Hall]
The examination and discussion of plans for the proposed
new College building was the first business engaged in by
the Board, but without arriving at any conclusion, an
adjournment till tomorrow morning was made.
Tuesday, March 30th.
[ " ]
The Board met & resumed the examination & dis-
cussion of building plans, & adjourned to meet at the
Agricultural College tomorrow morning.
Agricultural College, March 31st.
[ " ]
The Board met, & after having selected the site for the
proposed building, it was
[ " ]
Resolved, that the plan of building offered by W.A. Mal-
lory, be accepted, & that the plan & specifications be submitted
for the bids of building, as proposed by the advertisement
of the Board
Resolved, that the sum of Six Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasurer, into the hands of the
Treasurer of the Board.
[Swamp Land
Fund]
Resolved, That the proceeds of all part or future sales of
of Swamp Lands, constitute a Swamp-Land Fund, & that
a separate account of such fund be kept in the books
of the Secretary
[& Improvement]
Resolved, That all expenditures for the management &
improvement of the Swamp Lands, be charged to the ac-
count of the Swamp-Land Fund.
[Acct.]
Resolved, That the expenses of building the Green-House
& Garden Barn be charged to the Swamp-Land
Fund.
[Farm Plans]
Resolved, That the plans of Farm Operations for
the current year, submitted by the Farm Superintend-
ent, be accepted & adopted.
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[End page 184]
[Begin page 185]
[Oxen
man]
Resolved, That the Farm Superintendent be authorized
to purchase a yoke of oxen, & employ a man to use the
stump machine.
[Garden Plans]
Resolved, That the Report of the Superintendent of the
Garden, on operation for the current year, be accepted
& adopted, except that portion relating to the con-
tinuation of the blind chair & the removal of muck
[ &
Foreman]
Resolved, That James W. Robinson be appointed
Foreman of the Garden, with a salary at the rate of
Twenty-six Dollars for each calendar month.
Resolved, That when the Board adjourn, it be to meet
at the office of the Secretary, in Lansing, on Wednesday
evening, April 14th.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary
[End page 185]
[Begin page 186]
Office of the Secretary of the Michigan State Board
of Agriculture, Lansing, Wednesday evening, Apl. 14, 1869
Adjourned meeting of the Board: Present, Messrs Wells,
Prutzman, Carpenter, Knapp, Hosford, Childs, Abbot,
& the Secretary.
It was
[New Hall]
Resolved. That the time for receiving bids in ref-
erence to the erection of the proposed new building for the
Agricultural College, be extended to tomorrow, 15th inst, till
two o'clock, P.M.
Thursday morning, Apl. 15th.
[Bids]
The Board met & discussed, informally, various matters
relating to the proposed new building, till the arrival of the
time for opening the scaled proposals for the erection of
the same. It appeared that eight propositions were sub-
mitted, of which, after full consideration, that of Messrs
Edwards & Cooper was accepted by the adoption of the
following resolution:
[Contract]
Resolved. That the Building Committee be directed to
make a contract with Messrs Edwards & Cooper, of
Ypsilanti, for the erection of a new building on the
grounds of the Agricultural College, on the plans & spe-
cifications of William H. Mallory, of Ann Arbor, after
having been modified in certain particulars, as agreed
on by the Board.
Adjourned to meet at Jackson, Tomorrow, 16th inst
Jackson, Apl. 16th.
The Board met as per adjournment, & after much
discussion of various matters, adjourned till tomorrow,
17th inst.
Jackson Apl. 17th.
the Board met as per adjournment. It was
[Advertise
Land Grant]
Resolved, That the President of the Board be
authorized & directed to take measures to advertise the
Agricultural College Lands granted to the State by Con-
gress, & to charge the expenses of the same to the College
if, after conferring with the Land-Grant Board, he
shall deem it advisable to do so.
(over)
[End page 186]
[Begin page 187]
[12½c wages]
Resolved, That the Faculty of the College be authorized
to raise the wages paid to students, for full half day's work
on Saturdays, to twelve & a-half cents per hour.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard.
Secretary.
Ypsilanti, Thursday, Apl. 22, 1869.
Special meeting of the State Board of Agriculture.
Present: Messers Wells, Knapp, Childs, & Prutzman
It was
Resolved, That Mr Prutzman act as Secretary
pro-tem.
On motion of Mr Childs it was
[Funds]
Resolved, That the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars
be drawn from the State Treasury _ out of the appropri-
ation made by the Legislature for the building pur-
poses of the Agricultural College, _ to be placed in the
hands of the treasurer of the Board, to be used in pay-
ment on contract made with Messrs Edwards & Cooper
for erecting a dormitory building at the College.
Adjourned.
[Contract
for New Hall]
Memorandum of an Agreement made & entered into
this 22d day of April, A.D., 1869, by & between David Edwards
& Abram Cooper, principals, of the county of Washtenaw
& State of Michigan, & Daniel Qick & F.P. Bogardus
their sureties, parties of the first part, & the State Board
of Agriculture of the State of Michigan, but its Building
Committee, Abram C. prutzman & Samuel O. Knapp,
party of the second part, witnesseth:
That the said David Edwards & Abram Cooper, prin-
cipals, & Daniel Quick & F.P. Bogaidus, sureties, bind
& obligate themselves, jointly & severally, of the said State
Board of Agriculture, for & in consideration of the sum
of One Hundred Dollars to them this day paid, as
well as for & in consideration of the covenants and
[End page 187]
[Begin page 188]
promises herinafter recited to be done & performed by the said State Board
of Agriculture, to build, erect, complete, & finish on the farm of the
State Agricultural College, in the county of Ingham & State of Mich-
igan, a College Building to be used for residence & dormitory pur-
poses, according to plans & specifications prepared by William
H. Mallore, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, said building to be finished
and completed for occupancy
^ by the first day of Februay, A.D., 1870: The specifications are changed
so as to require all excavations for foundation & lines of sewer-pipe to be
done by the Agricultural College, but all filling in for protection [to walls?]
to be done by the contracting: cisterns & [box?]-drains from down pipes to be
made by the College: The specifications are also changed or as to require
two less stairs in number, & all the stairs to be located as may be
directed by the Architect: Buildings for temporary occupancy of
Contractors & their employe's to be located on lands not owned
by the College, & all trespasser on College property by employe's of
by
Contractors or Sub-Contractors to be settled & paid for ^ Con-
tractors. It is especially understood by the parties hereinto that
any & all of the members of the State Board of Agriculture of
the State of Michigan are not to be held personally liable
for any sum of money under & by virtue of this agreement. The
said Edwards & Cooper bind & obligate themselves to do & per-
of
form all ^ the work & labor, & furnish all the materials required
under this agreement & the accompanying plans & specifications
for the sum of Thirty-one Thousand and Sixty-seven Dollars
($31,067 00/100), which said sum the said State Board of Agriculture
agree to pay the said Edwards & Cooper in payments as
follows, to wit: Ten Thousand dollars within ten days from the
also Five Thousand Dollars when the basement well is built & [illegible in original] the first floor wing in place
date thereof; ^ also Five Thousand Dollars when the brick walls are
completed and ready for the roof; also Five thousand dollars when
the roof is finished & completed & the building ready for the lathe
& plaster; also Two Thousand Dollars when the plastering is
finished; & the balance, Four Thousand & Sixty-seven
e
Dollars, when the building is completed & axc^pted by the
State Board of Agriculture Sewer-pipe in lieu of wood-boxes
to be placed for underground drain by Contractor; for cesspool
drains, in diameter nine inches.
Given under our hands, in duplicte, this day & year above stated.
D. Edwards
Abm. Cooper
D.L. Quick
A.P. Bogardus
A.C. Prutzman \ Building
S.O. Knapp / Committee
The above is a true copy. Sanford Howard, Secretary State Board of Agriculture
[End page 188]
[Begin page 189]
State Agriucltural College, May 26, 1869.
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. Present: Messrs
Wells, Prutzman, Carpenter, Knapp, Hosford, Childs,
Abbot, & the Secretary.
[Standing
Committees]
Standing Committees were appointed as follows:
On Accounts,
Messrs Carpenter, Prutzman & Abbot.
On Employe's,
Messrs Abbot & Hosford.
On College Property,
Messrs Knapp & Prutzman.
On Farm Management,
Messrs Childs & Carpenter.
On Horticultural Department,
Messrs Wells & Knapp.
The Committee on Accounts submitted the following Report
which was accepted & adopted:
[Accounts]
The Committee on Accounts have examined vouchers
for warrants No 1059 to 1136, inclusive, excepting for numbers
1078, 1093, 1099, 1100, 1108, 1111; 1115, & 1128, for which vouchers
are not complete. The Committee have approved accounts
examined, & recommend their allowance by the Board
The Committee who recommend the allowance of bills, as
follows:
A.C. Prutzman, expenses $20.35
H.G. Wells 42.70
O. Hosford 10.00
S.O. Knapp 36.65
J.W. Childs 20.35
D. Carpenter 13.75
D. Carpenter,
Chairman.
It was
Resolved, that the sum of Four Thousand Dollars
be drawn from the State Treasury into the hands of the
Treasurer of the Board.
Resolved, That the President & Secretary of the Board
be authorized to [have?] money from the State Treasury
into the hands of the Treasurer of the Board from time
to time as the same may be needed to pay on contract, or expenses
connected with building the New Hall.
[End page 189]
[Begin page 190]
[Architect
Dismissed]
Resolved, That the Board dispense with the further services
of Mr Wm. H. Mallory, that the President of the Board inform
Mr Mallory of this action, & settle with him.
[Shanty Site]
Resolved, That the Building Committee be authorized to
give, under such regulation, as they may think it proper
to impose, a place for the workmen employed on the New Hall
to live upon, the ground to be definitely marked out by the
Committee.
[Travelling Com.
on New Hall]
Resolved, That Mr Knapp & Mr Rockwell be authorized to
visit Flint or other places, for the purpose of examining the
internal conveniencies, etc, of public buildings, with reference
to our New Hall.
[Farm House]
Resolved, That the Board proceed to erect a brick Farm-
House, as soon as future sales of Swamp Land shall furnish
sufficient means.
[ " " ]
Resolved, That the Committee on Farm Management
prepare plans & proceed to the erection of the Farm-
House in accordance with the foregoing resolution.
[ " " Roof]
Resolved, That Dr Miles be authorized to procure shingles
& re-shingle the roof of the lean-to of the present Farm-House.
[Fence]
Resolved, That the fencing along the north bank of Cedar
river be continued to the west line of the College premises.
[Museum Case]
Resolved, That the Faculty be authorized to have a mu-
seum case for birds made provided the cost do not exceed
$75.
[Paper Chapel]
Resolved, That the Faculty be authorized to paper
the Chapel before the next Junior Exibition.
[Exhibit at
Fairs]
Resolved, That the Superintendent of the Farm, & Hor-
ticultural Department, the Professors of Chemistry & the
Professors of Entomology, report to the Board at the next
meeting, as to what can be done in their several depart-
ments to represent the College at the next State Fair
at Jackson, & also at the coming Exhibition of the
Michigan Central Agricultural Society, at Lansing.
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[End page 190]
[Begin page 191]
[Farmers'
Institute]
Resolved, That the President & Secretary of the Board
report at the next meeting, a plan for a Farmers'
Meeting with lectures & discussions, sometime during
the next winter's vacation.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard
Secretary.
State Agricultural College, August 25, 1869.
Regualar meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. _
Present: His Excellency Governor Baldwin, Messrs
Wells, Prutzman, Carpenter, Hosford, Knapp, Childs,
Abbot, & the Secretary.
The Board, having decided to attend the exhi-
bition of the Junior class of the College, adjourned till
tomorrow morning.
Thursday, August 26th.
The Board met, the President in the chair.
[Heating New Hall]
Mr Knapp, on behalf of the Building Committee,
submitted a proposition from J. David & Co., of Chicago,
in regard to heating the New Hall, which proposition
was accepted, & the Committee authorized to enter into
a contract for its execution.
The President of the Board reported that pursuant
to a resolution heretofore adopted, a warrant has
been drawn on the Auditor General for Five Thousand
Dollars to apply on building contract, being the second
payment on the same.
The Superintendent of the Farm reported that in
consequence of the unusual wetness of the season,
he had been unable to carry out his original plan in
regard to the purposes to which some fields were to
have been devoted, & proposed some changes, which
were adopted.
[Farm House]
Mr Childs reported that a contract had been made
for the erection of a brick Farm-House, 33 + 40 feet
two stories high, to be completed by the first day of
November 1869; the mason work contracted for with
[End page 191]
[Begin page 192]
Mr. V.K. Jones, at $1,575.00; & the carpenter-work with N.C. Chapman,
at $1,575.00 _ making a total cost of $3,150.00.
[Fair Exhibits]
The Superintendents of the Farm and Garden, & the Pro-
fessors of chemistry & entomology, submitted reports in regard to
representing the College through their several departments at
the coming state Agricultural Exhibition at Jackson. The reports
were accepted & adopted.
It was Resolved, That the Board hold an extra session
at Jackson during the second day of the State Fair.
[Fair Vacation]
Resolved, That the college Faculty be authorized to sus-
pend College exercises during the week of the State Fair.
[Address]
Resolved, That the President of the College requesting
the Hon. George Willard a copy of the address delivered
by him at the College last evening, & have one thousand
copies of the same published in pamphlet form.
[Cheml.
Laboratory]
Resolved, That Three Thousand Dollars from the sale
of Swamp Lands, be set aside for the purpose of building
a Laboratory.
[Spectroscope
Induction Coil]
Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Six Hundred & Fifty
Dollars, be expended under the direction of Dr Kedzie,
for a spectroscope & Ruhmkoff's Induction coil.
[Cheml. Lab.4 Com]
Resolved, That Dr Kedzie & President Abbot be a
committee to examine some of the best chemical
Laboratories in the country, & present plans & estimates for
to the Board for a chemical Laboratory for the Agri-
cultural College.
[Loan]
Resolved, That the President of the Board be authorized
to loan out of the College Swamp-Land Fund, to the 10th
of March, 1870, the sum of Two Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars _ the interest to be paid on the same being the sum
Ninety Dollars.
[Advance on Int.
to Contractors]
Resolved, That Two Thousand Dollars be advanced
to Messrs Cooper & Edwards on their contract, for
to apply on their next payment, conditioned on
their paying interest on the same at the rate of ten per cent
per annum on the money advanced.
[End page 192]
[Begin page 193]
[Catalogue
Wood Cut]
Resolved, That the Faculty be authorized to have
a wood-cut of the College Halls obtained in order to
serve as a frontispiece to the Annual Catalogues of
the College.
[Coll. Hall Repairs]
Resolved, That the President of the College
be directed to have the College Hall examined
& to have made all repairs necessary to the safety
of the building.
[Ditch]
Resolved, That Dr Miles be authorized to have a
ditch dug across the Southeast corner of the College
Farm, [& ?] in his judgement & will be of sufficient ben-
efit to the College to cover the cost, & provided the
cost shall not exceed Twenty-five Dollars.
[Horse Power]
Resolved, That Dr Miles be authorized to sell the
horse-power now owned by the College, & to purchase
a wider one.
[Sell Stock
to
Buy Thresher]
Resolvd, That in case Dr Miles can dis-
prove of stock sufficient to purchase a threshing
machine of Harder's manufacture, he be au-
to exceed
thorized to spend a sum not ^ Two Hundred Dollars
for that purpose.
[Title]
Resolved, That the title of Dr Mile's Professor-
ship be changed by the omission of the words
"Animal Physiology and" from the title as it
stands in the catalogue for 1868.
[Tracy. Salary
1500.]
Resolved, That the salary of Mr W.W. Tracy be at
the rate of $1500 a year, from & after Dec 1, 1869.
Resolved, That the Board hold an extra session
at the College on Tuesday, November [illegible in original] at 9 oclk, A.M.
[Accounts]
Mr Carpenter, from the Committee on Accounts,
reported that accounts had been examined, which
are covered by warrants numbered, as follows, &
recommend their allowance by the Board:
No 1157 -- $140.05
" 1158 -- 13.75
" 1140 -- 250.00
[End page 193]
[Begin page 194]
No 1141 -- -- $22.75
" 1142 -- -- 150.00
" 1143 -- -- 250.00
" 1144 -- -- 110.00
" 1145 -- -- 300.00
" 1146 -- -- 100.00
" 1147 -- -- 20.10
" 1148 -- -- 33.31
" 1149 -- -- 200.00
" 1150 -- -- 35.30
" 1152 -- -- 175.00
" 1153 -- -- 75.92
" 1154 -- -- 12.56
" 1155 -- -- 40.63
" 1157 -- -- 37.19
" 1158 -- -- 264.00
" 1159 -- -- 13.66
" 1160 -- -- 26.90
" 1162 -- -- 83.34
" 1163 -- -- 60.00
" 1165 -- -- 125.00
" 1166 -- -- 200.00
" 1167 -- -- 87.29
" 1169 -- -- 150.00
" 1170 -- -- 125.00
" 1171 -- -- 200.00
" 1172 -- -- 100.00
" 1177 -- -- 63.93
" 1179 -- -- 7574.00
" 1180 -- -- 500.00
" 1100 -- -- 95.00
" 1102 -- -- 100.00
" 1041 -- -- 50.00
The report was accepted & adopted.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard.
Secretary.
[End page 194]
[Begin page 195]
Jackson, Sept. 23, 1869.
Special meeting of the State Board of Agriculture Present
Messrs Wells, Prutzman, Knapp, Childs, & the Secretary
[Farmers
Institute
No!]
The President of the Board, in behalf of the com
mittee to which was referred the subject of holding a
meeting of the Agricultural College, sometime during
the coming winter, for the purpose of having lectures
& discussions on matters pertaining to agriculture,
resported, verbally, that considering the great expense
which such a meeting would necessarily impose
on the College it was inexpedient to attempt it at
time refrerred to; that whether such a meeting could
be held with advantage to the College at some
other season of the year was a question for
further consideration.
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
[End page 195]
[Begin page 196]
State Agricultural College, Lansing, November 9th., 1869.
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. Present, Messrs
Wells, Prutzman, Knapp, Childs and Abbot.
In the absence of the Secretary, minutes of the proceeding
were taken by Mr Abbot.
Mr. Wells, chairman of the Building Committee, reported
having drawn $5000 on contract for New Building, at two dif-
ferent times, which sums were paid over to the contractors.
It was
[B.S.]
Resolved, That the President of the College be directed
to confer the degree of Bachelor of Science, in the name of this
Board, upon the following gentlemen, who have completed their
course of studies in this Institution, viz.,
Charles E. Bessey. Guy Johnson
Ernest H. Bradner. Lyman Mason
George W. Seton. James Satterlee.
Henry E. Gibson. John S. Strange
Richard Haigh, Jr. Paul J. Wilkins
[ R ]
[Expelld. or Suspend.d
Students Keep Off.]
Resolved, That no student who has been expelled or
suspended from the State Agricultural College, shall be
allowed to enter the grounds or buildings of the In-
stitution, except by express permission of the Faculty of
the College.
[ R ]
[Key Deposit]
Resolved, that the Faculty be authorized to demand of
each student receiving a key to his room, a deposit of
One Dollar for the same, to be kept until the key is
returned to the Steward or the Secretary of the College.
Resolved, That the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars be
drawn from the State Treasury into the hands of the
Treasurer of the Board
Adjourned.
Sanford Howard,
Secretary.
