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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, March 25, 1880 - Page 1



     At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Kentuclky held at the County Judge
Office in the City of Lexington, Kentucky, on the 25th
day of March 1880.

     Present,His Excellency - L.P. BlackburnGov. Ex-Officio,
                                                  Chairman
                              William B. Kinkead
                              D. C. BueI.1
                              J. G. Simrall
                              B. F. Buckner
                              James F. Robinson
                              Robert S. Bullock
                              L. J. Bradford
                              P. P. Johnston
                                             Trustees

     William B. Kinkead, D. G. Buell, John G. Simrall, James
F. Robinson, Robert S. Bullock, L. J. Bradford and P. P.
Johnston, were this day sworn by B. F. Buckner, Judge of the
Fayette Court of Common Pleas as required by the Constitution
and laws of Kentucky, in order to qualify as Trustees of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, and said B.
F. Buckner was thereupon duly sworn in like manner for the
same purpose by William B. Kinkead, Judge of the Fayette
County Court.

     On motion it was unanimously resolved that B. F. Buckner,
be elected Secretary of the Board.

    The following gentlemen were then unanimously chose as
Chairman and member of the Executive College, Viz:

                              William B. Kinkead Chairman
                              Robert S. Bullock ;
                              James F. Robinson ) Members
                              B. F. Buckner
                              P. P. Johnston     )

    Robert S. Bullock was then unanimously elected Treasurer
of the Board.




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, March 25, 1380 - Page 2



     On motion of P. P. Johnston, Messrs. B. F. Buckner, John
G. Simrall and D. C. Buell were appointed a Committee to
prepare, and procure the passage by the Legislature of an Act,
Amending the Charter in such particulars as to said Committee
seems appropriate.

     The following resolution were offered by B. F. Buckner,
Viz:

     Resolved - That the Board of Trustees in view of the
immediate necessities of the college in the matter of the
purchase of apparatus, utensils, machines, etc. the payment
of salaries to the Professors, teachers, etc. and the defrayal
of other incidental expenses, will raise a Committee to confer
with the Legislative Committee on the Agricultural and Mechari-
cal College and to solicit the General Assembly to lay a tax
on the property of the State liable to taxation for State
revenue, and set apart the proceeds thereof for the use of
the Agricultural and Mechanical College of one cent on the one
hundred dollars for the first year, three quarters of a cent
on the $10o, for the second year, and one half of one cent on
the $10O, for each succeeding year.

     After discussion said resolution was unanimously adopted,
and it was further resolved that the Committee contemplated
in said resolution consist of the following gentlemen, Viz:

His Excellency Gov. Blackburn, Chairman, D. C. Buell, P. H.
Leslie, A. R. Boone, John G. Simrall and B. J. Peters.



     MIINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, March 25, 1880 - Page 3



     On motion of L. J. Bradford it was resolved that the
Executive Committee be authorized to make the necessary
arrangements to procure by renting a suitable place for con-
ducting the College until permanent buildings shall be
erected.

     Said Committee was on like motion directed to submit to
the board plans, specifications and estimates for the building
of suitable College buildings, dormitories, etc. for their
adoption or rejection at the next meeting.




 







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     Said Executive Committee were on the motion of L. J.
Bradford, authorized to purchase the 23 acres of land adjoining
the lands of the board, owned by the Valentines provided they
can purchase them at a price which they believe is not
exhorbitant.



     It appearing from the Charter, that four of the Trustees
shall retire and four be appointed at each regular session of
the General Assembly it was decided by the Board, that the
secretary determine by lot, which of the Trustees shall retire
at the next regular session of the General Assembly, which at
the second session, and which at the third session thereor.

     And thereupon the secretary in the presence of the board
placed the names of the trustees on slip of paper, and placed
the same in a hat and thereupon the Chairman of the Executive
Committee proceeded to draw the names of the four trustees
who are first to retire, and the names of the following
gentlemen were drawn. Viz:

                      William B. Kinkead
                      B. J. Peters
                      Wmi. H. Wadsworth
                      P. H. Leslie

     And then the said Chairman proceeded to draw the names of
the four trustees who were to retire next thereafter, that is
at the second regular session of the General Assembly, and the
following gentlemen were drawn. Viz:

                       James F. Robinson
                       B. F. Buckner
                       John G. Simrall
                       D. C. Buell

     And then the said William B. Kinkead proceeded to draw
the names of the four trustees who were to retire at the third
session of the General Assembly, and the names of the following
were drawn. Viz:
                       Robert S. Bullock
                       L. J. Bradford
                       A. R. Boone
                       P. P. Johnston

     The board then adjourned.
Att.
     B1. F. Buckner             Luke P. Blackburn,
        See t y.                  Chairman 'Ex-Officio