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EXECUTIVE COMMITTE MEETING

A Called Meeting of the Esecutive Committee of the Rector and Visitors was
held on this date at the office of the President of the University.

There were present the Rector, F. W. Scott, R. Gray Williams and C. O. Gollrick.

The following resolutions were adopted:

CONRAD HUBERT ESTATE PAYMENT:

RESOLVED, by the Executive Committee of the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia That the President be and he is hereby authorized and
empowered to sign a proper receipt on behalf of this Board acknowledging the sum
of $5,858.86 from the Executors and Trustees of Conrad Hubert, deceased, and,

RESOLVED, FURTHER, That the President be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to affix the corporate seal of the University to this receipt on behalf of
the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia.

STATE HIGHWAY ALONG FRONT OF BLANDY FARM:

RESOLVED, by the Executive Committee of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that approval be and the same is hereby given to the State Highway
Department to re-locate a new highway along the old Blandy Camp Road which is
the northern end of the University property known as Bland, Experimental Farm.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, That the President be, and he is hereby authorized and
directed to advise the State Highway Commissioner that the University of Virginia
will deed to the Highway Department the suggested right-of-way along the northern
boundary of the Blandy Farm when and if the Highwway Department agrees to build the
new highway on this proposed location.

DOME ROOM OF THE ROTUNDA, IN RE: ITS USE:

A committee consisting of R. Gray Williams, C. O'Conor Goolrick and the
President was appointed to determine the proper use of the Dome Room of the Rotunda
and report to the next meeting of the Board.

DR. ROWLAND A EGGER—LEAVE OF ABSENCE:

RESOLVED, by the Executive Committee of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that Dr. Rowland A. Egger, Director of the Bureau of Public
Administration at the University of Virginia, be and he is hereby granted leave of
absence fron his University duties for the period February 16, 1939 through December
1939. Dr. Egger has accepted the position of Director of the Division of the Budget
for the State of Virginia.

BUREAU OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION—RECOMMENDED CHANGES:

RESOLVED, by the Executive Committee of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that Dr. Raymond Uhl, formerly Assistant Director of the Bureau
of Public Administration, be and he is hereby elected Acting Director of the Bureau
in the absence of Dr. Egger, his salary for this period to be increased from $3,000
to $3,500 per annum.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the salary of Dr. A. V. Shea, Jr., Research Assistant
in the Bureau of Public Administration, be increased from $2,000 to $2,400 per annum
Dr. Shea is assuming additional teaching duties in Dr. Egger's absence.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that a new Research Assistant in the Bureau be and the
same is hereby authorized, at a salary of $2,000.

The meeting then adjourned.