 | Board of Visitors minutes May 5, 1864 |  |
CALLED MEETING
In pursuance of a call by the Chairman of the Faculty
approved by three members of the Board of Visitors the Board
met this morning, present Col. T. L. Preston, Genl. G. W.
Randolph, and Messrs John Brannon, John M. Daniel and Richard
H. Cunningham.
The Board was called to order by Col. T. L. Preston and
on his motion G. W. Randolph was appointed Chairman Pro tem.
On the motion of J. H. Daniel it was resolved that a Rector
and Executive Committee be at once elected.
Col. T. L. Preston was elected Rector, and Messrs Preston
Randolph and Prannon elected Executive Committee
A report from the Chairman and Faculty of the University
was submitted and ordered to be preserved by the Secretary of
the Board for future use.
The following resolutions were adopted,
Resolved that the Chairman of the Faculty be instructed
to make a written report to the Board of Visitors at each
regular session of the Board on the general condition of the
University and recommending such measures for adoption and
making such suggestions as the Faculty shall deem expedient.
Resolved, that the reports of the Proctor and Superintendent
of Buildings and Grounds shall be returned to the
Chairman of the Faculty ten days before each regular meeting
of the Visitors and shall be submitted by the Chairman of the
Faculty to the Board of Visitors with his annual report.
Resolved that the salary of each Professor from the first
day of October last shall be three thousand dollars with the
fees received from the Students of his class and that no Professor
shall receive the salary of another chair than his
own and that the salary aforesaid shall be in lieu of the
salary heretofore allowed and shall not be in addition to the
payment made on the first day of January last.
Resolved that the salary of the Janitor be five hundred
dollars from the first day of January 1864.
The Board then adjourned until the stated meeting in
June.
| Board of Visitors minutes May 5, 1864 | |