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—Article 12.—

And the said Rector and Visitors covenant to and with
the said Trust Company that they will warrant generally the
property hereby conveyed, that they have the right to convey
the aforesaid lands to the said Trust Company, that the said
Trust Company shall, in the execution of the trusts herein
created, have quiet possession of the said lands, free from
all encumbrances; and that the said Rector and Visitors have
done no act to encumber the same, and will execute such further
assurances of the said land as may be requisite.

And this indenture further witnesseth: That said Trust
Company hereby accepts the aforesaid trust, and covenents and
agrees to and with the said Rector and Visitors to execute
the same upon the terms and conditions mentioned.

In testimony whereof, the said Rector and Visitors of
the University of Virginia have caused their name and corporate
seal to be hereunto affixed by Armistead C. Gordon,
their Rector, and chief officer, and attested by I. K. Moran,
their Secretary, and the said Trust Company has caused its
name and corporate seal to be hereunto affixed by James N.
Boyd, its President, and attested by Lewis D. Aylett, its
secretary, on the day and year first above written.


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The Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia.
By

Attest

Rector.

Secretary.

Virginia Trust Company,
By

President.

Attest

Secretary.

State of Virginia
County of Albemarle

to wit:

I                 a Notary Public for the County
aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Armistead
C. Gordon, who is personally known to me to be the Rector and
chief officer of the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, whose name is signed to the writing hereto annexed,
bearing date on the first day of November in the year 1906,
has acknowledged the same before me on his own behalf, and
for and on behalf of the said Rector and Visitors, as and for
their, act and deed, and has acknowledged and declared the
corporate seal of the said Rector and Visitors affixed to
said writing, to be their true and lawful corporate seal as
aforesaid; all which is done in my county aforesaid.

And I do further certify that I. K. Moran, known to me
to be the secretary of the said Rector and Visitors, whose


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name is signed as such secretary to said writing, bearing
date as aforesaid, has acknowledged the same before me in my
county as aforesaid on his own behalf, and as and for the act
and deed of the said Rector and Visitors, and has also acknowledged
and declared the said corporate seal to be the true and
lawful corporate seal of the said Rector and Visitors.

Given under my hand this       day of       Anno
Domini, 1906.

N. P.

State of Virginia
City of Richmond

to-wit:

I,                 a Notary Public for the city
aforesaid in the State of Virginia, do certify that James
N. Boyd, who is personally known to me to be the President
of the Virginia Trust Company, whose name is signed to the
writing hereto annexed bearing date on the first day of November
in the year 1906, has acknowledged the same before me on
his own behalf, and for and on behalf of the said Virginia
Trust Company, as and for its act and deed, and has acknowledged
and declared the corporate seal of the said Virginia
Trust Company, affixed to said writing, to be their true and
lawful corporate seal as aforesaid; all which is done in my
city aforesaid.

And I do further certify that Lewis D. Aylett, known to
me to be, the Secretary of the said Virginia Trust Company,
whose name is signed as such secretary to said writing, bearing
date as aforesaid, on his own behalf, and as and for the
act and deed of the said Virginia Trust Company, and has also
acknowledged the said corporate seal to be the true and lawful


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corporate seal of the said Virginia Trust Company.

Given under my hand     day of     Anno Domini 1906.

N. P.

State of Virginia, to wit:

In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County.

1906.

I,                , Clerk of the Circuit Court of
the County of Albemarle, do hereby certify that the foregoing
deed of trust from the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia to the Virginia Trust Company was this day presented
to me in my said office with the certificates of acknowledgment
thereto annexed; and the said deed, together
with the said certificates, was thereupon admitted to record
in said office.

Given under my hand the day and year above written.

Clerk,
Albemarle Circuit Court.

Resolved: That a "Dormitory Building Committee" be
appointed, consisting of Messrs. Harmon, Alderman, Barringer
and Lambeth, to consider and report at a meeting of the Board
on the question of building a new dormitory or dormitories,
as investment on the basis of the Rockefeller Fund.

Resolved: That the action of the Rector in calling in
for payment or exchange on the first day of November 1906,
all the 5% mortgage bonds of the University, outstanding and
secured by the deed of trust of May 1st, 1896, together with
the notices published by him in connection therewith in the


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Richmond Times Dispatch and the Charlottesville Progress, be
and the same are hereby in all respects ratified, and confirmed
by the Board.

Resolved: That all petitions from fraternal organizations
for a lease of land upon which to build fraternity
houses, be referred to a committee of this Board, consisting
of Messrs. Harmon, Alderman, Thornton, Lambeth, and Norton,
for recommendation and report next meeting.

Resolved: That in recognition of the eminent and devoted
services of Joseph Carrington Cabell, friend and ally of Thomas
Jefferson in the organization of the University of Virginia, the
building now known as Academic Building be hereafter styled,
"Cabell Hall."

Resolved: That Theodore Hough be appointed Professor of
Physiology at a salary of $3,000., this election to take effect
at the opening of the session 1907-'8.

Resolved: That the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated for
the payment of an Instructor of Physiological Chemistry for
the session of 1906-'7. (arthur E austin)

Resolved: That the sum of $500.00 be appropriated to
the Law Department for furnishings and increased library facilities.

Resolved: That the sum of $100.00 be appropriated for
the payment of salary of C. E. Moran, Instructor in Physical
Culture for the session 1906-'7.

Resolved: That the sum of $250. be appropriated to the
Chapel Fund for the purpose of repairing and refurnishing the
Chapel.


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Resolved: That the Board hereby records its high appreciation
of the work of Mrs. Edwin A. Alderman, and her lay
associates in raising a fund with which to refurnish and repair
the University Chapel.

Resolved: That the sum of $1,500.00 be appropriated for
the purpose of making proper exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition
by the University of Virginia.

On motion the Board adjourned.

I. K. Moran,
Secretary
Armistead C. Gordon
Rector.