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authorized to puchase a horse, & to employ a Forester, to aid him in the preservation of the timber on the said lands.
On motion of Bp. Polk, it was Resolved, That the Engineer of the University be instructed to build four additional cab rooms for the use of the Executive Committee ^Board of Trustees, & to procure furiture sufficient to furnish eight rooms.
The Committee took a Recess till half past three o'clock, P.M.
Half past 3 o'clock P.M.
The Committee reassembled. On the motion of Mr. Fairbanks, it was Resolved, That the Committee to receive conveyance of Lands be requested to ascertain the
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legal position of the Title of the Shapard Tract; & if satisfied that the Title of said Shapard Tract is not good to the whole of said Tract, then to compromise & purchase, if possible, whatever Title he has, & take such steps as may be requisite to obtain Title from the parties in whom the Title legally is. But if they are satisfied said Shapard holds the legal Title, that then they be authorized to purchase said Shapard Tract from him.
On motion of Bp. Elliott, it was Resolved, That Rt. Rev. Bp. Polk & Mr. J. M. Bass be authorized to make arrangements to settle the titles to all the lands granted to the University by the Sewanee Mining Company, & other parties; & also to make any arrangements
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for the increase of the territory of the University which they may deem nescessary.
On the motion of Bp. Elliott, it was Resolved, That the Commissioners be instructed to pay to Col. Barney, as soon as they are in funds, such sums as he may need in liquidation of his account in carrying out the instructions of the Committee.
The Minutes were read & approved.
On motion, the Committee adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman.
David Pise, Sec,y.
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Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees A.D. 1860
Rt. Rev. James H. Otey, D.D., L.L.D., Chm.n. Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, D.D., Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliot, D.D., Rt. Rev. Henry C. Lay, D.D., Rev. David Pise, D.D., Secy. J. Hamilton Couper, Esqr. George R. Fairbanks, Esqr., C. T. Pollard, Esqr., John M. Bass, Esqr.
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New Orleans, La. February 13th, 1860.
At the call of the chairman, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Othey, the following members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of the South, assemble; viz. The Bishops of Tennessee, Louisiana, & of Georgia, Rev. Dr. Pise & Geo. R. Fairbanks, Esqr.
On motion of Bp. Elliot, it was Resolved, That the Commissioners be authorized to ^pay to Dr. Pise the expenses connected with the printing ordered by this meeting of the Board of Trustees, & also to pay such expenses as he himself may have incurred in attending this meeting.