Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1864-1870)

SPECIAL MEETING.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,
Ann Arbor, August 18th, 1869. f
The Board of Regents met pursuant to a call of the Executive Committee, at 74 o'clock P. M.
Present-President Haven, Regents Johnson, Sill, Sweezey, Walker, Willard and Gilbert.
The meeting was opened with reading of the Scriptures
and prayer by the President.
The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
A communication was received from Dr. W. W. Greene,
accepting the appointment of Professor of Surgery.
On motion the Board went into Executive Session, and
after some time spent therein, on motion of Regent Willard,
the Board proceeded to ballot for a President pro tempore of
the University, with the following result: Prof. Frieze, received six; being the whole number of votes cast; whereupon
Professor Henry S. Frieze was declared unanimously elected
President pro tempore of the University of Michigan.
On motion of Regent Gilbert, the President pro tempore
and the Secretary were instructed to draw a University Warrant on the Treasurer, for President Haven's salary to Oct. 1,
1869.
Adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Regents Johnson, Sill, Sweezey, Walker, Willard
and Gilbert.
On motion of Regent Sill, the sum of $100 was appropriated to purchase the gas fixtures in the dwelling now occupied