Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1880 [PAGE 233]

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AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Board met at the hour appointed. The Executive Committee was authorized to expend not to exceed $125 toward purchase of a complete set of band instruments. The following appropriations were made:

APPROPRIATIONS FROM CURRENT FUNDS, FROM MARCH 1 TO SEPTEMBER 1,

1880.

Board expense Salaries. Fuel and lights Stationery and printing Buildings and grounds Incidental expense Furniture and Library and apparatus Military department Agricultural department Horticultural " Mechanical " Architectural " Chemical " Physical Laboratory Cabinets Domestic Science Students' examinations Total $300 00 14,000 00 1,000 00 600 00 100 00 200 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 4,605 84 289 21 166 60 75 12 63 40 30 00 200 00 $21,930 17

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The following certificates were granted to students recommended by the Faculty: William Barnes; H. S. Llewellyn; MaryMcElroy; John A. Peck; E. E. Conklin; C. F . Foster; F . W. Hawkinson, for partial certificates ; to Walter P. Ward, Degree of B. L. It was moved by Mr. Scott, that the clause in the catalogue, referring to Dormitories, be struck from the same, and that the matter of Dormitory Buildings be referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, with power to rent the same. It was resolved that Prof. S. W. Shattuck be appointed Business Agent for the coming year, and that his compensation be fixed at $2?0 per annum. It was moved by Mr. Scott, and seconded by Mr. Millard, that all special students shall pay the incidental fee each term. It was moved by Mr. Mason, and seconded by Mr. Scott, that the Incidental Fee for the next academic year be fixed at $7.50 per term. Carried. It was resolved that the Eegent be requested to secure from the various departments such information and samples of work as may be of use in describing and characterizing the work of departments of the University, to be ready for the Winter Term, 1881. On motion, of Mr. Mason, it was voted that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to codify and revise the By-laws and amendments, and report the same to the June meeting. The following report from the Committee on Buildings and Grounds was read:

To the Hon. Board of Trustees: Your committee beg leave to report that, after examining the report submitted to us by the Professor of Horticulture, and the condition of fences, walks and outbuildings in general, they find that the wants are so numerous that they would involve the expenditure of much more money than we can reasonably ask, or you can appropriate at this time.