Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1898 [PAGE 108]

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UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S . .

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From Twin City Electrical Company, Champaign, and guaranteed by the Chicago G-as and Electric Fixture Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, all complete for $1,800.00. Your Committee has examined the cuts and drawings of the fixtures submitted by the parties bidding and recommends that contracts be entered into for the work with the Twin City Electric Company for $1,800.00 for the work complete as soon as the legislative appropriation bill is passed or money available. We have also received a proposal from the Library Bureau for putting in two floors and shelving in the book room of the library for $2,000.00, or all three floors for $3,000.00, a statement being1 made that a chargein excess of $1,000.00 would have to be made for the third floor and shelving, if the. work were done at different times. Your Committee therefore recommends that a contract of the whole amount be entered into as soon as the legislative appropriation bill for the next two years is passed including the items for furnishing and completing the library building. Respectfully submitted,

S. A . BULLARD, LUCY L. FLOWER, J. E. ARMSTRONG,

Committee. T h e report of t h e C o m m i t t e e was approved and t h e C o m m i t t e e was authorized to m a k e contracts, as proposed. Mr. A r m s t r o n g moved t h a t t h e F a c u l t y of t h e School of M e d i c i n e b e considered elected when approved by t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r sity a n d t h e C o m m i t t e e on t h e School of Medicine. T h e motion prevailed. O n motion of Mr. R a y m o n d t h e rules of t h e B o a r d were so revised t h a t t h e c h a r g e of t h e land contracts was transferred from t h e T r e a s u r e r to t h e B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r . O n motion of Mr. Bullard, t h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e was i n s t r u c t e d to r e p o r t such c h a n g e s in t h e rules with regard to t h e c o n d u c t of U n i v e r s i t y business as should b e necessary to separate t h e offices of of T r e a s u r e r and B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r . T h e B o a r d t h e n a d j o u r n e d to meet at 4 o'clock p. m., a n d at t h a t t i m e adjourned w i t h o u t date.

W . L. P I L L S B U R Y , F. M. MCKAY,

Secretary.

President.