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1896.]

PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD QF TRUSTEES.

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Balances, J u n e 30,1896— E n d o w m e n t fund U. S. E x p e r i m e n t Station fund F a r m fun d General fund State Appropriations— For salaries, etc For Library H all For library For Laboratory N a t u r a l History For Cabinets 1 For Engineering College For Astronomical Observatory '. For fitting-and furnishing E n g i n e e r i n g Hall For building and equipping Biological E x p e r i m e n t Station F o r Biological E x p e r i m e n t Station expense F o r a p p a r a t u s and material For shop practice For Chemical Laboratory '.. For Laboratory of Vegetable Physiology For fire protection For paving streets and walks For establishing, equipping and m a i n t a i n i n g a laboratory for propagating p u r e vaccine v i r u s

$34,745 93 2,968 91 153 30 2,942 41 3,153 80 144,208 85 348 30 816 80 675 80 6,223 70 13,289 24 1,925 70 113 23 6 97 348 89 63 87 1,827 74 88 02 970 34 529 23 3,000 00 $218,401 03 $240,184 54

T h e c o m m i t t e e on bids for f u r n i s h i n g coal for t h e e n s u i n g year r e p o r t e d as follows:

URBANA, ILLINOIS, September 16, 1-896.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: GENTLEMEN: Your committee on bids for furnishing coal for the University for the ensuing1 year, after careful investigation, would recommend that the order for supplying coal be awarded to the Odin Coal Company at the prices named in its bids, and that the Business Manager be authorized to carry out the terms of this report. Respectfully submitted,

ALEX. MCLEAN, NELSON W, GRAHAM,

Committee. T h e r e p o r t of t h e c o m m i t t e e was adopted. I t was voted t h a t t h e j a n i t o r s receiving n o t to exceed $35 a m o n t h should be p a i d an a d d i t i o n a l $2 a m o n t h ; also t h a t it s h o u l d be left to C a p t a i n B r u s h a n d t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s to d e t e r m i n e of w h a t t h e uniform should consist, which, b y t h e action already taken, t h e j a n i t o r s about t h e U n i v e r s i t y are r e q u i r e d to wear hereafter/ I t was ordered t h a t t h e B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r should get w a t c h m a n ' s registers or clocks a n d have them placed on t h e u p p e r floors of each of t h e b u i l d i n g s to be inspected by t h e n i g h t w a t c h m a n . An approp r i a t i o n of $100 was made therefor. Professor S h a t t u c k was a p p o i n t e d B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r , t h e a p p o i n t ment to commence S e p t e m b e r ] , 1896, a n d to c o n t i n u e until o t h e r wise ordered; salary $600 a year. I t was ordered t h a t t h e fees for i n s t r u c t i o n u p o n t h e violm a n d o t h e r s t r i n g e d i n s t r u m e n t s should be,