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1911] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 143 ment Station, in planning and conducting the work undertaken and outlined in this section, shall be assisted by an- advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois State Dairymen's Association. SEC. 9. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to discover and demonstrate the besjt methods of producing plants, cut flowers and vegetables under glass, and most effective remedies for disease and insect enemies of the same, to investigate and demonstrate the best varieties and methods of producing ornamental trees, shrubs and plants suitable for public and private grounds in. the various soils and climatic condition of the State, and to disseminate information concerning the same; and that to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) annually for the years 1911 and 1912: Provided, that the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, in planning and conducting the work undertaken and outlined in this section, shall be assisted by an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois State Florists' Association. SEC. 10. That it shall be- the duty of the College of Agriculture, through its Department of Household Science, to make such investigations and give such instructions and demonstrations as are calculated to advance the art of practical housekeeping in the State, with special reference to supply practical instructions to those desiring to take special courses in the science relating to and in the art of practical housekeeping, and that to carry out the provisions of this Act there be, and hereby is, appropriated two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per annum for the years 1911 and 1912. SEC. 11. That for the purpose of printing colored soil maps of counties surveyed and results of other investigations already made there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) annually for the years 1911 and 1912. SEC. 12. That the committees representing the several associations herein named shall meet at such times and places as may be designated by the dean of said college, or the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, or upon request of a majority of the committee; that they shall serve without compensation, except for expenses,-to be paid out of the respective funds, and that said committees shall make to their respective associations, at their annual meetings, full reports of the work in progress under the provisions of this Act. SEC. 13. That there 'be and hereby is appropriated to the University of Illinois for the maintenance and extension of the Department of Mining Engineering, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per annum. SEC. Ida. That there be and hereby is appropriated to the University of Illinois for work of investigation in cooperation' with the State Geological Survey and the United States Bureau of Mines with a view to conserving the . lives of the mine workers and mineral resources of the State, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per annum. SEC. 14. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and direceted to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the sums hereby appropriated, payable out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated upon the order of the Board of Trustees of said University, attested by its secretary and the corporate seal of the University. Provided, That no part of said sum shall be due and payable to $aid University until satisfactory vouchers in detail, approved by the Governor, shall be filed with the Auditor for all previous expenditures incurred by the University on account of the appropriations hitherto made: And, provided, further, that vouchers shall be taken in duplicate and original, or duplicate vouchers shall be forwarded to the Auditor of Public Accounts for the expenditures of the sums appropriated in this Act. Approved June 10, 1911.
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