Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1932 [PAGE 65]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEATH BENEFIT—PROFESSOR W. H. SMITH

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(6) A request from the Comptroller for an appropriation of $2,375 to Pav tne death benefit in the case of Professor W . H. Smith, who died on August 30, 1930. This is payable to his beneficiary, Mrs. Ruby Hahnan Smith. I recommend that this appropriation be made from the Reserve and Contingent Fund and that the Comptroller be authorized to make payment. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, this recommendation w a s adopted, by the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . Blake, M r s . Evans, D r . Noble, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r . E m m e r s o n , M r . Fisher, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Simpson.

APPROPRIATION FOR CONSTANT TEMPERATURE CHAMBERS, DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE

(7) A recommendation from the Dean of the College of Agriculture that a special appropriation of $1,500 be made to the Department of Horticulture from excess receipts for the year ended June 30, 1930, for the purpose of installing constant temperature chambers similar to those used by the Department of Botany, so that uniform temperature and humidity may be secured. This equipment would be installed either in the Horticulture Field Laboratory or in the greenhouse back of it. I recommend approval. O n motion of D r . Noble, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . Blake, M r s . Evans, D r . Noble, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r . E m m e r s o n , M r . Fisher, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Simpson.

APPROPRIATION FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS

(8) A request from Dr. A. R. Kelly of the Department of Sociology, in charge of the University's archaeological explorations, for a supplementary appropriation of $1,500 to complete explorations already started on Plum Island, near Utica, Illinois, and to enable him to catalog and arrange the archaeological material secured this summer for study and publication. The Dean of the Graduate School, under whose jurisdiction such research grants are administered, recommends that the request be granted. I concur, and recommend that an appropriation of $1,500 be made from the Reserve and Contingent fund for this purpose. O n motion of M r s . E v a n s , this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . Blake, M r s . Evans, D r . Noble, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r . E m m e r s o n , M r . Fisher, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Simpson. APPROPRIATION FOR PAVING ASSESSMENTS (9) A request from the Comptroller for an appropriation of $1,200 to pay off the paving assessments against the sites of the University High School, Botany Annex, Transportation Building, and the present President's House, thus leaving only the assessments against the main frontages on Mathews Avenue and on Wright Street. I recommend that $1,200 be appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for this purpose. O n motion of M r . Trees, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . Blake, M r s . Evans, D r . Noble, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r . E m m e r s o n , M r . Fisher, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Simpson. APPROPRIATION FOR PATENTS EXPENSES (10) A request from the Chairman of the President's Committee on Patents for a supplementary appropriation of $1,000 to meet expenses in connection with Patents on Discoveries and Inventions for the year 1930-31.