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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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($443,000) from the General Revenue Fund for the purpose of debt retirement on buildings owned by or for the University of Illinois as follows: Bonds on the Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Building, Chicago, maturing serially from 1950 to 1954 both inclusive bearing •2% interest representing all bonds outstanding against this building which can be called $328 000 Bonds on the Student Center (Illini Hall) and Arcade Building, Champaign, maturing serially from 1943 to 1953 both inclusive bearing 354% interest representing the entire indebtedness on this building at the earliest date payable 115 000 Total {General Revenue Fund) $443 000 SECTION 7. T h e objects and purposes for which appropriations are made herein, without limiting the generality of the objects and purposes hereinafter listed, shall include the following: T h e item "personal services" shall mean and include the reward or recompense made for personal services rendered for the State by an officer or employee of the State or of an instrumentality thereof, or any amount required to be deducted from the salary of any such person under the provisions of any retirement or tax law, or both. T h e item "office expenses" shall mean and include the expenditures incident to the current conduct and operation of an office, department, board, commission, institution or agency for postage and postal charges, surety bond premiums, publications, office conveniences and services, exclusive of commodities or contractual services as herein defined. T h e item " t r a v e l " shall include all charges and expenses necessarily incident to traveling. The item "contractual services" shall mean and include expenditures for rental of property or equipment, repair or maintenance of property or equipment, utility services, and transportation charges exclusive of " t r a v e l " as herein defined, professional and technical services not otherwise classified, death benefits, medical and hospital services and compensation for injured employees. T h e item "commodities" shall mean and include expenditures in connection with current operation and maintenance for the purchase of articles of a consumable nature which show a material change or appreciable depreciation with first usage, repair parts, and small tools having a unit value not in any instance exceeding ten dollars, and including scientific publications. The item "equipment" shall mean and include expenditures for the acquisition, replacement or increase of visible tangible personal property of a nonconsumable nature, including livestock. T h e item "permanent improvements" shall mean and include expenditures for the acquisition, enlargement or improvement of existing buildings and structures (other than repairs), the erection or construction on land of any structure or work which constitutes a substantial addition to real estate, including the total cost thereof in labor, material and supplies and any other cost or charges necessary or incident to the completion of the building or structure but not including equipment as herein defined. SECTION 8. T h e appropriations for Personal Services in Sections I, 2, 3, and 4 hereof shall be available for the following purposes: ( a ) For compensation of administrative, instructional, and scientific staff, and student help, at rates established by the Board of T r u s t e e s ; (b) F o r compensation of non-academic staff in accordance with classifications and scales of pay established by the Board of Trustees under Sec. 36 (a) of "An Act to regulate the civil service of the State of Illinois" approved May 1, 1005, as amended. SECTION 9. T h e appropriations herein made are subject to the provisions of " A n Act in Relation to State F i n a n c e " approved June 10, 1919, as amended, except as to Sections 13 to 24 of that Act both inclusive. Approved July 1, 1043, except as to the item mentioned in my veto message of July 1, 1943.

DWIGHT H. GREEN, Governor H U G H W . CROSS

President

ELMER J.

of the Senate of the House

SCHNACKENBERG

Speaker