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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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total sum of $5,851.92, and the Board on January 26, 1944, appropriated $4,451.92. The sum indicated includes contributions from 43 persons ranging from $10 to $520. An additional appropriation of $1,400 from the General Reserve should now be made in accordance with the agreement.

On motion of Mr. Fornof, the University of Illinois Foundation was designated trustee of this fund, and the appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Davis, Mr. Fornof, Mrs. Grigsby, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McKelvey, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Nickell; no, none; absent, Mr. Green, Mr. Karraker, Dr. Luken.

PURCHASES AUTHORIZED (11) A report of the following purchases proposed by the Purchasing Agent and authorized by the Comptroller as emergency actions: 1. T h e following chemicals for the Chemistry Department for use in connection with the research in amino acids being conducted through cooperation with the Rockefeller Foundation, from Merck and Company, Inc., at a price of $1,586.10, f.o.b. Rahway, New Jersey: 2,000 gms. dl-valine 2,000 gms. dl-isoleucine 1,000 gms. dl-phenylalanine 500 gms. dl-threonine 1 lb. i ( — ) histidine monohydrochloride 2. One Farmall M tractor for the Animal Husbandry Department Farm, from the Power F a r m Implement Company, Champaign, Illinois, at a price of $1,006.98. 3. 1,349 bushels No. 3 yellow shelled corn for the Animal Husbandry Department feed storage, from the Federal North Iowa Grain Co., Champaign, Illinois, at a price of $1.08 a bushel (ceiling price), or a total cost of $1,457.02. 4. 2,500 tons of screenings coal to be delivered during the month of May, for the Physical Plant Department coal storage, from the following firms: Globe Coal Company, 1500 tons, $4,335 delivered; Lafayette Coal Company, 1000 tons, $2,900 delivered. 5. One lot of laminated tubing made of special bonded Kraft paper, requested by the Chemistry Department for use in an investigation under a contract with the National Defense Research Council, from T h e Formica Insulation Company, at a price of $1,279.40, f.o.b. Cincinnati. 6. One lot of electrical instruments for use in connection with the betatron in the Department of Physics, from the Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, Chicago, at their price of $1,235.02, f.o.b. Newark, New Jersey. This price is based on list prices less an educational discount of 40 per cent plus two per cent state sales tax. 7. Two thousand grams I ( + )-lysine monohydrochloride for the Chemistry Department, for use in connection with the research in amino acids being conducted through cooperation with the Rockefeller Foundation, from Merck and Company, Inc., at a price of $1,224, f-o.b. Rahway, New Jersey. 8. Thirty tons of linseed oil meal for animal feeding, for the Animal Husbandry Department, from Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, at a price of $1,529.68 delivered. T h i s r e p o r t w a s received for record. PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (12) The Comptroller recommends that the following purchases submitted by the Purchasing Agent be authorized: 1. 125 reams 22 x 34—40 lb. 100% rag bond, watermarked with the University seal, for the Office Supply Storeroom, from the Graham Paper Company, at a price of $30.09 c.w.t., or a total of $1,504.50.