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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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This coal is to be delivered in June for current consumption. T h e Peabody coal has not yet been tested, and this order will provide a sufficient quantity for trial and comparison. T h e remainder is divided to insure deliveries. Quotations received: F.o.b. mine Freight Delivered Peabody Coal Company ?i.6o $1.25 $2.85 Globe Coal Company 2.10 .78 2.88 Lafayette Coal Company 1.60 1.30 2.90 Consolidated Coal Company 1.60 1.30 2.90 Emergency action necessary because orders for June delivery had to be placed by May 24 to comply with regulations. 3. Chemicals for the Chemistry Department, from Merck and Company, Inc., at a cost of $1,020 f.o.b. Rahway, New Jersey, as follows: 2,000 grams dlphenylalanine, 2,000 grams dl-isoleucine, 2,000 grams dl-valine. This is a noncompetitive item, as the material is available only at Merck and Company, Inc., in the quantities required. Emergency action necessary because the material was available for immediate purchase only. 4. Thirty tons pure wheat bran, for the Department of Animal Husbandry for feed storage, from Valier and Spies Milling Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri, the only bidder, at a price of $40.17 a ton, representing a total cost of $1,205.10. Emergency action necessary because the bid was submitted subject to acceptancy by wire. M r . M o r e y commented on these items. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r n o f , t h e s e p u r c h a s e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d a n d a p p r o v e d as r e c o m m e n d e d . CONTRACTS EXECUTED BY THE COMPTROLLER MAY 2 7 TO J U N E 1 5 , 1 9 4 4 (11) T h e Comptroller's report of contracts executed.

With Whom War Production Board War Production Board War Production Board Purpose Extension of research contract Amendment of research contract Research contract Amount to be received by the University £75 000 7 500 8 700 Amount to be paid by the University $1 200 Date May 24, 1944 May 20. 1944 April 17, 1944

With Whom Corkery and Siems

Purpose Work on research project at South Farms

Dale May 23, 1944

T h i s report w a s received for record. CHANGES IN UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STATUTES DEFINING ACADEMIC STAFF (12) T h e Director of the University Library has requested that librarians be included in the academic staff, which would result in removing their positions from the classified University Civil Service. T h e University Civil Service Committee has approved the proposal in principle. This will require certain revisions in the University of Illinois Statutes. I concur and recommend further that the Statutes be amended to read as follows:

LIBRARY

19. ( d ) Members of the Library staff shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the Director of the Library as approved by the President, and may be given appropriate rank.

APPOINTMENTS, RANKS, AND PROMOTIONS

24. ( a ) All appointments, reappointments, and promotions of members of the staff shall be made by the Board of Trustees, on recommendation presented by the President. (b) Appointments shall be made on the merit basis, solely with respect to the special fitness of the individual for the work demanded in the position.