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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1869
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108 The work of surveying and superintendence could be done by persons already permanently employed in the institution. The further cost of labor would probably be about $1,200—total cost $2,000. Respectfully submitted, I. S. MAHAN, THOS. QUICK, JONATHAN PERIAM. Ordered to be laid on the table for discussion at the evening session. The bill of Elisha Eldred, for lumber and fencing, for $80, was allowed. On motion, Judge Cunningham and J. Periam were associated as a committee to rent the Grriggs' farm for the ensuing year. Carried. Motion to adjourn to 7 o'clock, p. M. Carried. JONATHAN PERIAM, Secretary. EVENING SESSION. The Committee were called to order at 7:15 p. M. It was moved and seconded, that the Board of Trustees be requested to meet on Wednesday, the 18th of November, 1868. Carried. After discussion, it was moved and seconded, that the drainage of the garden plat and the experimental farm be prosecuted, at an expense not to exceed $1,200. Carried. I t was moved and seconded, that such alterations in the university building be authorized as will secure a dining room in the basement, and leave the present dining room free for a library and reading room. Carried. Also, that the laboratory be fitted up with the necessary tables and fixtures. Carried. It was moved that the library room be furnished with portable furnaces and pipes, for heating the recitation rooms and chapel. Carried. The Eegent's bill for unexpended balance of warrant 98, for the past year (1867), for $426 55, with vouchers, was examined, and the balance of $23 80, as due him, was allowed.
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