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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1869
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58 Also that said Treasurer be authorized to get up a set of scrip and land books, with appropriate headings; scrip book to contain statement of scrip sold, to whom, price, number, etc., scrip located, and by whom, State, subdivision, etc. Land book to contain full description of all land located, State, township, range, etc., with such remarks as the persons locating it can furnish. All of which is respectfully submitted, EMERY COBB, J. O. CUNNINGHAM, J. H. PICKRELL, H. C. BURCHARD. The report of Finance committee on Agricultural, Horticultural, and other appropriations, was then accepted. REPORT. The Finance Committee, to whom was referred the subject of asking appropriations from the Legislature the coming winter, would recommend that this Board appoint a committee to bring the matter before said body—being particular to specify each and every item. Said amounts so referred are as follows : For Horticultural Department, $22,000 Polytechnic and Mechanical Department 40,000 Agricultural Department 38,000 $100,000 The committee on Agriculture ask for an appropriation of $3,000 for fences, hedges, teams, etc. The committee report that said amount be appropriated out of our income account, unless we get the above appropriations from the Legislature. (Signed) EMERY COBB, J. H. PICKRELL, WM. KILE, H. C. BURCHARD, J. O. CUNNINGHAM. Judge Brown then offered a resolution that the committee Ijp authorized to sell fifty thousand acres of scrip at a price not less than 95 cents an acre. An amendment, that the minimum be 100 cents per acre, was lost, and the question upon the resolution to sell at not less than 95 cents per acre prevailed. On motion of Mr. Burchard, it was Resolved, That in addition to the appropriations requested by the committees on Horticulture, Agriculture and Mechanical departments, to be made by the Legislature, an appropriation also be asked for the Library, Chemical and Philosophical apparatus, Cabinets, etcf, at least of 25,000.
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