Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1870 [PAGE 140]

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124 The following bills were then audited and approved *

duller, Finch & Fuller, oil and paints C. 6. Lamed & Co., hardware and repairs C. F. A. Hinrichs, msec* pins A. S. Davis, double-shovel plow Chaddon & Hesse, sawing timbers David Ford, castings for engine Hovey & Co., blue grass seed E. V. Peterson, stationery and crayons . . , , Angle &Sabin, seeds and tile Champaign Gas Co., gas for May, 1870 F. M. & A. Avey, blacksmithing Western Fire Extinguisher Co., 3 Babcock extinguishers. $63 33 40 42 5 20 6 00 10 36 2 42 2 25 16 T O 23 75 2 80 10 30 132 05

On motion of Judge Brown, It was ordered, that Prof. Stuart be authorized to purchase the apparatus embraced in the list presented by him, and such other apparatus and articles for the laboratory, within the limits of the appropriation, as he should think proper. A motion of Judge Brown, That the Regent and Professor of the Mechanical Department be authorized to purchase such material as may be needed, not exceeding the appropriation, was carried. The bids for painting the farm barn were then opened, and the contract was awarded to J . H. Dowell, a student of the University, at $100 for the job, the glazing at I f cents per light. On motion of Judge Brown, It was ordered, that warrants be drawn in favor of the Regent, and such of the professors as desire it, for their salaries for the months of June, July and August, 1870; and, if agreeable to them, we would be gratified if they would employ as much time and effort as they can spare, during the vacation, in making known, throughout the State and wherever else they may happen to be, the plans and advantage of the University, with a view of attracting students to it. On motion of Mr. Cobb, The wages of students working on the farm were fixed at $22 50 per month, for the three months of vacation. Twelve o'clock had arrived, and the committee took a recess for dinner and visiting the farms.