Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871 [PAGE 128]

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III. The price per hour of work for each student shall be fixed by the Committee of the Faculty upon students' labor, at least one day before each monthly payment. IV. Each Professor, with concurrence of the Regent, shall have the direction and control of the labor assigned to his department. V. Efforts shall be made to furnish labor to all students asking for it, but nothing contained in these rules shall be so construed as to oblige any department to furnish labor when the interest of said department does not warrant it, neither shall students be prohibited from working in special cases by the piece or job.

The committee on sale of certain parts of the Griggs farm, reported as follows:

To the Executive Committee :

The committee appointed at the August meeting to consider the propriety of selling the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 21, township 19, range 9—a part of the Griggs farm—to 0 . R. Griggs, report that they have examined the land and considered the subject, and recommend that the sale be made at the rate of $60 per acre, reserving, however, the right of way from the county road to the forty acre tract adjoining the foregoing on the east. Respectfully, A. M. B R O W N , EMORY COBB, J. H . P I C K R E L L .

To the Executive Committee:

The undersigned, sub-committee appointed to sell the Griggs farm, would report that they have bargained to Christopher and William Burnett, the southeast quarter, section 21, at $60 per acre, and the south half southwest quarter, section 21, at $60 per acre, to Geo. W . Burton, upon condition that all deferred payments on the same bear 8 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually in advance. Respectfully, C. R. GRIGGS, J. O. CUNNINGHAM. These reports were adopted and approved. The report of the Bookkeeper was then read and accepted, and an amount of $90 61 of petty expenses was audited and ordered to be paid. A bill of Fuller, Finch & Fuller, for paints—$48 IT—was allowed, and an account of Johnson, Huntley & Co. for a reaper was laid over until next meeting. On a report of Prof. E. Snyder, two dozen of fencing swords were ordered to be bought, and $25 appropriated for the purpose. On motion of Judge Brown, Messrs. Pickrell and Cobb were appointed a committee to purchase four car loads of stock cattle, to be paid for from the funds set aside for stock purchases.