Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871 [PAGE 138]

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130 On motion of Mr. J. H. Pickrell, it was decided that the building for Mechanic shops and Drill Hall be located on the lots owned by the University, situated between Springfield road and the horse railroad, bringing the center of the building opposite the center of street (east side of parade grounds,) the north side of said building being placed not less than eight feet from south side of said Springfield road. It was further voted that the foundation of the above building be laid as low as to bring the level of the ground-floor one foot over the present sidewalk. On motion of Judge A. M. Brown, the Kegent was authorized to contract for and have done, the excavating for the University Build* i n g ; also, wells and drainage for same. On motion of Judge A. M. Brown, it was—

Resolved, That the contracts for the construction of the University Buildmg and Drill Hall shall provide, that at each monthly meeting of the Executive Committee, the contractor shall present an account of the value of materials for said buildings, placed on the ground by him, and also the value of labor done, which account shall be first submitted to Mr. J M. Van Osdel, the architect, for his approval. Upon his certificate of the correctness of such account, the same shall be allowed and proper orders for the money be drawn as required by law.

A report of the Corresponding Secretary, Hon. W. C. Flagg, of the work of the past year, etc., was accepted, viz:

R E P O R T O F T H E C O R R E S P O N D I N G SECRETARY.

Not being able to be present at the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, I respectfully ask leave to report at this late day. Our third annual report has been duly published and distributed, with the exception of 600 copies left in the hands of the State Binder to be bound in muslin, which were destroyed by fire with other State documents. By countermanding an order for distribution, 500 more copies were placed in the binder's hands, and I hope will soon be ready for use. The increasing demand for bound copies of complete sets of our reports suggests the desirability of increasing the number of bound copies, which has hitherto, for economical reasons, been confined to 500 annually. We still have on hand, in paper, a large number of reports that can, as fast as needed, be bound in muslin, and in that shape will be more valued and better preserved by those who receive them. For the future I believe it will be better to ask the State authorities to bind the entire edition. I have sent, as required by law, copies of our last report to the Secretary of the Interior and to the several colleges founded on the national grant, so far as such are known to exist; and to the Secretaries