Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1873 [PAGE 161]

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H e also m a k e s t h e following finanolal s t a t e m e n t of a p p r o p r i a t i o n s a n d e x p e n d i t u r e s since M a r c h 1 1873, a n d t h e u s u a l p r e s e n t a t i o n of bills a n d a c c o u n t s : Earnings Appropria- and credits tions. of dep't. Board expense Salaries Fuel and lights Building and grounds Incidental expenses Stationery and printing F a r m account Horticultural department.. Mechanical department Carpenter shops Chemical laboratory Military department Agricultural experiments. N e w University building . T a x e s on l a n d s Gymnastic apparatus Library and cabinet Totals . $1, 200 00 30, 400 00 1, 000 00 1, 250 00 1,250 00 750 00 500 00 600 00 1,855 00 150 00 3, 000 00 50 00 555 00 $42, 560 00 Expenditures to date. $682 12,649 904 237 417 338 2, 914 2,405 1, 272 882 233 63 282 329 2, 660 10 10 82 44 23 68 63 99 50 88 91 95 90 34 49

Total.

$164 47

1,660 718 044 223

27 30 58 94

$1, 200 00 30, 40D 00 1,164 47 1,250 00 1, 250 00 750 00 1,660 27 1, 218 30 1,244 58 223 94 1, 855 00 150 00 3, 000 00 50 00 555 00

581 38 :6,857 34

$3, 411 66 $45, 971 56

T h e following bills, p r e s e n t e d for p a y m e n t J u l y 10,1873, w e r e

AUDITED AND ALLOWED.

T r e v e t t & Green JSTicholet & Schoff E. V. P e t e r s o n \Y. S. M a x w e l l S. W. Robinson I n t e r - O c e a n Co Cairo B o x a n d B a s k e t Co J. M. Keys Geo. K n a p p & Co E. S n y d e r Win. Price S. W . S h a t t u c k G. E . H e s s e Carpenter department

Hardware Printing . Blank books Paints, etc P e t t y expenses Record book M a t for b o x e s Painting blackboards Advertising P e t t y expenses Paint and p u t t y Sundry expenses Harness, etc W o r k for c a b i n e t 'l new University building.. " building and grounds " military department. - . '' horticultural Books T#e Salt A t t o r n e y fees Hardware Carpenter shop Printing P e t t y expenses Building and grounds Castings department

$33 4 3 5 3 8 5 2 15 20 11 9 22 2 27 35

Mechanical

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Mrs. P . W. F r i s b e e . . . . . . Y . Salim Bros S. M. M a r b l e C. B . S m i t h Dodson & Hodges Mechanical department Champaign County Gazette E . A . Robinson Mechanical department A. S n e d a k e r

BILLS EEJBCTED.

B e i d l e r & Son, l u m b e r , $73 7 1 ; S t r o n g Bros., v i n e g a r , $6. I believe t h e s e a r e all t h e bills t h a t e x i s t a g a i n s t t h e U n i v e r s i t y , or n e a r l y so. T h e r e a r e c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e U n i v e r s i t y , as t h e B o a r d of I n s t r u c t i o n , one R e g e n t (now on leave in E u r o p e ) , e i g h t r e s i d e n t professors, one n o n - r e s i d e n t professor i n a g r i c u l t u r e , one r e s i d e n t i n s t r u c t o r in a r c h i t e c t u r e . I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e a b o v e t h e r e a r e : one h e a d farmer, one o r c h a r d i s t a n d g a r d e n e r , w h o is n o w in c h a r g e of t h e w o r k on e x p e r i m e n t a l farm, one florist. O t h e r p o s i t i o n s w e r e occupied d u r i n g t h e p a s t year, b u t t h e a p p o i n t m e n t s to t h e m for t h e c o m i n g y e a r h a v e n o t b e e n m a d e . A l l o w me, as r e p r e s e n t i n g , a t p r e s e n t , t h e e d u c a t i o n a l i n t e r e s t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y , to u r g e u p o n y o u t h e i m p o r t a n c e of f u r n i s h i n g t h e U n i v e r s i t y a r e s i d e n t p r o f e s s o r of a g r i c u l t u r e . I believe I e x p r e s s t h e opinion of a l a r g e m a j o r i t y of t h e faculty, t h a t s u c h is one of t h e e s s e n t i a l s for t h e f u t u r e succesa of t h e U n i v e r s i t y i n t h e d i r e c t i o n w h i c h i t is d e s i r a b l e for i t t o t a k e .