Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 62]

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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

Buildings and r e p a i r s . . . Board xpense B o o k s a n d publications. Botanical a p p a r a t u s . . Bulletins. Chemical a p p a r a t u s F u e l a n d lights P r i n t i n g , stationery a n d p o s t a g e Salaries Tools Wages and teams W h e a t a n d corn e x p e r i m e n t s [at Flora] D a i r y i n g e x p e r i m e n t [at DeKalb] Biology of ensilage E r a d i c a t i o n of Canada thistles [at Mattoon].. Total !

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$25 00 40 00 50 00 100 00 350 00 300 00 50 00 25 00 1,960 00 60 00 950 00 25 00 100 00 10 00 15 00 $4,060 00

Mr. F. G. Jaques, of Urbana, has asked my attention to the division fence between his land and the north line of the Griggs farm. Mr. Jaques has rebuilt one-half the fence, and asks the University to build the other half, 80 rods. I have conferred with Professor Morrow on the matter, and ask leave to make the repair, at a cost not to exceed $30, to be charged against the income of the Griggs farm. I have to report that 5,000 copies of the annual catalogue have been issued, making a pamphlet of 118 pages. Bids were obtained—and are presented herewith. The work was done by H. J. Dunlap, of Champaign. I ask that authority be given to expend six hundred dollars for the summer advertising. The Faculty directs me to ask that leave be given the Regent to inspect the Chicago Manual Training School and that, if it be found satisfactory, it be placed upon the accredited list. All of which is respectfully submitted, SELIM H. PEABODY, Regent. On motion of Mr. Cobb, all m a t t e r s in t h e Regent's report relating t o t h e location, plans, and construction of t h e new drill hall, t h e entomological l a b o r a t o r y and breeding room, and t h e proposed changes in the mechanical building and in the main building, were referred t o the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, t o which was added, for the purposes of this motion, the President of the Board and the Regent. The committee was given power t o proceed with the erection of the buildings named, b u t was instructed n o t t o make expenditures or incur liabilities in excess of the appropriations made by t h e legislature for said buildings; viz., one t h o u s a n d dollars for the entomological building, and ten t h o u s a n d dollars for the drill hall. The committee was also empowered t o make t h e changes suggested in the drawing room of the main building, expending therefor n o t t o exceed $430 from t h e s t a t e appropriations for buildings and grounds. On motion of Mr. Bennett, the Board of Trustees authorized the conferring degrees and g r a n t i n g certificates as recommended by the F a c u l t y of the University, and approved t h e recommendations for commissions. [ F o r lists, see Regent's report.]

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