Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1892 [PAGE 111]

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Date.

UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS.

Price per acre.

To w h o m sold.

Tract.

Acres.

Cash.

On t i m e .

March 10, 18S7 Minneapolis & P a cific Railway Right of way A u g u s t 1, 1890 Reier O. B r a t t e n . . F r a c t i o n a l triangle cut off by r a i l w a y . . SE% 2,116,35 March 16 1891 March 25, 1891 Wenzl K o p a c e k . . . . i May 1, 1891 P e t e r L a r s s e n SWM 20,117,34 May 19, 1891 T h o s . D. Davidson... NWK 27,124,36 , . June 5, 1891 F r a n k T o p k a NW L 4 6,116.32 J u n e 10, 1891 Berthel P e d e r s o n . . . . S W S E 13,124,37, J u n e 10, 1891 L a r s I n g e b r i g h t s e n . NWSti 13, 124,37 J u n e 12, 1891 T h o m a s P e t e r s e n . . . . S E S E 1 3 , 124,37 J u l y 20, 1891 L. A n d r e w T r e i b e y . . SWK 10,117,35

17.45 $10 00 36.17 160 160 160 160 155.03 40 40 40 160 6 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 7 00 7 00 7 00 10 00

$174;50 54 25 400 00 400 00 400 00 400 00 387 57 70 00 70 00 70 00 400 00 $162 751,200 00 1,200 00 1,200 00 1,200 00 1,162 78 210 00 210 00 210 00 1.200 00

Making a total sale of 1,128.65 acres.

Cash received A m o u n t s due. Total sales $2,826 42 7,955 48 810.781 90

All of which is respectfully submitted,

S. II. PEABODY, S. W. SHATTUCK,

) CommiP.ee on \ Min nesota Lands.

On motion of Mr. R a a b , the resignation was accepted, t o t a k e effect September 1, 1 8 9 1 , and t h e report on Minnesota l a n d s was approved for record. On motion of Mr. Cobb, Professor Morrow and Mr. F a r r i n g t o n were appointed delegates t o represent, respectively, t h e University and the Experiment S t a t i o n a t the next meeting of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, and $75 was a p p r o p r i a t e d from current funds t o defray their expenses. Professor Morrow was, on motion of Mr. Cobb, elected President of t h e Board of Direction of the Experiment Station, t o t a k e effect September 1, 1 8 9 1 . The petition of the Academy was referred t o the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, with instructions t o report a t t h e next meeting o" the B o a r d .

REPORT OF BUSINESS AGENT.

The Business Agent, Professor Shattuck, then presented the following r e p o r t :

AUGUST 7, 1891.

S. A. Billiard^ Esq., President Board of Trustees, University of Illinois. DEAR SIR: The Board is asked to authorize the payment of the inclosed bill of Hubbard & Sons for repairs on the towers of University Hall. One hundred and fifty dollars additional for immediate repairs of roofs of the University buildings is needed. A much larger amount could well bs expended on them, but the above sum is necessary. Professor Stratton requests that $500 more be assigned for electric apparatus, and that $275 be granted for the floor and partition of the electric room. The floor has been put in under the authority of the