Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1892 [PAGE 238]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

241

I t was voted t h a t when the Board adjourn it should adjourn t o meet a t the Grand Pacific Hotel, in Chicago, a t 9 o'clock a. m., J u n e 27, 1892. The President and Secretary of the Agricultural Experiment S t a t i o n were authorized and instructed t o expend for the best interests of the S t a t i o n all balances of S t a t i o n funds for the y e a r ending J u n e 30, 1892. I t was directed t h a t the President and Secretary draw upon the Auditor of Public Accounts such orders as the law requires, in order t h a t he m a y issue t o the Treasurer of the University his w a r r a n t s upon the S t a t e Treasurer for t h e a m o u n t s appropriated by t h e legislature t o the University of Illinois and t o t h e S t a t e L a b o r a t o r y of N a t u r a l History. Assignments of the funds of the S t a t e L a b o r a t o r y of N a t u r a l Historv were made as follows, for the q u a r t e r beginning Julv 1, 1892: "

¥or field, office, and incidental expenses. For salaries and assistance For publication of bulletins

$375 00 875 00 125 00

Also assignments were made

For the improvement of the library For illustration of the biennial report of the State Entomologist..

$1,000 00 250 00

Mr. G r a h a m ' s bill of $150.62, and Mr. McKay's bill of $133.25, for expenses incurred on a trip east in search for a suitable m a n for the regency were approved and ordered paid from current funds. The plans for new buildings were referred t o the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, and t h e Committee was instructed t o present them with a report thereon a t the meeting on t h e 2 7 t h inst. The Board then took a recess in order t o a t t e n d commencem e n t and the alumni banquet. The following report from the committee on Minnesota lands was received:

MINNESOTA LANDS.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

GENTLEMEN: Since your last meeting your committee has closed up matters in relation to S. E. and S. W. quarters of sections 24—124—36, Pope county, Minnesota, and has received a certificate dated May 11, 1892, for the S. W. quarter, showing entry by the University. It being necessary to look after rentals, Mr. Pillsbury visited the lands again early in April, and made arrangements for payment of back rents on lands which have been cultivated without your consent, and for the rent of those lands for this year, and for grass sales. The income from these rentals will amount to over $300. It was found that the little town of Brooten, which is near our lands in Pope county, is growing quite fast, and that the University lands are