Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894 [PAGE 70]

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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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On motion of Mr. Cobb, appropriations were made from current funds for the expenses of the next three months:

Board expenses Salaries for instruction , Salaries for services Buildings and grounds Fuel and lights Stationery and printing, etc Laboratories Library and apparatus Incidentals ' Mechanical department , Architect ural department Agricultural department Horticultural department Military department -Gymnasium, balance •University extension, balance Water supply Furniture and fixtures, balance Students 1 welfare committee, balance Accredited schools and certificates, balance. Band music Illini sunscription Art department Total

$500 00 $15,995 00 1,765 00 200 00 2,000 00 400 00 400 00 50 00 200 00 200 00 200 00 200 00 100 00 100 00 214 25 75 90 100 00 163 69 30 00 200 30 25 00 186 67 40 25

$23,346 06

Appropriations were also made from current funds

For dedication of Natural History Hall For repairs of heating apparatus For hose for roof of University Hall For insurance on arms For expenses of delegate to meeting of Association of Am. Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations $219 50 61 13 20 00 23 47 52 95

The communication from the Urbana and Champaign Electric Railway Company, with regard to a waiting house on Green street, in front of University Hall, was referred to t h e regent and the committee on buildings and grounds, with power to act, and $100 was appropriated from current funds, which the committee may use if found necessary. I t was voted t h a t interest on land contracts should be collected promptly. From current funds $300 was appropriated, on motion of Mr. Shawhan, for additional instruction during the winter term. On motion of Mr. Raab, $100 was appropriated from current funds for university extension work. I t was voted not to make an appropriation for the University Extension Magazine. On motion of Mr. McKay, $100 was appropriated for the publication of a university journal or bulletins. On motion of Mr. McKay, $100 was appropriated for the Technograph, t h e University to have a page of free advertising. On motion of Mr. Raab, $100 was assigned from the United States fund lor the purchase of periodicals for the library. On motion of Mr. Cobb, leave was given to order supplies and apparatus for the chemical labaratory to the amount of $1,000. Also, leave was given to order supplies and apparatus for the botanical laboratory to t h e amount of $200. On motion of Mr. Cobb, Professor Shea, the business agent, and the regent were given authority to order, for the department of physics and •electrical engineering, supplies and apparatus to the amount of $4,000. All these orders for supplies and apparatus are to be made to be paid ior after the 1st of July.