Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1896 [PAGE 174]

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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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I t was ordered t h a t t h e bill of t h e T r e a s u r e r , Mr. S p a l d i n g , for—

Accrued interest on Sidney school bonds. P r e m i u m on Macoupin county bonds Accrued interest on same Expenses • Total $8 2,325 125 65 17 00 00 11

$2,523 28

be paid. T h e bill of t h e E l e c t r i c L i g h t i n g a n d P o w e r Co. for power from J u l y 1 to A u g u s t 1, 1895, a m o u n t i n g to $40.00 was o r d e r e d paid. O n motion of Mr. M c L e a n , t h e m a t t e r of s t o r i n g p o w d e r was referred to t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s a n d to C a p tain Brush. A p p r o p r i a t i o n s for 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 H i s t o r y were m a d e as follows:

For For Jtpr For For For For For field work, office, and incidental expenseslibrary salaries and assistance bulletins illustrations of State Entomologist's report investigation of contagious diseases of insects expenses of Biological Station (State L a b o r a t o r y ) . expenses of Biological Station (University) $375 00 250 00 912 50 250 00 62 50 375 00 375 00 375 00

Mr. M c L e a n offered t h e following resolution, w h i c h was a d o p t e d : Besolved, That the Committee on Buildings and Grounds is hereby authorized, after advising with the architect and comparing the bids which have been received, and investigating the responsibilities and qualifications of bidders, to enter into a contract for the erection of a President's house with the responsible bidder whose proposition shall be found most favorable to the University. O n m o t i o n of Mr. M o r g a n , $175.00 was a p p r o p r i a t e d for h e a t i n g , Professor D a v e n p o r t ' s house. T h e C o m m i t t e e on B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s was a u t h o r i z e d to ext e n d water m a i n s . T h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e m a d e t h e following r e p o r t s w i t h r e g a r d to t h e T r e a s u r e r ' s report, a n d u p o n t h e v o u c h e r s of t h e E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n , a n d t h e y were severally a d o p t e d :

URBANA, I I I . , September 6, 1895.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your Committee on Finance begs leave to report that it has examined the report submitted by the Treasurer, Mr. C. W. Spalding, bearing date August 31, 1895. This report shows balance on hand May 31, 1895, of $55,148.57, and a total of balance and receipts to date of $278,681.75. It shows expenditures amounting to $90,544.73; balances, $195,812.11; overdrafts, $7,675.09, making a total of expenditures, balances, and overdrafts, of $278,681.75. Respectfully submitted,

N. B. MORRISON, S. A. BULLARD,

Committee on Finance,

—12 IT. I.