Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1896 [PAGE 35]

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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S .

Board expense, additional Dedication of E n g i n e e r i n g Hall and i n a u g u r a t i o n of P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r . Grading: around Engineering; Hall Shop practice classes, mechanical and architectural , Moving into new building South farm buildings, etc Total

$200 00 300 00 200 00 300 00 300 00 200 00 $1,500 00

Respectfully submitted,

S. W. SHATTUCK,

Business 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 :

Agent.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN:—Your Finance Committee respectfully requests appropriations as follows:

Board expenses E x p e n s e s of the inauguration of P r e s i d e n t D r a p e r and dedication of Engineering Hall J G r a d i n g around E n g i n e e r i n g Hall Mechanical and architectural d e p a r t m e n t s , for shop practice Moving to E n g i n e e r i n g Hall S o u t h farm buildings, etc

$200 00 300 200 300 300 200 00 00 00 00 00

The committee also recommends that assignments be made of the funds of the State Laboratory of Natural History, as follows:

For the q u a r t e r ending December 31, 1894— For field work, office, and incidental expenses. For salaries and assistance $375 00 875 00

Respectfully submitted,

J. E. ARMSTRONG, ALEX. MCLEAN, F. M. MCKAY,

Finance Committee. T h e S e c r e t a r y stated t h a t B r i g a d i e r - G e n e r a l D . W . Flagler, Chief of O r d n a n c e , U n i t e d S t a t e s A r m y , was ready to issue to t h e U n i v e r s i t y "two 3.2-inch B . L . steel field g u n s with carriages, etc., i n lieu of t h e two muzzle-loading g u n s , etc., now on h a n d . " B u t t h a t in o r d e r to secure these it was necessary t h a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y s h o u l d give bond, with two sufficient securities, in t h e s u m of $9,799.72, in o r d e r to i n s u r e to t h e W a r D e p a r t m e n t t h e p r o p e r care a n d t h e r e t u r n of these g u n s a n d e q u i p m e n t s . T h e B o a r d a d o p t e d t h e following r e s o l u t i o n : WHEREAS, Brigadier-General D. W. Flagler, Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army, has informed the President of this University that he is ready to issue to the University two 3.2-inch B. L. steel field guns with carriages, etc., in lieu of the two muzzle-loading guns, etc., now on hand, and WHEREAS, The University will be required, if this change is made, to furnish a bond in the sum of $9,799.72; therefore be it Besolved, That the President of the University be authorized to effect the •exchange of field guns, and that the President and Secretary of this Board be authorized to execute, in the name of the University, a bond for the above named amount.