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1903,]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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It is understood that the new appliances shall be purchased after conference with and approval by the Professor of Mechanical Engineering. DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS. Armory— Fainting roof Wood Shops— Painting outside Metal Shops— E. E. and M. E. LaboratoryPainting outside Engineering Building— Natural History BuildingLaw BuildingPainting outside Vaccine LaboratoryPainting and general repairs .. $225 00 70 00 35 00 30 00 50 00 50 00 60 00 175 00 25 00 75 00 60 00 Experiment Station WarehouseObservatory— Agricultural BuildingLibrary— Repairing roof... Direct radiators in outside ends of reading rooms and in presidents and registrar's offices.. Redecorating walls University HallPainting, plastering, kalsomining, etc New roof covering for one-half of building Repairs to the brick work of various buildings $ 50 00 15 00 150 00 50 00 300 00 200 00 300 00 450 00 150 00 $2,500 00

The foregoing recommendations regarding telephone system and repairs were adopted. It was also voted on motion of Mr. McKinley that the Committee on Buildings and Grounds be given authority to put a passenger elevator in the President's House.

SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS, ETC.

I recommend that the following sums be appropriated for furniture, apparatus, and equipment in scientific departments:

Botany, for equipment and materials $1,845 00 Geology, for furniture and equipment , „ 1,100 00 Physiology, for furniture and equipment 1.250 00

Zoology, for furniture and equipment $1,100 00 Total $5,295 00

I recommend that of this sum $3,000 be charged to the special appropriation for apparatus and appliances, and the balance to the general fund, or such other special fund as the Business Manager may think best.

It was so ordered.

AGRICULTURAL ESTIMATES.

The estimates and appropriations asked for by the College of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station, as modified and approved by the Business Manager, are as follows: I recommend their adoption.

It was so ordered.