Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1906
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1905] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOAED OF TRUSTEES. CHEMICAL LABORATORY. 123 Upon the recommendation of President James, $5,000.00 of the State appropriations for the Chemical Laboratory was appropriated for further equipment of the laboratory, bills for all purposes to be approved by the President of the University. COLLEGE OF LAW. Upon the recommendation of President James, the State appropriation for the Cojlege of Law—$10,000—was assigned for certain improvements in the building, the balance to be used for the college library. , Upon the request of the Secretary $35.00 a month for additional typewriter service was appropriated for the year beginning July 1, 1905. At the request of the Business Manager, $1,170 were appropriated for the payment of band scholarships for the year 1904-05. COAL CONTRACTS. The Committee on Buildings and Grounds was authorized to advertise for bids for supplying the University with coal for the year beginning September 1, 1905, and the hauling of the same, and to make contracts on satisfactory bids, and report the same to the Board. PURCHASE OF Y. M. C. A. LOTS. The Business Manager was directed to complete the purchase of the Y. M. C. A. lots and to pay the purchase price which was appropriated therefor, $16,000.39, t m s including the expense of the pavement on Mathews avenue, upon receipt of a warranty deed for the premises and an abstract thereof showing good title in the grantor. CHANGES, REPAIRS, BUILDINGS. Mr. Bullard from the Committee on Buildings and Grounds presented the following communication from Professor White: CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, June 20, 1905. Hon. 8. A. Bullard, Chairman Committee on Buildings and Grounds, Springfield, Illinois. * DEAB SIR—There are so many changes which have been suggested to be made upon University buildings this summer that I have thought it would be well to enumerate them, so that none of them would be overlooked: and I therefore give below a brief statement of each, with the expectation that all of them will be brought to your notice otherwise. Library.—Miss Sharp desires to have a dumb waiter, and some wood floors laid on top of present concrete floors in basement; estimated cost $240. Engineering Building.—Dr. Carman desires some changes on the lower floor, in order to get more laboratory space. Approximate cost $75.00. Hydraulic Laboratory.—Professor Talbot wishes to have the second story of the front of the Hydraulic Laboratory finished off into rooms. Probable cost, $1,000.00.
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