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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910
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168 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. [June 24 conferred by law over the expenditure of moneys appropriated to said iUniversity. The recommendations of the committees herein provided for .•shall be advisory, but the use of the moneys herein appropriated shall rest in the discretion of said board for the purpose herein set forth, and isaid board shall account therefor. Approved June 9, 1909. AN ACT Appropriating to the University of Illinois the money granted in an Act of Congress approved Aug. 30, 1890, entitled, "An Act to ap"ply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more perfect endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agricultural and mechanic arts," established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862. And the money granted by an Act of Congress approved March 4, 1907, entitled,. 'An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum or sums of money which may have accrued or may hereafter (before the. first day of July, 1911) accrue to the State of Illinois, under the provisions of an Act of the Congress of the United States, approved Aug. 30, 1890, entitled, 'An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of public lands to the more perfect endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provision of an Act of Congress," approved July 2, 1862; and the money granted by an Act of Congress, approved March 4, 1907, entitled, "An Act making appropriations for the. Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908," are hereby appropriated to the University of Illinois, and whenever any portion of the said money shall be received by the State Treasurer it shall immediately be due and payable into the treasury of said University. SEC. 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the sums hereby appropriated, upon the order of the chairman of the Board of Trustees of said University, countersigned by its secretary and with the corporate seal of said University. Approved June 9, 1909. AN ACT Authorizing and directing the establishment of a Department of Mining Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois, and providing for the support of the same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the Mate of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the trustees of the University of Illinois be authorized and directed to establish, in the College of Engineering, at the University, a Department of Mining Engineering. SEC. 2. That the said Department of Mining Engineering shall offer such courses of instruction relating to the science and practice of mining as Will best serve to train young men for efficient work in the various phases of the mining industry. SEC. 3. That in addition to its work of instruction, the said Department of Mining Engineering shall, so far as practicable, concern itself with the development and dissemination of such scientific facts as are likely t o be of service in improving the practice of mining, with reference to efficiency in operation, to the security of life in the mines, and to the conservation of the fuel and other mineral resources of the State. SEC. 4. That there be and hereby is appropriated to the University of Illinois, to meet the cost of establishing and maintaining the said department of mining engineering, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) per annum.
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