Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1914 [PAGE 774]

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TO Department and Name. Zoology— Barker, F . D Packard, W. H Total

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. Salary. < , FOR AGRICULTURAL $400 00 200 00

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$600 00 $22,500 00 .

Grand total LEASES OF LAND

EXPERIMENTATION,

The secretary presented also for record the following summaries of leases of land for agricultural experimentation, signed by the comptroller under authority of the hoard:

1. Location Flora Lessor Chris Egginton Date Mar. 4,1914 Tenure Dec. 31,1914 Annual Rental $180 and 50 bu. apples

Description An orchard of thirty acres, more or less, lying south of the B., O. & S. W. Railroad track, about 4% miles west of the city of Flora in Clay County, 111.; more specifically described as follows: P a r t of the north half (%) of the southeast quarter (%) of section thirty-two (32), township three (3) north, range six (6), east of the third principal meridian. 2. Location Lessor Date Tenure Annual Rental Flora Amos Ross Mar. 4, 1914 Dec. 31, 1914 One-third of crop Description An orchard of fourteen acres, more or less, located on the farm of Amos Ross, just south of the B., O. & S. W. Railway tracks, about four and one-half miles west of the city of Flora, Clay County, 111.; more specifically described as follows: Fourteen acres, more or less, of orchard located south of the tracks of the B. & O. Ry., and on the west side of the east half (E. %) of the northwest quarter (N. W. %) of section 5, township 2 north, range 6, east of the third principal meridian. 3. Location 'Lessor Date Tenure Annual Rental Olney R. S. Prunty June 4,1914 Dec. 31, 1914 $100.00 Description Forty acres of land located in the west % of the northwest % of section 1, township No. 3, range 10, in Richland County, State of Illinois. 4. Location Lessor Date Tenure Annual Rental Urbana John McCullough May 1, 1914 Nov. 15, 1914 $192.00 Description Approximately sixteen acres situated on the west side of N. W. % of N. E. *4 of section 29 ; township 19 north, range 9 east. 5. Location Lessor Date Tenure Annual Rental Urbana J. H. Percival May 1,1914 Nov. 15, 1914 $150.00 Description Approximately twelve acres situated on the west side of the S. W. % of the S. W. % of section 19 ; township 19 north, range 9 east. A U D I T REPORT.

The secretary presented also for record the report of the audit of the books and accounts of the University for the quarter ending March 31, 1914:

April 29, 1914. Hdnorable Allen F. Moore, Chairman, Finance Committee, Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Mpnticello, III. DEAR S I R : Following your instructions, we have audited the hooks and accounts of the University of Illinois for the third quarter of the fiscal year, ended March 31, 1914. As a result of our examination, we find the following overdrafts on appropriations of the budget approved by the Board of Trustees: Campus lighting $ 241 47 Pavements and walks 636 54 •Commerce Building 3 67 Gymnasium, Improvement 22 42 Library Building addition 12,651 67 Heating and Lighting Plant 1,496 60 Pipe organ 235 65 Office supplies 2,891 53 Postage 851 05 *Petty cash 5,850 00 Printograph 6 00 Administration— •Vice-President * 241 37 Business office 1,463 51 Registrar's office 569 38 * No appropriation.