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1912]

B. EXPENSE.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OE TRUSTEES.

Kent Light Apparatus L a b o r a t o r y supplies Advertising, including announcement Printing and postage Library Water tax Telephone , Laboratory refunds Repairs . Incidentals Special a s s e s s m e n t s F u r n i t u r e a n d fixtures Refunded tuition Total MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS. to miscellaneous $ 2,500 60,000 40,000 12,000 5,000 00 00 00 00 00 $6,0t)0 425 1,100 1,200 1,000 300 200 15 70 260 300 600 50 200 150

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$11,870 00

. ( d ) T h e following r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w i t h r e s p e c t priations : A. 1. B o a r d . e x p e n s e 2. L a b o r 3. H e a t , light, m a i n t e n a n c e , coal, g a s , etc 4. P r i n t i n g , p o s t a g e , c a t a l o g , etc 5. F u r n i t u r e a n d fixtures Total B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 8. 9. 10. 11.

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S u m m e r Session $15,000 00 Lectures 5,000 00 H i g h School C o n t e s t 400 00 Public Drawing Exhibit 50 00 Alumni Quarterly 1,000 00 Band and military scholarships 2,000 00 U n i v e r s i t y fellowships 2,400 00 Expense—University News Bulletin 1,000 00 Incidentals 10,000 00 O t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s , buildings a n d g r o u n d s . . . . 25,000 00 H i s t o r i c a n d a r t i s t i c c a b i n e t s a n d collections— Lincoln Hall 3,000 00 Total Grand total 64,850 00> $184,350 00

The foregoing recommendations with respect to (a) administrative appointments, (b) new appointments and promotions, (c) reappointments,, salary increases, and departmental appropriations, and (d) miscellaneous; appropriations, were approved in full.

MR. HATCH ELECTED PRESIDENT PRO T E M .

The following resolution was adopted:

W H E R E A S , W . L . Abbott, P r e s i d e n t of t h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s , h a s signified' his i n t e n t i o n to be a b s e n t from h i s office a n d t h e S t a t e for t h e period of s i x w e e k s i m m e d i a t e l y following t h e 16th d a y of J u l y , 1912, a n d WHEREAS., H e is, a s s u c h official, r e q u i r e d a l m o s t d a i l y to sign w a r r a n t s f o r p r o p e r l y a u d i t e d a c c o u n t s a g a i n s t t h e U n i v e r s i t y , a n d t o d i s c h a r g e o t h e r duties* r e l a t i n g t o t h e b u s i n e s s of t h e U n i v e r s i t y ; t h e r e f o r e be it • Resolved, T h a t F r e d L . H a t c h , a duly elected a n d qualified m e m b e r of thisB o a r d of T r u s t e e s , be, a n d he is h e r e b y , a p p o i n t e d t o a c t a s p r e s i d e n t of t h i s b o a r d from J u l y 16, 1912, to A u g u s t 31, 1912, a n d d u r i n g t h e a b s e n c e of t h e said* W . L. A b b o t t from t h e S t a t e , w i t h full p o w e r to sign w a r r a n t s , a n d do all o t h e r t h i n g s p e r t a i n i n g to t h e b u s i n e s s of t h e U n i v e r s i t y w h i c h t h e s a i d W . L. A b b o t t , a s p r e s i d e n t of t h e b o a r d , m a y n o w lawfully do.

BUILDING

PLANS: ARMORY, LOCOMOTIVE LABORATORY, JUDGING PAVILION, AND GREENHOUSES.

STOCK

President James presented the following letter from Mr. W. Carbys Zimmerman, State Architect, with respect to the plans and contracts for the Armory, the Locomotive Laboratory, the Stock Judging Pavilion, and the Horticultural Greenhouses: