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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

APPROPRIATION BILL

[March 11,

(3)

A draft of an appropriation bill for the next biennium. A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOR THE

SECTION 1. BE I T ENACTED BY T H E PEOPLE OF T H E STATE O F ILLINOIS, REPRESENTED IN T H E GENERAL ASSEMBLY: That there be and is hereby appropriated to the University of Illinois for the two years beginning July 1, 1919, and until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly, the sum of five million ($5,000,000.00) dollars, payable only out of money paid into the State treasury and set apart as a fund for the use and maintenance of the University of Illinois, in accordance with an Act entitled: "An Act to provide by a State tax for a fund for the support and maintenance of the University of Illinois," approved June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, payable as follows: For salaries and wages For departmental office expenses For traveling expenses For operating supplies and expenses For school supplies For repairs on present buildings, grounds, and equipment For equipment For buildings For reserve and contingencies Total $3,300,000.00 150,000.00 50,000.00 150,000.00 450,000.00 200,000.00 300,000.00 200,000.00 200,000.00 $5,000,000.00

3. There is hereby appropriated to the University of Illinois for the two years beginning July 1, 1919, and until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly, for the purchase of land and the erection of buildings, the sum of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000) dollars, payable out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 4. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw warrants on the State Treasurer under sections 1, 2 and 3, of this Act, for amounts expended or bills then due from the sums appropriated in the said sections, payable severally to the persons named, upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor, certified to by the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois with the corporate seal of the University attached thereto. 5. There is hereby appropriated to the University of Illinois for the two years beginning July 1, 1919, and until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly, for the payment of interest on the endowment funds of the said University as provided by section 2 of the Act relating to said University, approved June 11,1897, the sum of Sixty-five Thousand ($65,000) Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary under the terms of said Act.