Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1924 [PAGE 479]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 17,

(4)The salaries of special investigators employed in the conduct of the particular investigations, the cost of materials and special apparatus needed for the work and not already available in the Engineering Experiment Station laboratories, and the cost of engravings and printing in the publication of the results of the investigations shall be charged against the funds provided by the Utilities Research C o m mittee for this purpose. (5) For the purpose of keeping the Utilities Research Committee in touch with the work of the Engineering Experiment Station, the Utilities Research Committee shall appoint a subcommittee for each major subject of investigation, whose duty it shall be to advise with the officers of the Engineering Experiment Station regarding the prosecution of the work and the preparation of the report. (6) (a) All records of the investigations are to be the property of the University of Illinois and they are to be kept on file by the Engineering Experiment Station, (b) T h e Engineering Experiment Station shall have the exclusive right to publish, and shall prepare and publish such of the results of the investigations as m a y appear desirable to both parties. N o publicity shall be given to any of the results of the investigations prior to the publication of these results by the Engineering Experiment Station, except upon the recommendation of the Utilities Research Committee and by agreement with the Executive Staff of the Engineering Experiment Station. In every publication, proper credit shall be given the Utilities Research Committee and every one w h o has made a significant contribution to the results obtained. (7) The Utilities Research Committee and its authorized representatives shall at all times have access to the data secured and to the computed results of the tests, subject, however, to the restrictions named in Article 6; and from time to time the Engineering Experiment Station will make such progress reports as the Utilities Research Committee m a y request. (8) All research assistants, mechanicians, clerks, and other help necessary for the effective prosecution of these investigations will be employed by the University through the Engineering Experiment Station and paid from the funds provided b y the Utilities Research Committee. The members of the special staff for these investigations are to be regarded as members of the Research Corps of the Engineering Experiment Station during their connection therewith. (9) The Utilities Research Committee agrees to pay to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, during each year of the life of this agreement, the sum of $25,000 divided between the different investigations as follows: (1) Fatigue of Structural Parts, $7,500 per year; (2) Aging of Porcelain, $6,500 per year; (3) Refractories, $6,000 per year; (4) Boiler Feed Water Treatment, $5,000 per year. Within ten days after the execution of this agreement the Utilities Research Committee shall pay to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois an initial sum of $2,500 and thereafter shall maintain in the special fund for each investigation, within the limit for each year in the preceding paragraph stated, a balance of not less than $500 until such investigation is completed or terminated, in which event any remaining balance shall be returned to the Utilities Research Committee. The money contributed for these investigations shall be held as special funds and shall be so carried on the books of the Comptroller of the University. Payments from these funds shall be made only on vouchers approved by the Director of the Engineering Experiment Station for this work. O n July 1st and quarterly thereafter the Engineering Experiment Station shall render to the Utilities Research C o m mittee a report of the expenditures made on each subject during the previous quarter, with an estimate of the amount of additional funds required for each subject for the succeeding quarter. It is understood and agreed that the payment of the above sums as stipulated is conditioned upon the conduct of the investigations by the Engineering Experiment Station nature with thewith dueofdiligence so as to secure the greatest possible progress consistent the work.