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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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S T A T E M E N T O F LOSS O N A C C O U N T O F B U R G L A R Y IN T H E OFFICE O F T H E BUSINESS M A N A G E R O F C H I C A G O D E P A R T M E N T S N I G H T O F O C T O B E R 3, 1922 1. Cash $643.82 2. Checks (of these #279.25 have been traced and effort is being made to stop payment and secure duplicates) 483.25 3. Leitz Microscope (purchased 1914) Cost, #292.05 Replacement price, #646.30 Estimated value 400.00 4. Safe stolen 125.00 5. Property damage, estimated 50.00 Total estimated loss, excluding possible reduction in item 2 #1,702.07 ADDITIONAL ITEMS I. Damage to vault door already repaired by Insurance Company 2. University Warrants for payrolls, etc., in process of issuance, totaling #896.00 (Payment has been stopped on all of these warrants, and no loss on this item is anticipated) 3. Money in safe belonging to Mrs. E. Englejohn, employee in office, held for accommodation 77-00 This report w a s received for record.

SAFES FOR COLLEGES OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY

(8) A recommendation that the Comptroller be directed to purchase suitable safes for the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry at a cost not to exceed #375 each, the money to be appropriated as follows: From insurance, #125; from sale of old safe, #75; from Reserve and Contingent fund, #550. O n motion of M r . Hoit, this recommendation w a s approved and the appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , M r . A b bott, M r s . Blake, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Hoit, M r . Noble, M r . Trimble; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, M r . Herbert,

Mr. Small. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR W. A. NOYES

(9) A recommendation that a request from Professor W . A. Noyes, approved by Dean Babcock, for sabbatical leave, under the University rules, for the academic year 1923-24, be granted. O n motion of M r . Trimble, this recommendation w a s concurred in.

BILL OF PRUSSING & COMPANY

(10) A bill from Pressing & Company, real estate agents of Chicago, for #700.73 for services rendered to the University from February 18, 1919, to September 27, 1922. O n motion of M r s . Blake, this bill w a s approved. T h e appropriation from the Reserve and Contingent fund w a s m a d e b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Abbott, M r s . Blake, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Hoit, M r . Noble, M r . Trimble; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, M r . Herbert, M r . Small.