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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1926
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I925] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 29I PROPOSED FLORIDA AVENUE, URBANA, IMPROVEMENT (4) The Mayor and City Council o Urbana request me to l y b f r you t e r f a eoe hi proposal to improve by paving and lighting certain streets in Urbana including Florida Avenue and ask whether the University is willing to share in the expense of these improvements. O n motion of M r . Trees, it w a s voted to notify the U r b a n a authorities that the Board regrets its inability to participate in these improvements at the present time. CONTRACT FOR ENGRAVING (5) The Comptroller states that he desires at this time to make a new contract to cover our engraving work for the coming year and recommends that the contract be given to the Jahn & Oilier Engraving Company. I ask your approval of this recommendation. O n motion of M r s . Evans, this contract w a s awarded as recommended. T H E CERTIFIED PUBLIC A C C O U N T A N T A C T (6) The General Assembly in the session just closed passed House Bill No. 617 which revises the Accountancy Act of 1903. This new law goes into effect October 1, 1925. After that date the University will have no authority in connection with the examinations in accountancy or the issue of certificates in accountancy. I am taking the necessary action to wind up our connection with this whole matter. The Comptroller informs me that we have on hand the sum of £16,974 accumulated from fees in connection with this fund. Our Legal Counsel is of the opinion that we should retain this money until an act of the legislature is passed directing us to dispose of it. W e have held it, of course, as a separate or trust fund. Unless the Board takes action to the contrary I will instruct the Comptroller to hold this money until legislative action is passed affecting it. Of course the amount will be diminished by expenditures incurred between now and October 1. This report w a s received for record. RENOVATION OF ARMY OVERCOATS (7) I recommend that the sum of $800 be appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for the cleaning and renovating of one thousand army overcoats which belong to the University. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, this recommendation w a s adopted, by the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r s . Ickes, M r . Noble, M r . Trees, M r . W h a m ; no, none; absent, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r s . Busey, M r . Small. DEATH BENEFIT PROVISION (8) A recommendation that the following resolution be adopted to interpret Section 2 of the regulations concerning death benefits and retiring allowances as adopted December 13, 1924 (page 128): It is hereby resolved by the Board of Trustees that in case the death of a member of the staff occurs while he is on leave of absence_ on part salary or without salary his estate shall be entitled to a sum based on his full salary rate. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this resolution w a s adopted. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR D. K. DODGE (9) The matter of a leave of absence for Professor D. K. Dodge. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, Professor D o d g e w a s granted leave of absence for one year o n one-half salary.
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