Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1928
This is a reduced-resolution page image for fast online browsing.
EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:
1928] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 613 COMPTROLLER'S REPORT O F CONTRACTS A N D PURCHASE ORDERS (36) The following report from the Comptroller on contracts and purc orders executed since the l s report: at CONTRACTS EXECUTED BY THE COMPTROLLER APRIL 6, 1928, TO M A Y 18, 1928 Contracts executed under special authorization of the Board of Trustees in meeting, April 12, 1928: Name Amount Date Item Demonstrator's Associa- $1 000 00 April 18, 1928 Guaranty bond that cadavers delivertion of Illinois ed to the Board of Trustees will be used for the advancement of Medical Science in accordance with the Statutes of the State of IllinoisLeonard Seed Company £ 198 00 February 15, Purchase of onion seed and delivery 1928 on onion sets. Contract reported to the Board of Trustees in meeting of April 12, 1928: Name Amount Date Item Otis Elevator Company $1 250 00 April 10, 1928 Freight elevator to be installed in Administration Building (West) Miscellaneous contract executed under general regulations: Name Amount Date Item Klein-Watson Company $1 170 00 April 11, 1928 Acousti-Celotex to be installed in Commerce Lecture room. ORDERS ISSUED DURING APRIL, 1928, AMOUNTING TO $1000 OR M O R E Date Amount Department Firm Description Procedure 4-2-28 $1 000 00 Physical Plant Electric Coal ComCoal Quoted* H. M. Edwards pany Purchasing Agent +-2-28 $1 003 00 Museum Nat- Remington Rand Museum Quoted T h i s report w ural History a s received for record. Business Cases 4-6-28 $1 300 00 Dairy ChampaignSReo TReo ETruck Competitive LEGI LA IV MATTERS Sales reported (37) T h e President of the University Company that he had had two bills introduced in the Legislature n o w in special session—one to transfer the control and management of the Research and Educational Hospital to the Board of Trustees of the University, and the other to amend the revenue act to make clear the intention of the Legislature to exempt property given in trust for school purposes to the University, the latter being made necessary by the decision of the Supreme Court on the taxation of the CarterPennell Farms. A suggestion to consult the Governor and to ask him to transfer the Hospital had received informal approval of a majority of the individual members of the Board at the time of the regular session of the Legislature in 1927. The President stated that the Governor suggested that this transfer might be made during the special session and that both bills had been submitted to theby Mr. Jf. A. Morrow. •Arranged Legislative Reference Bureau for scrutiny. This report was received for record.
| 
