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1929] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 447 APPROPRIATION FOR REPAIRS TO E Q U I P M E N T IN D E P A R T M E N T O F ELECTRICAL E N G I N E E R I N G (4) A request from Assistant Dean Jordan of the College of Engineering for an appropriation of $1425 to the Department of Electrical Engineering to reimburse it for expenses already incurred in repairing equipment damaged by the overflow of the Bone Yard Creek and the backing of water into the basement of the Electrical Laboratory, and to pay for the rest of repairs necessary. I recommend that $1425, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for this purpose. O n motion of D r . Noble, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , President Armstrong, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, D r . Noble, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r . Barr, M r . Blair, M r . E m m e r s o n , M r . Fisher, M r . Simpson. APPROPRIATION FOR MUSEUM CASE (5) A request from the Curator of the Natural History Museum, concurred i by n Dean Babcock, for authority to purchase an additional case for bird specimens, costing $655, installed, the amount to be charged to the special equipment fund of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r s . Evans, this purchase w a s authorized. APPROPRIATION FOR PICTURES FOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (6) A request from Dean D. J. Davis for an appropriation of $200 for the purchase and framing of pictures of interest to medical students to be hung in the Research Laboratory and Library. 1 recommend that an appropriation of ?2oo be made from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for this purpose. O n motion of M r . Trees, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , President Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, D r . Noble, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r Blair, M r . E m m e r s o n , M r . Fisher, M r . Simpson. APPROPRIATION FOR RETIRING ALLOWANCE FOR E. D. BROTHERS (7) A request from the Acting Comptroller that an appropriation be made to pay the retiring allowance of Mr. E. D. Brothers, Lecturer in Medical Jurisprudence, who was retired, after a service of 24 years, effective September 1, 1929 (Minutes, September 1 8, 1929, page 360). His retiring allowance amounts to J147 a year, but provision for it was not made in the budget for this year. I recommend that an appropriation of J147 be made from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for this purpose. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , President Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, D r . Noble, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, M r . E m m e r s o n , M r . Fisher, M r . Simpson. APPROPRIATION FOR PURCHASE OF SAFES FOR DEPARTMENTS OF CHEMISTRY A N D A G R O N O M Y (8) The Acting Comptroller reports that the present facilities for storing gold and platinum ware used by the Departments of Chemistry and Agronomy do not provide adequate protection against burglary, and recommends that an appropriation of 5500 be made for the purchase of two burglar-proof safes at $250 each for this purpose. I recommend that an appropriation of $500 be made from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for this purpose. O n motion of M r . Barr, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , President Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, D r . Noble, M r . Trees; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, M r . E m m e r s o n , M r . Fisher, M r . Simpson.
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