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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February

23

On motion of Mr. Karraker, the President of the University was authorized to employ an additional watchman in this building and to transfer the necessary funds from the General Reserve fund to provide for the expense. On motion of Mr. Armstrong, the matter of fire protection in the old part of the Chemistry Building was referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for special attention.

FURNISHINGS FOR ILLINOIS U N I O N BUILDING

( n ) A report that the Purchasing Agent has been authorized to purchase the furnishings for the student lounging rooms in the Illinois Union Building, which are being furnished by the University, from C. A. Kiler, Champaign, at a total cost not to exceed $2,400. Proposals to supply these furnishings were received from Marshall Field and Company, Chicago; Carson Pirie Scott and Company, Chicago; F. K. Robeson, Champaign; and C. A. Kiler, Champaign. It was necessary to act on this matter before it could be submitted to the Board of Trustees, in order to hold the price which has been quoted, and therefore the purchase was authorized in accordance with the action of the Board of Trustees on May 22, 1934, under which the President may act in such matters in emergencies. On motion of Mr. Barrett, the action of the President of the University in authorizing this purchase was approved.

USE OF LAND FROM RAILROADS FOR T H E FIELD WORK OF THE BIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENTS

(12) The Comptroller and Secretary of the Board have been authorized to execute leases and other agreements with the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the New York Central Railroad Company, operators of the Peoria and Eastern Railway (The Big Four) for sections of the rights-of-way of these railroads for field work by the biological departments of the University. These small areas of land are the only prairie remnants, that is, prairie land that has never been cultivated, available near the University. The rent which the University will pay for the use of this land is very nominal, not exceeding one dollar a year, and in return the University agrees to assume certain responsibility for the care of the land thus leased. On motion of Mr. Karraker, this action was approved.

REPORT OF PURCHASES

(13) The following purchases have been authorized by the President of the University: Five Hydrodarco Water Purifiers from the International Filter Company of Chicago at a cost of $2,133.50 f.o.b. Urbana. A specific appropriation has been made for these purifiers, which are to be installed as follows: two in the Experimental Zoology Laboratory, two in the Natural History Building, and one in the Botany Annex. This report was received for record.

GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY

(14) The following report of gifts received by the University since the last report: 1. The Chicago Tuberculosis Institute, the sum of $424.97, to supplement the balance of $1,375.03 in the Theodore B. Sachs Memorial Fund for research work in tuberculosis. On March 11, 1930, the Board accepted an offer from the Institute of $2,500 a year for five years in support of a "Theodore B. Sachs Residency" in the field of tuberculosis. Because of a shortage of funds in 1933 the annua] payment was reduced. Since then certain other changes have been suggested, and it is proposed that the sum of $1,800 a year be subscribed by