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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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APPROPRIATION TO DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (7) T h e Dean of the College of Agriculture recommends the appropriation of the following items to the Department of Animal Husbandry: 1. T h e unappropriated balance of receipts from sales of 1933-34 (balance on hand as of July 1, 1934) $ 521 58 2. Balance in special appropriation made from excess receipts from sales of 1933-34, for the purchase of a stallion for the Department 1 364 27 3. Estimated receipts from sales during 1934-35 m excess of budgeted receipts 13 350 00 Total increase $15 235 85 Due to the increase in price of feedstuffs since the budget was prepared last year, larger expenditures have been necessary than were anticipated. During the seven months, ending January 31, the expenditures of the Department of Animal Husbandry for feed and other supplies were over fifty per cent greater than the corresponding period 1933-34. This increased expense has been partially offset by higher prices received for the commodities sold by the Department. The Department will therefore have need for its current operations of practically all of the increased receipts of the year. T h e policy in the past has been to make specific appropriations of the estimated receipts from sales, with the provision that the expenditures shall not exceed either the actual amount of receipts or the amount appropriated. In case the receipts exceed the appropriation, the excess is placed on reserve until appropriated. T h e Department has submitted a revised detailed budget for the fiscal year 1934-35 and the appropriations recommended above are based upon the actual needs of the Department as they appear at this time. T h e funds are available to meet these appropriations.

On motion of Mr. Barr, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Air. Barr, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Mayer, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Williams; no, none; absent, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Horner, Mr. Karraker, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland.

TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENTS (8) A recommendation from the Director of the Physical Plant Department that the telephone service in the Chicago colleges be combined with that of the Research and Educational Hospitals and the Institute for Juvenile Research. This will combine four present manually operated private branch exchange systems into one automatic exchange, which will be located in the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building and operated by the University. T h e cost of operation would be divided on the basis of the number of terminals used by each institution. I recommend that this matter be referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for consideration and report.

On motion of Mr. Barr, this recommendation was adopted.

UNIVERSITY TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE URBANA DEPARTMENTS (9) T h e following preliminary report from the Director of the Physical Plant Department concerning the condition of the present University intercommunicating system in the Urbana departments: 1. It now seems certain that definite steps must be taken to give some relief to the telephone system. T h e connectors have been repaired and tied together so many times that further repairs are impossible. We have asked the Automatic Electric Company about the possibility of obtaining new connectors, but they say that they stopped manufacturing parts for this type of system in 1923 and there is only one other exchange still in operation. As you know, the University exchange has been in operation for thirty-three years. Any parts would now have to be made by hand, and naturally the cost would be excessive. It would take several months to complete even a small order.