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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 26

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this report was received for record, and the Secretary was instructed to send a certified copy of the action to Governor Horner.

STATE APPROPRIATION FOR 1 9 3 5 - 3 7 (2) T h e following is the text of the Acts of the Fifty-Ninth General Assembly (Senate Bill 541 and House Bill 840) making appropriations to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for the biennium beginning July 1, 1935. Certified copies of these bills are handed herewith to the Secretary of the Board for record, and I recommend that these bills be printed in the Board minutes.

Mr. Mayer took his place with the Board during the presentation of this item.

Certificate Number 9200

STATE OF ILLINOIS OFFICE OF T H E SECRETARY OF STATE

To all to whom these Presents Shall Come, Greeting: I, Edward J. Hughes, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the following and hereto attached is a true photostatic copy of Senate Bill No. 541, the original of which is now on file and a matter of record in this office. In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Illinois, Done at the City of Springfield this 23rd day of July, A.D. 1935.

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July 2, 1935 the Honorable The Secretary of State: I herewith file in your office Senate Bill No. 541, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the University of Illinois and providing for the expenditure thereof." I approve Senate Bill No. 541 except as to the following item, which I disapprove and veto: Page 2, lines 13, 14 and 15, inclusive, from the top of the page as follows: "For an addition to the book stacks section of the University Library and equipment $350,000." I submit as reasons for my veto of this item the following: T h e total appropriations for the University of Illinois made by this bill are $12,453,802. Deducting the item which, in my opinion, is unnecessary at this time, the total appropriation is $12,103,802. T h e total appropriations made for the University for the biennium commencing July I, 1933 were $11,574,902. I am cognizant of the fact that the permanent improvements provided for in the bill are desirable and shortly will be indispensable but in view of the increased appropriation made for the operation of the University, any such appropriation for permanent improvements should be deferred until the need is immediate. It is conceded by the Trustees of the University and the fact is that the expenditure for the addition to the book stacks section of the University Library and equipment of $350,000 is not necessary at the present time and will not be needed before the convening of the Sixtieth General Assembly in 1937. At that time if the necessity for this expenditure exists, an appropriation therefor can then be made. To