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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1938
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158 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 29 practically debars a large number of the small claimants from any relief whatsoever under the compensation act. University officials have been endeavoring to serve these individuals and to assist them to have their claims filed without charge, but it has been extremely awkward to bring this about successfully, Again, to what extent should the Board of Trustees out of its appropriation undertake to pay these small claims for medical and hospital services without specific legislative authorization? This question has legal aspects which must be carefully considered. Pursuant to authority from the Board several small claims have been paid. This is in accordance with the policy of the Board until 1933. If this policy be continued, there, nevertheless, will remain a substantial number of claims which will have to go to the Court of Claims and in which the claimants, under the present setup, will be required to obtain the services of a lawyer. This, in many cases, will nearly wipe out the recovery, even where the proceeding is successful. In many cases no recovery is allowed, as the Court now construes the law. To bring a claimant within it, his occupation must be extra-hazardous; and if he is employed in the College of Agriculture, the Court seems inclined to hold that he is engaged in farming and, therefore, not within the act. Recommendations: Your Committee recommends that the Comptroller and the University Counsel confer with the Attorney General and a member of the Court of Claims in an effort to work out a plan for the handling of these cases, either under the existing statutory setup or through amendment of the statutes. Your Committee understands that a suggestion has been made to the University, through the University Counsel, by the office of the Attorney General and that a member of the Court of Claims has indicated his willingness to take part in such a conference. Your Committee further recommends that when such a conference has been had, a report thereof be made to the President of the University. Respectfully submitted for the Committee. GEORGE A. BARR, Chairman KARL A. MEYER OSCAR G. MAYER On motion of Mr. Barr, this report was accepted and adopted. INVESTMENTS OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS Mr. Williams, for the Finance Committee, presented a recommendation that the Comptroller be instructed to sell $5,000 of Pacific Gas and Electric Company 3 ^ per cent bonds, due in 1966, at an estimated price of 103J4, and to purchase $5,000 of Appalachian Power Company first mortgage 5 per cent bonds, due in 1941, at not to exceed 107, or $5,000 of Swift and Company first mortgage 3 % per cent bonds, due in 1950, at approximately 1 0 5 ^ . On motion of Mr. Williams, this report was adopted. RELEASE O F PATENT RIGHTS TO L. F. A U D R I E T H Mr. Barrett presented the following report: On recommendation of the Faculty Committee on Patents, the Board of Trustees Committee on Patents recommends that a discovery by Assistant Professor L. F. Audrieth, of the Department of Chemistry, described as "the ammonolysis of esters to the corresponding acid amides by treatment with liquid ammonia in the presence of ammonium salts," be released to him, as it has no commercial value. On motion of Mr. Barrett, this report was accepted and adopted. PATENT O F COLD C A T H O D E RECTIFIER TUBE Mr. Barrett, for the Committee on Patents, presented the following report:
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