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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 3

PURCHASE OF HEIFERS (20) A report of the following purchase, authorized by the President of the University under the Statutes, of twenty-five purebred registered Hereford heifers from Winston Brothers of Snyder, Texas, at a total price of $2,500. O n m o t i o n o f M r . M o s c h e l , t h e a c t i o n of t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y in a u t h o r i z i n g this p u r c h a s e w a s confirmed. PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (21) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. Black and galvanized steel pipe of various sizes for stock in the Physical Plant Department Storeroom, from Kinsey and Mahler Company, Peoria, the lowest bidder, at a price of $1,214 f.o.b. Urbana. 2. Laboratory furniture for the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, as per a schedule which is hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record, from the W a l r u s Manufacturing Company, Decatur, Illinois, the lowest bidder, at a price of $2,255.05, delivered and installed. 3. One 40,000 pound capacity "Tru-Gauge" Precision Hydraulic Universal Testing Machine, for the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, from the American Machine and Metals, Incorporated, Riehle Division, the lowest bidder, at a price of $1,580 f.o.b. Urbana. 4. Laboratory cabinets and tables for the Department of H o m e Economics, as per a schedule which is hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record, from W. W . Kimball Company, of Chicago, the lowest bidder, at a price of $1,165.51, delivered and installed. 5. H i g h Early Strength Cement, 886 barrels (in paper sacks), from Alpha Coal and Materials Company, the lowest bidder, at a price of $3.02 per barrel f.o.b. Urbana, or a total cost of $2,675.72. By separate motions, these purchases w e r e authorized as recommended. CANCELLATION OF AWARD OF COAL CONTRACT (22) At its meeting on September 27, 1937 (Minutes, page 494), the Board authorized the award of contracts for the purchase of coal, including one to Washington Martin for 1,500 tons at $1.75 a ton. Mr. Martin is unable to present the required bond guaranteeing completion of the contract and consequently this award should be cancelled. In the meantime, the University is not likely to suffer financial loss as there were other bidders to whom contracts were authorized and it is now possible to purchase coal on the open market at a price less than that offered by Mr. Martin.

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, this contract was cancelled as recommended.

REPORT OF CONTRACTS (23) T h e following report from the Comptroller of contracts executed since the last report.

CONTRACTS EXECUTED BY T H E COMPTROLLER, NOVEMBER 4, 1937, TO NOVEMBER 26, 1937

Minor contracts executed under general regulations of Board of Trustees.

With whom Musher Foundation, Inc. For Investigation of antioxidant properties of oat-flour. (Renewal of investigation approved by Board of Trustees March 9, 1937, Minutes, page 197) Amount to be received by the University Date $300 September 15, 1937