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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 8

2. T h a t a revolving account known as "Public Address Systems Revolving Account" be authorized, to which receipt charges for the use of equipment will be credited. T h e charges will include ( a ) repairs to equipment, and (b) replacements to equipment. These charges will be based on the estimated life of the equipment, and all organizations will share in building up a fund to replace equipment when it becomes obsolete. 3. T h a t a contract be awarded the Klaus Radio and Electric Company, the lowest bidder, for the purchase of amplifiers at a cost of $1,911.80 (this equipment has been on trial and has been found satisfactory).

On motion of Mr. Jensen, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue: no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Wieland.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS A N D N O N - R E C U R R I N G EXPENDITURES (7) T h e Committee on Special Appropriations and Non-Recurring Expenditures recommends assignments from the General Reserve Fund for the following purposes: 1. Reconstruction of brake shoe and car wheel testing machine, $1,800. This machine is used by the Department of Railway Engineering to test frictional qualities of railway brake shoes and the endurance of the tread of car wheels under the heat generated by the application of brake shoes. T h e machine was built 30 years ago and was adequate until recent years. Owing to the increase in passenger train speeds and the consequent increase in brake shoe pressures, the machine can not reproduce in the laboratory the conditions which prevail in actual train service. T h e Department is engaged in several important researches which can not be carried on satisfactorily without rebuilding this machine. 2. Improvements in Pomology Greenhouse, $726. This is for the installation of movable side sash hinges on the steel gutters with the necessary adjusting apparatus on the sides of the east part of the Pomology Greenhouse. These repairs are necessary in the interests of certain research work on fruit virus which is being carried on by the Department. T h e work will involve the removal and replacement of glass and other materials.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, these appropriations were made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Piumb, Mr. Pogue; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Wieland.

APPROPRIATION FOR BUILDING STUDIES (8) A recommendation that an assignment be made from the General Reserve Fund to the Physical Plant Department for building studies as follows: Cost 1. Meats Laboratory $ 200 2. Old Agriculture Remodeling and Chemistry Addition 500 3. Animal Pathology I 000 Total $1 700 It is desirable to have these building studies completed in the event Federal funds become available for any of these projects.

On motion of Mr. Adams, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Wieland.