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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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appropriations to the University for 1959-61 are released, it is proposed to charge $9,500 of the cost of these engineering services to the appropriation for extension of utilities. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, these contract changes were authorized.

LAND ACQUISITIONS (18) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller submit the following public report of property purchases authorized by the Board and now completed: Address 1003 West Green Street, Urbana 1201 West Stoughton Street, Urbana 1003 West Western Avenue, Urbana 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana 502 East John Street, Champaign Owner Cost Myron Potter Rose $ 40 000 Alpha K a p p a Alpha Sorority 17 000 Minnie Rose Nesmith 8 500 Sigma Alpha M u Fraternity 85 000 Clarence W. and 25 000 Myrtle Coventry

The property at 1003 West Green Street was purchased to provide part of the site for a residence hall for undergraduate men. The property at 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue was purchased to provide additional quarters needed by the College of Education. The other properties were purchased for future campus expansion. T h i s r e p o r t w a s received for record.

PURCHASES (19) The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid. I concur. Item Department Vendor Cost One FM transmitter and accessories Electro-M echanical Aeromedical and $2 955 00 Physical Research, Inc., f.o.b. Environment Detroit, Mich. Sarasota, Laboratory Fla. Agricultural George A. Schmalz & Son, 2 591 70 Drilling of 6 in. water well, installation Rockford Economics of prime galvanized steel casing and a f.o.b. delivered screen in bottom of well; approximate depth 450 ft.; on a University farm in DeKalb County Institute of Leader Iron Works, Inc., 2 850 00 Two underground turbine fuel storage Decatur tanks, capacity ro.000 gal. each, 10 Aviation f.o.b. ft. 6 in. diameter by 15 ft. 7 in. long Decatur Ivan Sorvall, Inc., Biochemistry, $ 560 00 One automatic superspeed refrigerated Norwalk, Conn. Chicago delivered centrifuge Professional Colleges Chemistry and Philips Electronics, Inc., Two Norelco No. 12045 basic diffrac7 425 00 Chemical Chicago f.o.b. tion apparatus. X-ray generator and Engineering delivered control 60 kvp—-50 ma adaptable for X-ray spectrograph. One No. 32112 copper target One No. 32113 molybdenum target Four window diffraction tubes One microdensitometer, double beam National Instrument Chemistry and 6 594 50 (intensity balancing) automatic, reChemical Laboratories, Inc., f.o.b. delivered cording, with standard accessories Engineering Washington, D.C. Two Buerger precession cameras, modiChemistry and Charles Supper Co., Inc., 5 307 50 fiedfor protein work, to include one Chemical Watertown, Mass. f.o.b. goniometer for head per camera, and delivered Engineering two extra goniometer heads; extra layer line screen holder and graduated arm; twenty-one layer line screens; four collimators; and one extra set of drive gears One Tektronix type 555 dual-beam osTektronix, Inc., Digital $ 165 93 cilloscope with two type " L " preComputer Park Ridge f.o.b. amplifiers, one type Hsro viewing Laboratory delivered hood, and one type 500/53A scopemobile