Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 876]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Equipment for College of Liberal A r t s and Sciences: Department of Bacteriology $2 191 Department of Spanish and Italian 641 Department of Botany 7 000 Museum of Natural History 3 OOP 12 832 New truck for Department of Dairy Husbandry 2 500 New equipment for H o m e Economics Cafeteria 10 000 Remodeling ground floor of Smith Music Hall (award of contract for the general work t o ' Corkery and Siems, Champaign, the only bidder, in the amount of $3411 is also recommended) 3 800 Total $46 118 I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . G r i g s b y , t h e s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e m a d e a s recommended, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Davis, M r . Fornof, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Livingston, M r . McKelvey, M r . McLaughlin, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . Green, D r . L u k e n , D r . Meyer, M r . Nickell. RELEASE OF FUNDS FROM STATE-WIDE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS APPROPRIATION (11) Governor Dwight H . Green has authorized the release of funds from the appropriations, totaling $16,800,000, made in the "Act making appropriations for a State-wide system of public works projects, including all ordinary and contingent expenses relating thereto," for the following purposes: September 27, 1945 F o r preparation of plans and specifications for projects as follows: 1. F o r construction of Students' Residence Halls and e q u i p m e n t . . . .$ 64 125 2. For construction of Betatron and Physics Research Laboratory and equipment 9 000 3. F o r construction of Power Plant addition and equipment 35 700 4. F o r construction of additions to Utilities Distribution Systems at Urbana-Champaign 41 527 5. F o r construction of Utilities Distribution System at C h i c a g o . . . . 21 000 For land acquisition at Urbana-Champaign 127 000 For land acquisition in Chicago 50 000 For remodeling and modernization of existing buildings 143 000 Subtotal 491 352 October 10, 1945 ( A t Urbana-Champaign) For health and sanitation improvements (to meet State Department of Public Health standards) 60 000 For construction of safety improvements (to meet standards of National Safety Code) 20 000 For construction of sewer extensions 40 000 Subtotal I2Q COO Total $611 352 An appropriation by the Board of Trustees of this amount for the purposes indicated is requested. O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , t h e s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e m a d e a s r e c o m m e n d e d , by the following vote: A y e , M r . Davis, M r . Fornof, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Livingston, M r . McKelvey, M r . McLaughlin, M r . W i l liamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Green, D r . Luken, D r . Meyer, M r . Nickell. T h e m a t t e r of the e m p l o y m e n t of o u t - o f - s t a t e architects w a s r e ferred to the Committee on General Policy.