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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 23

RELEASE OF F U N D S FROM STATE-WIDE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS APPROPRIATION (12) On October 31, 1945, Governor Dwight H . Green authorized the release of funds from the appropriation made to the University of Illinois by the 64th General Assembly in the "Act making appropriations for a State-wide system of public works projects, including all ordinary and contingent expenses relating thereto" as follows (projects are at Urbana-Champaign unless otherwise indicated): Release State Amount Number Project Appropriation Released 86 Chemical Engineering Building and equipment $ 580000 $26 ioo 1 87 Fine Arts Building and equipment 740 000 33 300 1 88 Electrical Engineering Building and equipment 875 000 39 375 1 89 Veterinary Building and equipment 750 000 31 250 1 90 Band Building and equipment 220 000 3 900 1 91 Library Addition and equipment 315 000 II 812 1 92 Health and Physical Education Building and equipment 2 000 000 80 ooo 1 93 Animal Husbandry Laboratories and e q u i p m e n t . . . . 435 000 19 575 1 94 Chemical Laboratories and equipment 996 000 44 820 1 95 Mechanical Engineering Building and e q u i p m e n t . . . 1 102 000 49 590 1 96 Dairy Husbandry Laboratories and equipment 275 000 12 375 1 97 General Hospital Addition and equipment (Chicago) 2 000 000 85 ooo 1 98 Building for Atmospheric and Other Research and equipment (Chicago) 250 000 13 1251 99 Power Plant Addition and equipment 680 000 644 300 s 100 Betatron and Physics Research Laboratory and equipment I 500 000 426 ioo* An appropriation by the Board of these amounts, totaling $1,520,622, for the purposes indicated is requested.

On motion of Mr. Davis, these appropriations were made as requested, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Davis, Dr. Meyer.

TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR STUDENTS (13) At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on October 18, the President of the University was authorized "to take steps to procure trailers or other temporary housing." P u r s u a n t to this authorization, application was made to the National H o u s ing Agency through the Chicago Regional Office for an assignment of 275 portable houses now at Charlestown, Indiana. This application has been approved. Subsequently another application for 125 additional houses of the same type was made, and that is still pending. These houses are not trailers but are larger. Each unit has one or two bedrooms, a bathroom, and other built-in utilities. Some a r e furnished. T h e N H A has applications for such houses from educational institutions in other states which may affect the number ultimately allocated to the University of Illinois. T o secure these houses the University must execute a lease agreeing to pay a small rental to the Government, to pay the cost of transferring the houses from Charlestown, Indiana, to Urbana-Champaign, connecting them with the utilities, and otherwise setting them up for occupancy, and to rent them exclusively to veterans. T h e University will be permitted to charge sufficient rent for these houses to cover operating costs and to liquidate a part of the capital expense of acquisition. T h e University will not be responsible for any of the expense of removing the houses from Urbana-Champaign to another location. T h e Physical Plant Department estimates it will cost up to $2,000 a unit to

To be used for the preparation of plans and specifications. To be used for the construction and equipment of Power Plant Addition at UrbanaChampaign. * To be used for construction of Physics Research ^ Laboratory, $300,000; design and engineering work for the Betatron, $31,100; construction and installation of Betatron, $60,000; special tools and equipment for handling large vacuum tube development and large parts for Betatron, $35,000.

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