Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948
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224 Item Employers' Liability Insurance Policy 1,854 tablet arm classroom chairs BOARD OF TRUSTEES Department Business Office, Bursar Physical Plant, Galesburg [January 25 Cost i 412 07 18 261 90 Vendor Liberty Mutual Insurance Company of Chicago Peabody Seating Co. O n motion of Mr. Davis, the action of the Comptroller in authorizing these purchases was approved and confirmed. PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (11) The Purchasing Agent has proposed and the Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid, ceiling price, or because the item is noncompetitive. I concur in the recommendations, Item One Hayes X-ray spectrograph and accessories One precession camera Department Chemistry Chemistry Vendor Hayes Scientific Appliances, Urbana Charles Supper Co., Newton Centre, Massachusetts Cost £3 534 30 1 500 00 On motion of Mr. Davis, these purchases were authorized as recommended. CONTRACTS EXECUTED BY THE COMPTROLLER DECEMBER 1 1 ( 1 9 4 6 , TO JANUARY I O , 1 9 4 7 (12) The Comptroller's report of contracts executed for the period from December 11, 1946, to January 10, 1947. Amount to be With Whom American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages External Products Institute Incorporated Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Aluminum Company of America G. D. Searle and Company Veterans Administration Purpose 1047 ABCB short course Study of skin pigmentation Study of electrical insulation materials Study of farming uses for aluminum Study of histamine action on the gastric glands VA-vr-637 counseling and testing services paid to the University Date £30 a student; November 13, 1946 guaranteed minim u m , £1,000 10 000 November 9, 1946 December 9, 1946 December 30, 1946 October 29. 1946 July 1, 1946 7 500 30 000 2 400 £17.50 per man per month, plus £3.40 room and board per day Amount to be paid by the University £ 552 monthly 39 060 6 371 1 360 With Whom International Business Machines Corporation C. H. Siems Purpose Rental of eight machines at a monthly rate Genera] work on Health Service relocation C. H. Siems General work on alterations to building at 810 South Sixth Thomas P. Winandy Street for Print Shop storage Remove glass and paint from greenhouse at Cook County Experiment Station Leases executed under general regulations of the With Whom Monticello Grain Company Property Elevator located on Piatt farm Date October 30, 1946 December 16, 1946 December 21, 1946 December 30, 1946 Board: Amount to be paid to the University Date £.01 for each January 1, 15 bushel passing through elevator This report was received for record. REAPPROPRIATION OF BIENNIAL CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS (13) Of the total of $16,809,000 of capital appropriations approved by the General Assembly in 1945, the sum of $916,606.31 was actually expended as of December
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