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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 17

Financial operations of the camp can be expedited if a petty cash account is established in a bank at Blackduck, Minnesota. The Comptroller recommends an appropriation of $400 as the working capital for such an account and the approval of the Blackduck State Bank as the depositary. The Treasurer of the Board of Trustees concurs in the recommendation of this bank as the depositary. I concur. On motion of Mr. Hickman, the Blackduck, Minnesota State Bank was approved as the depositary for the Civil Engineering Surveying Camp petty cash fund, and an appropriation of $400 was made from the General Reserve Fund to provide the working capital for this account. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stevenson.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR N O N R E C U R R I N G EXPENDITURES

(12) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds as follows: Chicago Professional Colleges and Chicago Undergraduate Division 1. Equipment for the Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery $ 2 500 2. Remodeling in the Department of Anatomy 3 300 3. Cages for the Animal Hospital I 800 4. Crating and shipping of research equipment for the Department of Physical Medicine 2 000 5. Remodeling at the Chicago Undergraduate Division to provide quarters for Air Force R.O.T.C 6 425 6. Equipment for the Chicago Professional Colleges 22 700 College of Dentistry $ 4 500 College of Medicine 7 000 College of Pharmacy 11 200 Urbana-Champaign Campus 7. Remodeling in Horticulture Field Laboratory for the Department of Food Technology 6 200 8. Equipment (rolling mill) for the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering o. oco Total .$53 925 I recommend that these appropriations be made from the General Reserve Fund. On motion of Mr. Johnston, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stevenson.

CONTRACT FOR DEMOLITION O F BUILDINGS T O CLEAR SITE O F EAST DENTISTRY-MEDICINE-PHARMACY B U I L D I N G , CHICAGO

(13) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $2,567 to the McKay Contractors, Chicago, the lowest bidder, for demolition of buildings at 818, 830, and 910 South Hermitage Avenue to complete clearance of the site for the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy BuildingThe Board of Trustees on November 23, 1951, approved a contract for the demolition of seventeen other buildings in this area. Funds are available in the state appropriation for the construction of the East, Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building and have been released by the Governor. T recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. On motion of Mr. Nickell, this contract was authorized.