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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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sity during that period totaling $123, or a total of $2,623. This is in addition to the $2,600 paid Mr. Jenner's firm by way of compensation for its services and reimbursement for its advances while the case was pending in the Circuit Court of Cook County. T h e Legal Counsel and the Comptroller recommend an appropriation of $2,623 from the General Reserve Fund and authorization of payment for these services and expenses incidental thereto. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e a n d t h e p a y ment w a s authorized by the following vote: Aye, M r s . Holt, M r . Johnston, M r . Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Swain, Mrs. W a t k i n s ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , M r . Bissell, M r . H e r r i c k , M r . N i c k e l l , M r . S t r a t t o n , Mr. Williamson. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (12) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds from the General Reserve Fund as follows: Urbana-Champaign 1. Department of Architecture, purchase of equipment $ 5 722 2. Department of the Air Force, modification and repair of office space 2 865 3. College of Engineering, remodeling and purchase of furnishings for placement office and interviewing rooms in Civil Engineering H a l l . . 20 000 4. College of Engineering, remodeling in Civil Engineering Hall to provide more adequate space for staff members 5 000 5. Department of English, purchase of equipment, remodeling, and moving of present equipment for the new English Building 11 000 6. Library, transfer of law books and newspapers to the Law Library in the new Law Building 3 000 7. Department of Military Science and Tactics, construction of a cage to protect one M-47 tank trainer I 040 8. Physical Plant Department, removal of dead trees and replanting of trees IS 000 9. Physical Plant Department, remodeling of properties at 6o6i/S South Mathews Avenue and 605 South Goodwin Avenue to make space therein usable by the School of Music and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 14 000 Chicago Colleges and Divisions 10. Animal Hospital, Chicago Professional Colleges, replacement of an air-conditioning unit and purchase and installation of a ventilating fan 4 500 11. Library, Chicago Professional Colleges, moving and cleaning books and periodicals 4 670 12. Chicago Undergraduate Division, remodeling and equipment for expansion of the offices of Liberal A r t s and Sciences and Commerce.. 9 200 Total $95 997 I concur.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Williamson.

REASSIGNMENT OF FUNDS FOR T H E OPERATION OF T H E RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS (13) T h e University biennial operating budget for 1955-57 includes a provision of $73>9i6 a year for the activation of the twelfth floor of the addition to the Research and Educational Hospitals. Prior to the activation of the twelfth floor, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis negotiated with the University for the installation and operation of a Respiratory Center on this floor and for which the Foundation provided the funds. T h e funds for the first year of the biennium were held in reserve and were used for nonrecurring expenditures within the Hospitals.