The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-25
BOARD OF REGENTS.
Business of Importance Trans.
acted by 1t.

Yesterday afternoon the Board of Regents
of the State University held a meeting in
its new quarters, Room IA. Halleck Block,
go Sansome street. President T. G. Phelps
presided, and the following named mem
bers were present: Columbus Bartlett c.
F. Croker. Horace Davis, Louis p. Sloss,
X. Howe, David Kerr, d. NJ. Delmas and
a. S. Hallidie.
The Finance Committee, through its Chair
man, A. S. Hallidie, in set of resolutions
which it presented, requested the State
Treasurer to pay to Louis Sloss, Treasurer
of the board, the sum of $1,000, being the
principal of Plumas County bonds and g.
par value $1,000 each; and also that the
State Treasurer deliver to Mr.. Sloss for re-
demption and investment the bonds of the
city of Santa Clara, numbered 167 to 172 in
elusive, aggregating $1,000. The resolutions
were adopted unanimously.
balance of S13,626 was reported by the
Committee on the Lick Observatory in the
hands of the Treasurer of the James Lick
Trust. 1t was then proposed to turn $4,000
of this balance over to Treasurer Sloss of
the Board of Regents for investment, the
remainder to be retained.
In the discussion which followed the
mention oil this proposed investment of
$4,000, it was developed that the balance
of S3626 was hardly enough to pay for pro-
posed improvements. The matter was
left with the joint committee of the James
Lick Trust and the Finance Committee of
the board.
A recommendation was made that the
exterior of the brick buildings on Mount
Hamilton be saturated with crude petro-
leum. This is made necessary by the water
during the heavy rains of last winter having
sifted through and stained the walls. The
oil will cost from ST ito SIS per barrel and
will entail nominal expense of about $50
to the board. The recommendation passed
unanimously.
The proposition to place bronze me-
dallion on the tomb OF James LICK on
Mount Hamilton was spoken of and dis
cussed for few minutes, but no action was
taken.
The Committee on Grounds and Build
ings reported having advertised for bids for
the purchase of furniture and appointments
for the new chemical laboratory at the Uni
verSity, but that only one bid had been re-
ceived. The committee was therefore in
structed to advertise for new bids.
The following standing committees were
appointed:
Finance and Auditing-Hallldie. Miller, He'll
man.
Grounds and Buldngs-Martin, Miller, Kerr,
Law-Walace, Rodgers. Delmas.
Congressional Land GTant-Rodgers, HOugh-
ton, Beard.
Lick Observatory-Phel Crocker. Delmas
Library and Recommendations, Bartlett Soss
lUl6iudl AuullulSll ptCUUlIci
Bartlett
United States Agricultural Experiment Station
-Houghton, Ainsworth, Martin.
The salary of A. W. Burnham. Secretary
of the Lick Observatory, was increased
from $50 to S75 month.
Several bills amounting to $500 81 wer e
read and ordered paid.
Merritt w. Haskell was appointed First
Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the
State University at a salary Of $500 year.
A. o. Luschner was appointed instructor
in mathematics at salary of $1,000 year.
The salary of +. l.. Green as Assistant
Professor of Botany was increased from
$3.50 to $500 year.
The following appointments were made
in the Department of Chemistry: w. B.
Rising, professor, salary $1,000 yeal; Ed
ward O'Neill, assistant professor, $500 {;
John IL. Gray, instructor. $1,000: Adolph
Sommor, first assistant, $3.50.
A list of forty-fve graduates, 20 whom
diplomas will be granted this afternoon at
the commencement exercises, was presented
to the board by President Davis of the
University, after which the board ad-
journed.