03-01-1907

Volume OC - Pages 444-445



                         Reno, Nevada

                        March 1, 1907



Special meeting of the Board of Regents was held at the Office

of the Chairman of the Board, Room #204, Virginia St., at 10:30

A.M., March 1st, 1907.  Present Regents Smith, Sunderland and

Souchereau.  Absent Regents Lewers and Henderson.



The reading of previous meeting minutes dispensed with.



The following petition was ordered submitted to the Legislature

now in session at Carson City:



                             Reno, Nevada, March 1st, 1907



To The Honorable

    The Senate and Assembly

        of the State of Nevada:



Dear Sirs:



The undersigned, members of the Board of Regents of the Univer-

sity of Nevada - (Hon. Charles B. Henderson being absent from the

State and hence not signing) - DO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR HON-

ORABLE BODIES to appropriate for the support of the University of

Nevada for the years 1907 and 1908 (including about $10,500 in-

terest on $142,600 of Nevada and Massachusetts State Bonds) the

sum of $150,000 instead of the sum of $110,000 asked for by the

retiring Board of Regents.



We ask for this additional appropriation in order to enable us

to put in a Central Steam Heating Plant, to beautify and improve

the grounds and for cement walks, and also to allow a contingent

fund, which can be drawn upon in emergency cases such, for in-

stance, as the increase in salary of some good Professor whom we

desire to keep and who may be offered, by some other Institution,

a larger salary than he is now receiving, or will receive, under

the schedule submitted by the President of the University of

Nevada in his report to the Governor.



                             Very respectfully,



                             Oscar J. Smith

                             John Sunderland

                             J. E. Souchereau

                             Charles R. Lewers

                             Regents of the University



No further business, Board adjourned to meet at the call of the

Chairman.



                             Oscar J. Smith

                             Chairman



Geo. H. Taylor

Secretary