07-26-1889

Volume OB - Pages 83-84



                       Reno, Nevada

                      July 26, 1889



At a meeting of the Board of Regents held this day, a full

Board being present, also President Brown, the following

business was transacted.



The minutes of the meeting held on July 1 were read and approved.



Sealed bids from the following Contractors were opened, read and

ordered placed on file:



         A. G. Fletcher & Schaff                    $16,000.00

         F. Kleupfer                                 18,400.00

         James E. Bradshaw                           18,000.00

         Burke Bros.                                 15,000.00

         M. J. Curtis                                17,477.00



On motion of Regent Coffin, E. T. George was appointed Chairman

of this Board until further order of the Board.



On motion of Regent Coffin, the following resolutions were unani-

mously adopted:



     RESOLVED, that this Board proceed to the erection of a

     dormitory brick building by accepting the bid of Burke Bros.

     for Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), the building to be

     completed by March 1, 1890, contractors to give a bond in

     the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), conditioned

     for the performance of contract with a penalty of $25.00

     per day after March 1, 1890, and that after the building

     is completed dormitory accommodations be fitted up in said

     building for at least Fifteen students, but not to include

     board by the State in any form or under any conditions.



     RESOLVED, that the State Board of Education be, and they are

     hereby requested to prescribe and cause to be adopted, a

     course study in the common schools of this State as provided

     in Section 1286 of the General Statutes of Nevada, and that

     the Secretary of the Board forward a copy of this resolution

     to the State Board of Education.



The following bills were approved:



         Le Roy D. Brown          Saly.         291.66

         W. Mc N. Miller          Saly.         166.66

         R. D. Jackson            Saly.         150.00

         H. K. Clapp              Saly.         166.66

         K. N. Kupper             Saly.         154.16

         A. C. Ducat, Jr.         Saly.          50.00

         S. G. Kendall            Saly.          75.00

         Geo. H. Taylor           Saly.          25.00

         Reno Evg. Gazette Printing               3.00

         Reno Mill & Lumber Co.                  18.47

         I. Shoemaker                             2.70

         C. J. Brooking, Flags                    2.00

                                  Total        1105.31



It was ordered that the President be instructed not to admit any

more than Twenty Five pupils to the Training School until further

order from the Board.



No further business appearing the Board adjourned.



                             E. T. George

                             President



Geo. N. Taylor

Secretary