Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1914-1917)

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JULY MEETING, 1916

neering Shops, giving the list of salaried and day workmen
in the Engineering Shops, within the budget established by
the Regents. On motion of Regent Clements, the proposed
scale of salaries and wages was approved.
On motion of Regent Hubbard, Regents' traveling expenses were approved, as follows:Regent Gore, from July 21, I915, to June I9, I916, inclusive, $76.T1.
Regent Sawyer, from February 4, 1916, to July II, 1916,
inclusive, $65.56.
Regent Clements, from January 5, I916, to June 29,
I916, inclusive, $I28.46.
On motion of Regent Beal, Regent Sawyer was appointed to initial the University vouchers for the months of July,
August, and September.
On motion of Regent Bulkley, the Board directed that
Corporal David Kummer, now with the 3Ist Michigan Infantry, should be continued on the University pay-roll as
instrument man in the Department of Electrical Engineering at regular salary until further notice.
The Secretary presented the following memorandum approved by the Auditing Board adjusting certain questions
arising out of the change in the method of paying Medical
School fees:
The laboratory fees actually paid by the purchase of
laboratory tickets during the summer are to be refunded
some time during the following year to medical students
who take work during the succeeding year. The method of
this refund is to be agreed upon later. The propriety of
making refunds of these fees is found in the fact that the
new annual fee in the Medical Schools is imposed with the
purpose of covering all laboratory fees and students who
shorten their courses by Summer Session work and who
during the next succeeding year pay the full annual fee, are
entitled to a refund of the laboratory fee paid during the
summer.
For many years it has been the custom to refund a
portion of the laboratory fee to students in certain laboratories if such students furnish their microscopes. It is necessary to continue some sich incentive to ownership of
microscopes or else to purchase a considerable number of