Show territorial INSANE ASYLUM thirty acoca of land to be purchased at a cost of the directors of the territorial insane asylum held their regular monthly meeting at the institution hon W N duesberry Duen berry presiding the special committee on purchase of land reported as follows ast 1st that we hae offer of thirty acres of land more or less at the rate of per acre to be given uni iad itly ad that we have offer of said land at per acre possession to be given on october ast 1st icess we respectfully invite your examination and consideration of the same and that you farther instruct us in the premises vve have examined other parcels of land and have interviewed the owners of the same samland and we find a among them to boom prices and recommend that we defer purchasing land until later ax we believe that after a time their view will be more reasonable FRANCIS ARMSTRONG JAMES doxy A D HOLDAWAY PROVO 31 the report was adopted instructions to the committee to conclude the purchase of the thirty acres therein named immediately the report of special committee on medical superintendents report on expenditures tures was submitted and adopted the committee had carefully examined the report and recommended its approval communication from the medical superintendent perin with estimate of needed supplies for the eix months ending october 31 wae submitted and approved communication of the medical superintendent in with lists of indigent and private patients in the institution and of employed emp loyes and their ea laries was submitted approved communication from the medical superintendent perin with recommendations for increase of salaries of F jones and thomas mcadam was read and adopted the following proposition wae submitted by medical superintendent W K pike which was considered by the board and laid on the table until the next meeting to the board of director of the territorial insane asylum GENTLEMEN I 1 will devote my whole time to the asylum and relinquish my private practice entirely reserving to myself the liht to act aa consulting physician and surgeon only for per annum or I 1 will confine my practice within a radius of six miles of the asylum building for 2500 respectfully WALTER R PIKE M D medical bupt supt PROVO april 2 1888 on motion of mr armstrong the salary of the medical bupt supt was increased to 2000 per annum with the condition that he compound all the medicines used in the asylum following are the standing committees executive W N dusenberry A D holdaway and F armstrong auditing jaa dunn L Y shurtliff and on grounds L W shurtliff governor C W west and W N dusenberry the matter of the claim in the boult caba was referred to alie executive committee with instructions to report at the nest meeting of the board the executive committee wore instructed ted to purchase the necessary team for alie use of the institution the sum of wag placed in the hands of the medical superintendent as a contingent fund alie bum of was appropriated for the payment of salaries of employees to april alie sum of was appropriated as the quarterly calary of alie secretary and 25 as the quarterly salary of the treasurer the claim of dr W R pike for services and expenses on the gnp baat in 1885 amounting to was presented and referred to the executive committee claim of A D holdaway for services cervices vices on special and executive committees amounting to 20 was presented and allowed the board adjourned until april 30 mrss |