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a cut-stone basement, costing $30,000, is the ornament of the city." 

 The tower of the building blew down in February 1 and, in consequence, 

 the plans had to be changed. 2 During the same month the territorial 

 legislature passed an act, approved February n, "To provide a Fund 

 for the support and completion of the University of Colorado and the 

 management of the same." 3 The sum of $15,000 was appropriated, 

 to be applied in the following order: heating apparatus; gas-fixtures 

 and pipes; water pipes laid from the town to the university; out- 

 buildings and sewerage; service of architect and superintendent; 

 fencing the grounds, salaries, library, etc. The trustees were not to 

 create any indebtedness beyond the sum in the treasury. They were 

 allowed to charge a reasonable tuition fee for all pupils. 



On the 1 8th of April the building committee reported that the 

 building was completed "except the front steps and painting." They 

 called attention to the condition of the floors, plastering and other 

 details as needing attention. 4 This report was accepted and $1,000 

 was withheld from the contractors until the repairs should be made. 

 On the 8th of July a committee of three was appointed " to take steps 

 to open the University this fall." On the 22d the building committee 

 made its final report that the work of the contractors was completed 

 and that it had received the building. 5 The committee was then dis- 

 charged and McPhee & Keating were paid the balance due them. On 

 the same day another committee reported that the fencing of the 

 grounds had been completed and that trees had been planted. With 

 the exception of furniture and apparatus the material side of the 

 university was about completed. 



Already the trustees were prepared to step aside in favor of the 

 regents who were, under the new constitution of the state, to govern 

 the university. Their meetings were no longer of the same impor- 



1 Boulder News, February 18, 1876. See also the quotation from the Denver Tribune given in the Boulder 

 News, January 28, 1876. 



1 Minute Book, p. 94. 



' General Laws, nth session, pp. 183-84. This money was to be paid as follows: $3,500, April 1, 1876; 

 $4,000, July 1, 1876; $3,500, January r, 1S77; $4,000, July I, 1877. Cf. comment on the appropriation in 

 the Boulder News, February 18, 1876. 



« Minute Book, pp. g7-oo. Mr. Widner states as to the building: "It was completed and accepted on 

 the 18th day of last April." — Governor's Message and Departmental Reports (r876), p. 4. 



s Minute Book, pp. 103-4. 



