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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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W H E R E A S the tenants on the University of Illinois farms in Vermilion County, known as the Carter-Pennell farms, desire to cooperate with the Federal Government by entering into corn-hog reduction contracts with the United States Department of Agriculture; and W H E R E A S the regulations governing such contracts provide that "if a producer or landlord is a governmental body or agency, there shall be attached to the contract a certified copy of a resolution of the Board or other authority authorized by statute to lease and contract in regard to the land and personal property covered by the contract, authorizing the execution of such Corn-Hog Reduction Contract by the person executing the contract on its behalf"; N O W T H E R E F O R E B E I T R E S O L V E D that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the Dean of the College of Agriculture and the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station to sign the contracts; A N D B E I T F U R T H E R R E S O L V E D that the Secretary of the Board is instructed to prepare a certified copy of this resolution to be attached to the contracts.

On motion of Mr. Trees, this resolution was adopted.

LITIGATION TO TEST ACCOUNTANCY ACT (14) Suit has been brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County to restrain the University of Illinois from issuing any more certificates to certified public accountants, and to void all the certificates issued in the past. T h e object of this suit is, of course, to test the validity of the Accountancy Act of 1903 in view of another law passed in 1927 providing for the registration of public accountants by the State Department of Registration and Education. T h e defense of this suit is being handled under the direction of the Attorney General of Illinois.

This report was received for record.

LITIGATION CONCERNING W I L L OF W E N S E L MORAVA (15) Suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Cook County to obtain a construction of the will of the late Wensel Morava, under which the sum of $80,000 was given in trust to the University of Illinois, the income from which is to be used for the benefit of worthy and indigent students, preferably of Czechoslovak descent. It is not clear whether, due to the election of the widow not to take under the will, the general legacies should be scaled down in order to take care of her interest. T h e University Counsel has prepared an answer to protect the legal rights of the University.

This report was received for record.

LITIGATION TO SET ASIDE TRUST CREATED BY L. CARDINAL Q U I N N (16) A report from the University Counsel that he has received a summons in a proceeding of the Superior Court of Cook County in which John Quinn seeks to set aside a trust arrangement created by his father, L. Cardinal Quinn, of Chicago. T h e Board of Trustees is named among the defendants. T h e trust agreement is an elaborate affair and in one article there is set up the Cardinal Quinn Student Nurse Relief Fund in the sum of $4,000, the income of which is to be applied for the assistance of deserving student nurses in the American Hospital, 850 Irving P a r k Boulevard, Chicago, with a contingent provision that if this hospital shall cease to exist, the benefits of the fund shall accrue to medical students at the University of Illinois for a period of twenty-three years after the creation of the fund. In other words, the benefits of the fund will not accrue to medical students of the University of Illinois unless the American Hospital shall cease to exist before the period of twenty-three years has expired, and then only for a limited time. The University's interest is wholly contingent and too remote to justify a defense; therefore, I recommend that the University do not formally interpose a defense in this case.

On motion of Mr. Trees, this recommendation was adopted.