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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 10

Construction Fund. All previous advances from University funds made to meet other contract payments have been reimbursed.

On motion of Mrs. Plumb, these payments were authorized as recommended.

FEE FOR LEGAL OPINION ON VALIDITY OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE BUILDING TRUST BONDS (8) At its meeting on June 29, 1936 (Minutes, page 877), the Board voted to retain the services of Chapman and Cutler, Attorneys, for an opinion upon the Legal validity of the Medical and Dental College Building T r u s t Bonds. An appropriation of $1,000 was made for the fee. T h i s was based on a purely tentative estimate by the University Counsel of what this fee would be. Chapman and Cutler have advised the University of Illinois Foundation that in examining the documents involved in this transaction it is evident that the tentative suggestion regarding the fee for this service was wholly inadequate, and that at that time the firm had no idea how much work would be involved. It is estimated that the fee will be between $3,000 and $5,000, depending on the amount of labor actually involved. If this opinion is to be secured, the University of Illinois Foundation should be requested to proceed accordingly, and provision for a fee of not to exceed $5,000 should be made. O n m o t i o n of M r . B a r r , t h e T r u s t e e w a s a u t h o r i z e d t o a d v e r t i s e f o r b i d s f o r t h e b o n d s a n d t o p a y t h e n e c e s s a r y fee of n o t t o e x c e e d $ 5 , 0 0 0 , p r o v i d e d s u c h e x p e n s e c a n b e r e i m b u r s e d b y t h e p r o c e e d s of t h e s a l e of t h e b o n d s . APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDERS IN CONTRACTS FOR MEDICAL A N D DENTAL BUILDING (9) The State Director for Illinois of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public W o r k s now requires that all Contract Change Orders on the second unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building must be authorized by the Board of Trustees before they can finally be put into effect. Since the Board probably will not be in session between this meeting and late in September, the State Director has agreed to expedite this work if the Board of Trustees will pass a resolution authorizing a particular person or persons to sign requests for change orders. Accordingly, the following resolution is offered: Be it resolved, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the Chairman of its Committee on Buildings and Grounds, Mr. E d w a r d E. Barrett, to act for it upon recommendations for change orders in contracts for the construction of the second unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building (Illinois Public W o r k s Project No. 1057-R) recommended by the Physical Plant Department and approved by the President of the University; and be it further resolved that the Board of Trustees will confirm and ratify all acts of the Chairman of its Committee on Buildings and Grounds authorized under this resolution.

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

CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS FOR MEDICAL A N D DENTAL BUILDING (10) Under the authorization of the Board of Trustees the following contract change orders for the second unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building, as recommended by the Physical Plant Department, have been authorized and are being presented for confirmation by resolution, as required by the State Director of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.

On motion of Mr. Barr, the following was adopted:

Be it resolved, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the action of the President of the University in authorizing the following change orders for the second unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building.