Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1892 [PAGE 67]

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UNIVERSITY OF

ILLINOIS.

Harker, with Alexander McLean, President of the Board, and S. H. Peabody, Regent of the University, and by vote did confer upon the committee above named full authority to act in the premises; A N D WHEREAS, The committee aforesaid has carefully considered the petition referred to it and has examined the premises and the interests involved; THEREFORE, I t is determined by said committee and is hereby ordered as is hereinafter set forth. The aforesaid Athletic Association has permission to enclose t h a t part of the north campus lying between the continuation of the center line of White street of Champaign, and a line parallel thereto and 425 feet northward of said center line of White street; to occupy and use the premises so enclosed for the practice and exhibition of athletic exercises and games, and for no other purpose; to collect fees for admission to such enclosure when used for such exhibitions, and to have and use for the purposes of t h e Association the money so collected; upon the following conditions, viz.: 1. The enclosure shall be made at the expense of the Association by the erection of a tight board fence, not more than seven feet in height, substantially built of dressed lumber, with a suitable fillet at the top, the outside' to be thoroughly and neatly painted; to be kept always in good order and repair, and to be kept free from all advertisements and signs, except those of the Association, which shall be restricted to bulletin boards especially provided for the purpose. The construction and maintenance of the fence, and of any buildings which may be erected within the enclosure, and the cutting of any trees within the said enclosure, shall be subject to the supervision of this committee, or any committee or officer hereafter designated by the Board of Trustees. 2. The Association shall have the use of the ground aforesaid for three years from the first day of March, 1891, unless it shall sooner forfeit this privilege for reasons hereinafter set forth. At the end of the period of three years aforesaid the Trustees may grant further time of occupation or may require the Association to remove all its property, and restore the ground in as good condition as it is now in. If the Trustees refuse to grant further time for occupation after three years as aforesaid, or if they shall declare these privileges forfeited, as is hereinafter set forth, then it shall be the duty of the Association to remove its property and to restore the grounds in good condition within thirty days after it shall be directed so to do by the Board of Trustees; and if the property be not so removed, it shall become trie property of the University, anil the Trustees may take possession thereof and use it for the University. 3. The Athletic Association shall so modify its constitution as to permit all male matriculated students of the University to participate in its benefits; shall make its constitution and by-laws satisfactory to the Faculty of the University; shall not change them without the approval of t h a t body ; and shall keep a copy thereof on file in the office of the Regent. 4. The management of the grounds : the programs of all exercises and games had therein, whether in term time or in vacation; and the times and places of all games played elsewhere, except on Saturdays; shall be subject to the supervision of the Faculty of the University. The Regent and any member of such committee as the Faculty in this behalf may appoint shall at all times have free ingress into the inclosure and into any buildings or apartments erected therein. 5. No form of gambling, betting, or pool selling, under any device or pretense, may be permitted within this enclosure, or upon any grounds of this Association. The Association sh ill maintain a police force adequate to the control of the premises, either of its own numbers or otherwise. Any person who may make, or offer to make any bet or wager upon, or who may be known to have any bet or wager pending upon, any event which may transpire, or be expected to transpire, within the grounds of the Association shall be excluded therefrom, and if a member of the Association he shall thereafter be excluded from its privileges.