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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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17. It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto that the Faculty of the College of Medicine, during the life of this lease, shall be made up of the President of the University, and the Professors, Associate Professors, Adjunct Professors, and Lecturers belonging to the corps of instruction of the College of Medicine and shall be known as the Teaching Faculty of the College of Medicine. 18. And it is further agreed by and between the parties hereto that during the life of this lease the President of the Uniyersity and such members of the Teaching Faculty of the College of Medicine as hold and own twenty or more shares of stock in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, shall constitute the Executive Faculty of the College of Medicine. 19. It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto that during the life of this lease the Executive Faculty of the College of Medicine shall have an advisory relation to the President and Business Manager of the University, and to the Board of Trustees with respect to all matters appertaining to the College of Medicine. It shall annually nominate to the Board of Trustees through the President of the University from its membership a Dean, an Actuary, and a Secretary for the College of Medicine. There shall also be reserved to the Executive Faculty the right to nominate in like manner candidates to fill vacancies in the corps of instruction, and it shall in like manner cooperate with the University of Illinois in determining the educational policy of the School. Further, the Dean, with the advice and consent of the Executive Faculty, shall recommend, as occasion may arise, the acceptance of resignations, or dismissals from the corps of instruction, and shall in like manner, from time to time, recommend discontinuance or establishment of chairs of instruction, or the change of title of any chair. It is further provided, however, that should the Board of Trustees of the University not be able to secure from the said Executive Faculty, by a ma'ority vote thereof, the nomination of a person who is, in the judgment of the *oard of Trustees, qualified and suitable to fill the office of Dean, or one who is qualified and suitable to fill the office of Actuary, or one who is qualified and suitable to fill the office of Secretary, or one is qualified and suitable to fill any vacancy in a teaching position for which the Executive Faculty is empowered to make nominations, then, and in that case, the Board of Trustees may direct the Teaching Faculty of the College of Medicine to nominate a, person who shall be qualified and suitable to fill such vacancy; and in case the Teaching Faculty, by a majority vote thereof, shall fail to nominate a person qualified and suitable in the judgment of the Board of Trustees to fill such vacancy, then, in that case, the Board of Trustees may proceed to elect such a person to fill such vacancy without reference to any nomination on the part of the Faculty for such office or such teaching position. 20. It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto, that the Actuary shall, with the advice and consent of the Executive Faculty, recommend the rate or compensation to be paid to any member of the corps of instruction, or to any officer or employe of the College of Medicine. He shall, under the same conditions, recommend in,what manner and in what amount other sums from the treasury of the College of Medicine shall be expended on its account. Nevertheless, the Board of Trustees may decide to pay to any officer, teacher, or employe, a salary which shall be less in amount than that recommended by the Actuary and the Executive Faculty to be paid to any such person, but may not increafe such salary, to be paid out of the working fund above provided for, or out of the earnings of the College of Medicine, beyond the sum thus recommended. Expenditures recommended by the Actuary and the Executive Faculty to oe paid out of the working fund or earnings of the College of Medicine, for any purpose other than the payment of salaries, may be approved, disapproved or reduced in amount by the Board of Trustees, but may not be increased beyond the sums named in such recommendations.

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