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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910
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40 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. [Dec. 8 It is hereby mutually agreed that Charles Cottingham, of Danville, 111., be 'employed by them to survey said tracts of land and establish the true lines and corneas between the same, and that they, the said parties, will abide by such survey as the said Charles Cottingham may make. It is further agreed that the said Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois will pay one-half of the cost and expense incident to such a survey, and one-half of the recorder's fees for recording this agreement, and the plat of the survey which shall be made by the said Cottingham, and that the said William Sullivan will pay the other one-half of said cost, expense and recorder's fees. Witness the signatures and seals of the parties to this agreement this 3d day of August, 1908. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, (Seal) By W. L. ABBOTT, President, Board of Trustees. (Seal) WILLIAM SULLIVAN. REPORT OF SURVEYOR. , I, Charles Cottingham, civil engineer and the person selected by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, and William Sullivan, of Champaign, 111., to make survey of land in accordance with the agreement hereto attached, do hereby certify that I did on Sept. 29, 1908, begin a survey of section nineteen (19), town nineteen (19) north, range nine (9) east of the Third Principal Meridian, Champaign county, 111., for the purpose of fixing the boundary lines between the lands described in said agreement and completed such survey on Oct. 12, 1908; that I correctly found the northeast corner, the southeast corner and the southwest corner of said section, established by the original government survey; that I correctly established the corners and lines between the southeast quarter (%) of the northeast quarter (%) of said section, owned by the University of Illinois, and the northeast quarter (}4) of the southeast quarter (%) of said section, owned by William Sullivan; that I planted at the southeast corner of the southeast quarter (*4) of the northeast quarter (*4) of said section a granite boulder weighing about sixty (60) pounds, sixteen (16) inches long and eight (8) inches in diameter, with a chiseled cross at the t©p; that I planted at the southwest corner of the southeast quarter (V4) of the northeast quarter (%) of said section a granite boulder weighing about one hundred (100) pounds and about fourteen (14) inches in diameter, with a chiseled cross at the top; that the lines and corners were established in accordance with the above plat, and that the said plat is a true and correct representation of said survey as made by me. Measurements are given in feet, and distance shown by the government plat are in chains. Signed at.Danville, 111., Nov. 11, 1908. CHARLES COTTINGHAM. KEPAIRS, E T C . The recommendation from the supervising architect with regard to certain repairs and improvements was referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds with power to act, on motion of Mr. Blair. . MATTERS P R E S E N T E D B Y P R E S I D E N T J A M E S . The president submitted the following matters:
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