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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GREEN STREET

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(31) A report of the action of the President of the University in signing the following agreement: W H E R E A S , it is universally recognized by the corporate authorities of the City of Urbana, Illinois, and of the University of Illinois, that in order to property safeguard the lives and limbs of the public and of the students attending the University of Illinois, the parking of automobiles on Green Street, where the same passes through the Campus of the University, should be restricted, and W H E R E A S , in order to provide such protection, the City Council of the City of Urbana, passed an ordinance prohibiting the parking of automobiles on the south side of said street, where the same crosses the Campus of the University, and W H E R E A S , the executive authorities of the University have denied the right of the city to pass said ordinance, and have contended that a part of said street, where the same crosses said campus i not a public thoroughfare, and in that respect s are in dispute with the authorities of the City of Urbana, who contend that it is a public street, and highway, and W H E R E A S , both the City and the University desire to immediately provide for the restriction of such parking, without waiving any rights either may have with reference to said street, It is therefore agreed by and between the City of Urbana and the University of Illinois, represented in the City Council and in the Board of Trustees, that, saving and reserving, each to itself, all and all manner ofrightit may have in said street, and without waiving any such rights, and without admitting any rights whatsoever in the corporate authorities of the other, the said City of Urbana, and Trustees of the University of Illinois, will immediately, and without awaiting anyfinaldetermination of the matters in dispute between them, cooperate, each with the other, in the enforcement of the restrictions contained in said ordinance, hereinabove referred to. It is further agreed that the consideration for this agreement i the immediate s safety of the people crossing said street, and shall in no manner be taken as any admission or waiver or declaration affecting the rights of either, in, to, or toward said street, but shall expressly recognize that a dispute exists regarding the same, and that this agreement is in no respect a settlement of said dispute. It is further agreed that this agreement shall be binding, and take effect, if, when and immediately after the same shall be approved by the City Council of the City of Urbana, Illinois, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. In witness whereof, the City of Urbana, Illinois, has caused this agreement to be signed by its Mayor and attested by its Clerk, and said Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, has caused this instrument to be signed by its president attested by its corporate seal, all as of this 7th day of January, A. D. 1924. The City of Urbana, Illinois Attest: C. B. Holmes By James Elmo Smith, City Clerk Mayor The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois For the University January 17, 1924 David Kinley President State of Illinois "i Champaign County VS. S. City of Urbana J I, C. B. Holmes, City Clerk and ex-officio keeper of the records,filesand seal of said city, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing agreement was sub-