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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 9

PETITION FOR A N N E X A T I O N To the Council of the City of Champaign, Illinois Gentlemen: We, the undersigned, being and constituting a majority of the legal voters and a majority of the property owners in the territory hereinafter described, which i contiguous to the aforesaid City of Champaign, Illinois, and not embraced s within its limits, respectfully petition your honorable body that the question of the annexation of said territory hereinafter described to said City be submitted to a vote of the people of said City, and that said territory be annexed to the said City of Champaign, Illinois, in the manner provided by law. The said territory proposed to be annexed is described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the North one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section i8, Township 19, North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, thence South along the East line of the West one-half of said Section 18 to a line which is 52.69 rods North of the South line of said Section 18, or to the south side of the road extending along the north side of Mount Hope Cemetery, thence West along a line parallel to the South line of said Section 18 to the East line of a public road, the center line of which extends along the West line of the East one-half of the Southwest on<(-quarter of said Section 18, commonly known as Fourth Street, thence South along the East line of said public road to the North line of a public road, the center line of which extends along the South line of said Section 18, thence East along the North line of said public road to the East line of the West one-half of said Section 18, thence South along the East line of the West one-half of said Section 18 and along the East line of the West onehalf of Section 19, Township 19, North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, to a point 264 feet North of the South line of the North one-half of the North one-half of said Section 19; thence West parallel to the North line of said Section 19 to the East line of Section 24, Township 19 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, thence along the East line of said Section 24, to a point 264 feet North of the South line of the North one-half of the North one-half of said Section 24, thence West along a line parallel to the North line of said Section 24 to the East right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad Company thence Northerly along the East line of the right-of-way of the Illinois Central Railroad Company to the North line of the South one-half of the South one-half of Section 13, Township 19 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, thence East along the said North line of the South one-half of the South one-half of said Section 13 and along the North line of the South one-half of the South one-half of Section 18, Township 19 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian to the place of beginning: Name of Petitioner Residence Legal Voter Property Tracts Owner Owned Mrs. B. F. Crackel Stadium X B. F. Crackel Stadium X O n motion of Mr. W h a m , this matter was referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for consideration and report. VACATION OF HESSEL BOULEVARD (6) A l t e from Green & Palmer concerning the vacation of the Hessel Bouleetr vard. March I, 1926 President David Kinley, University of Illinois Dear President Kinley: W e beg to advise you that this morning the Council of the City of Champaign passed an ordinance vacating that part of Hessel Boulevard which passes through the Hessel tract of land recently acquired by The Board of Trustees. You remember i is also necessary to secure the passage of resolutions by the t Board of Park Commissioners of the Town of Champaign, and also by the Board