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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING The Secretary presented for record the following report of a meeting of the Executive Committee: A meeting of the Executive Committee was held May 23rd at nine o'clock. The following matters had been approved individually by two m e m bers of the Executive Committee beforehand, because of the need for action, and at this meeting the individual approval was confirmed by the Committee as such, thereby giving approval to the matters mentioned: (1) Recommendation from the President of the University that the University take over the entire matter of cleaning, pressing, and repairing the military overcoats, the expense being met from the fee of $1.00 collected from each student w h o uses an overcoat; and that the action of the President, approving a requisition calling for the cleaning of these overcoats, dated April 24, 1928, be approved. Approved. (2) A request from the Illinois Water Service Company for permission to lay a ten-inch water main on the north side of Stadium Boulevard from First Street to the Illinois Central right of way, in accordance with the following agreement: AGREEMENT THIS INDENTURE, entered into this first day of May, 1928, between the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a corporation, Urbana, Illinois, and the Illinois Water Service Company, a corporation, with its place of business in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, hereinafter called the Company, W I T N E S S E T H : 1. That in consideration of the agreement of the Company herein contained, the University grants to the Company permission to lay a ten-inch (10") cast iron water main in the parking on the north side of Stadium Boulevard, from First Street to the Illinois Central right of way. 2. In consideration of the permission to lay the main described in paragraph 1, the Company agrees in laying said main to be guided by the specifications and approval of the Supervising Architect of the University of Illinois; that it will, at its own expense, make all changes and repairs to walks, drives, tunnels, sewers, and pipes necessitated by such construction work; and guarantees to put them in as good permanent condition as they were when the Company began operation, as required by the Supervising Architect; that i will replace all sod removed as shall be required by the t Supervising Architect of the University, and that i will meet the same ret quirements in making any repairs in the future. 3. The Company further agrees that if at any time in the future the water main described in paragraph 1 is found by the Board of Trustees to be an obstruction to any University development, it will, at its own expense, move said main to another location to be designated by the Supervising Architect of the University; or, that upon six months' notice from the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, i will, at its own expense, remove t the main entirely from the premises of the University. And if said Company fails on such notice to remove such main, then the Board of Trustees may themselves remove said main at the expense of said Company.