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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 12

E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E M E E T I N G , J U N E 12, 1928 A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees

of the University of Illinois w a s held at the University, at Urbana, at 9:10 a. m . on Tuesday, June 12, 1928. M r . James W . Armstrong, Chairman, and M r . Merle J. Trees, member of the Committee, were present; also Mrs. M a r y E. Busey, Mrs. A n n a W . Ickes, and Dr. W . L. Noble, members of the Board, and President Kinley. O n motion of M r . Trees, the Secretary was instructed to send Mrs. Evans a letter expressing the regret of the Board at her illness, and the hope of a speedy recovery. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT KINLEY T h e Executive Committee considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. REQUEST OF ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY F O R RIGHT O F W A Y (1) Professor White, Supervising Architect, reports that the Illinois Bell Telephone Company asks permission to run their line from Champaign connecting with their new trunk line south of First Street running i undert ground to Florida Avenue and on poles in the highway from there south. Professor White recommends approval and I concur, and therefore recommend the passage of the following resolution: W H E R E A S , the Illinois Bell Telephone Company is extending its lines andfindsi necessary to run said lines south on First Street from a connect tion with their present Champaign line, T H E R E F O R E , B E IT R E S O L V E D that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois hereby gives license to the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, its successors and assigns, to run its present line from Champaign which connects with the proposed trunk line south on First Street, running i underground to Florida Avenue and on poles in the highway from there t south, on, under, or along streets over or in which said Board of Trustees has jurisdiction or ownership, on the understanding that said line be run underground as far south as Florida Avenue and on poles in the highway from that Avenue southwards; this license to include the right and privilege and authority to construct, operate, and maintain its lines of telephone and telegraph, including the necessary poles, wires, cables, conduits, and fixtures upon, over, under, and across streets adjacent to the property owned by said Board of Trustees in Township 19 North Range 8 East Sections 19, 24, and 30, County of Champaign, State of Illinois, with the right to trim any trees along said lines so as to keep the wires and cables cleared at least 18 inches, said trimming, however, to be under the supervision of the Supervising Architect of the University of Illinois; and on the express condition that said poles will be confined to the highway, and that at a future time, i f the Board so requires, the said poles shall be replaced with conduits. Approved June 8, 1928 Sveinbjorn Johnson Legal Counsel O n motion of M r . Trees, this recommendation w a s approved. APPROPRIATION FOR LOCKERS (2) At the April meeting of the Board (Minutes, page 578) an appropriation of $1400 was made for lockers in the Chemistry Laboratory. Because of