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certificate as owner under date of May 19, 1928, which plat was approved by the Council of the City of Urbana on June 18, 1928, and thereafter duly recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Champaign County. The situation according to the survey made under the direction of the Office of the Supervising Architect of the University of Illinois is that the University is the record owner of a continuous strip of property between Florida Avenue and the north line of the Forestry; that Pennsylvania Avenue—Maple Avenue, I believe formerly—from Lincoln to Fourth Street is entirely on the one hundred sixty acres purchased by the University many years ago and in the public records referred to sometimes as the Model Farm. It appears, again from the survey made by the Office of the Supervising Architect and from the platfiledby you, that the property embraced within the Gallivan Addition extends over on this University property on Pennsylvania Avenue 3.8 feet at its East end and 1.9 feet at its West end throughout the width of the Addition which I believe is 555.2 feet This matter can, of course, be adjusted without difficulty, and I hope with little or no inconvenience to yourself. Under the Statutes concerning plats and the vacation of plats all that would be necessary for you to do is to prepare a written instrument to which you attach a copy of the plat and in which instrument you describe by metes and bounds this small strip which extends upon University property and declare such strip vacated. This instrument should be executed and acknowledged, approved by the City Council, and recorded, in the same manner as the instrument which you filed and recorded with your plat originally. This procedure will effectually correct the mistake. Let m e suggest that you see Professor White and go over this matter with him or somebody in his Office if you desire any further information as to the facts. The Board of Trustees will call for a report from m e as to what I have done in this connection. I a m suggesting the above procedure because I think it will be most agreeable to you and to the Board. It seems to m e to be wholly unnecessary to resort to any other method which would necessarily involve expense, delay, and inconvenience to all concerned. Will you please let m e hear from you at the earliest possible date? Very truly yours, Sveinbjorn Johnson Legal Counsel December 17, 1929 The Mayor and the City Clerk, Urbana, Illinois

Gentlemen:

At its meeting of December 4, 1929, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois directed m e to call your attention to certain facts concerning the plat of Gallivan's Addition to the City of Urbana, certified to by your City Engineer, Mr. M . N. Kinch, on September 22, 1928, and bearing the certificate of the owner under date of M a y 19, 1928, and approved by the Council of the City of Urbana on June 18, 1928, and thereafter duly recorded in the office of the Recorder of Champaign County. According to deeds and instruments of record in the Office of the Recorder of the City of Urbana and according to the records of the University and of the office of the Supervising Architect of the University, the Board of Trustees is the record owner of a continuous strip of property between Florida Avenue and the North line of the Forestry; it also appears that Pennsylvania Avenue, formerly Maple Avenue, I believe, from Lincoln Street to Fourth Street is entirely on the one hundred sixty acres purchased by the University of Illinois many years ago and sometimes known as the Model Farm. T o be specific, the University acquired this property now described as Pennsylvania Avenue and formerly as Maple Avenue in April, 1867. The part of this one hundred and sixty acres which borders on the cemetery was bought in three parcels, but all in 1867. In all three instances the abstract describes the properties as extending to the cemetery, and, therefore including Pennsylvania Avenue, or Maple Avenue formerly, aswhich has been known as Maple Avenue improvements have that the Addition tothe City I Council belonged and upon that plat approved tract at all times,as aforesaid, still belongs orshowing the Gallivan and which therefore,of Urbana extends over to known Pennsylvania University; been madeIupontractby yourunderstandattention andthe factas andtoPennsylvania Avenue am, the has, calling your it. the Avenue or Maple