Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1932 [PAGE 13]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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MATTERS PRESENTED BY DR. KINLEY On request of President Chase, Dr. Kinley presented the following items of unfinished business which had been referred to him. ROSELAWN CEMETERY

(A) At the request of President Chase I a m submitting a report on negotiations concerning the purchase of certain portions of Roselawn Cemetery. In the absence of our legal counsel, I employed M r . Walter B. Riley, of C h a m paign, to represent us in this matter. After some discussion, on the advice of our attorney, I addressed the following letter to M r . T. J. Paisley: Champaign, Illinois June 24, 1930 Mr. T. J. Paisley, Champaign, Illinois In re: Roselawn Cemetery D e a r Sir: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois have at last decided to accept delivery of the deed for the unsold lots of Roselawn Cemetery now held in escrow by Trevett-Mattis Banking Company, and to pay therefor the sum of $20,800.00, upon the following conditions: 1st: Quit claim deeds be procured from Ada M . Paisley and husband and Bessie R. Wolf and husband, conveying all interest that they m a y have in the tract of land known as Roselawn Cemetery to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2nd. A n affidavit from Grace H o w e Paisley stating that she was the Secretary of the Champaign Securities C o m p a n y at the time of its dissolution, and at the time of the execution and delivery of the warranty deed from the Champaign Securities C o m p a n y to Thomas J. Paisley of all unsold lots in the tract of land platted under the name of N e w Mount Hope Cemetery, and that Thomas J. Paisley, Grace H o w e Paisley, A d a M . Paisley, and Bessie R. Wolf were the sole and only stockholders of said Champaign Securities C o m p a n y at any time whatsoever. 3rd. That at the time of the delivery of the above mentioned deeds to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois be furnished with duly certified copy or copies of a resolution to be adopted by both the members and the Board of Directors of Roselawn Cemetery Association at meetings specially called for that purpose, in and by which resolutions the members and the Board of Directors specifically relinquish to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois any and all care, control, or right of management that they m a y have in, to, or over any portion of Roselawn Cemetery in Champaign County, Illinois, not heretofore sold for burial purposes, and including in said resolution the release from the care, control, and management of said Roselawn Cemetery Association any lots heretofore sold for burial purposes which m a y hereafter be conveyed by the owners thereof to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. In connection with this transaction it has been suggested that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois either assume the conduct of the Roselawn Cemetery Association for the purpose of keeping the records thereof, and providing for opening of graves, and so forth, on lots now sold for burial purposes, or in lieu of that that the Board of Trustees find a m a n or designate a m a n w h o will take over such duties. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois cannot under any circumstances assume such responsibility or liability and if the transfer of the above mentioned property to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is contingent upon any such arrangement, the deal will have to fall through. Anything in this letter contained referring to N e w M o u n t Hope Cemetery is understood to apply to the tract of land now known as Roselawn Cemetery. Respectfully,

David Kinley