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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 26

ing thereof, were passed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor. Certified copies of these bills are handed herewith to the Secretary of the Board for record, and I recommend that these bills be printed in the Board minutes. Certificate Number 9303

STATE OF ILLINOIS O F F I C E OF T H E SECRETARY OF STATE

To all to whom these Presents Shall Come, Greeting: I, E d w a r d J. Hughes, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the following and hereto attached is a true photostatic copy of Senate Bill No. 543, the original of which is now on file and a matter of record in this office. In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Illinois, Done at the City of Springfield this 23rd day of July, A.D. 1935.

(Sealed and signed) EDWARD J. H U G H E S

Secretary

of

State

• A N A C T T O A U T H O R I Z E T H E BOARD O F T R U S T E E S O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F I L L I N O I S TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES FOR THE ERECTION OF BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOLUTION I I , 74TH CONGRESS, F I R S T S E S S I O N , H O U S E J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N 117, APPROVED BY T H E P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 8, 1935, AT 4:00 P.M., AND TO AUTHORIZE THE FINANCING OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS IN CONFORMITY W I T H SUCH RESOLUTION, THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT, AND SUCH OTHER ACTS OF CONGRESS ENACTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING THE PROCESSES OF NATIONAL RECOVERY.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section I. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts of any description and to perform the same, with the United States for the erection of any building or buildings which, in the judgment of the Board, are actually and reasonably necessary in order to operate efficiently the University of Illinois in all its branches, departments and divisions; such contracts for a building or buildings as aforesaid, are authorized only when entered into in order to make available to the University of Illinois the benefits and provision of H. J. R. 11, 74th Congress, H. J. R. 117, approved April 8, 1935, and entitled "Joint resolution making appropriations for relief purposes," the National Industrial Recovery Act and other Congressional acts intended to relieve the unemployed and to aid the processes of national recovery. Sec. 2. No obligation created by the Board of Trustees pursuant to this act shall ever result in the creation of a debt against the State of Illinois, but all such obligations, including principal and interest, shall be payable under any and all contracts which the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois may enter into with the United States hereunder, solely from income derived from sources other than general taxation, such as receipts from operation, fees and other incidental collections and receipts, including gifts or bequests. Sec. 3. In order to effectuate the policies of the National Industrial Recovery Act and of the Joint Resolution making appropriations for relief purposes, being H. J. R. 117 of the 74th Congress, First Session, referred to in Section 1 of this Act, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is authorized to obtain by grant, loan, or in any other mode permissible under Federal law, from the United States, or any department or agency thereof, such money as may be available under any Federal legislation for the construction and financing of buildings actually and reasonably necessary for the efficient operation of the University of Illinois, and to enter into a contract or contracts with the United States or any department or agency thereof, pledging annually in payment of such advances or loans a sum not exceeding annually in the •Originated in the Senate—A. E. EDEN, Secretary of the Senate.