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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 15

CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL BUILDING (19) In accordance with the authorization of the Board on January 24, 1936, the following contract change orders of work on the Medical and Dental Building have been approved and the following resolution is offered t o ratify said actions: Be it resolved, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves and ratifies the action of the President of the University in authorizing contract change orders on the second unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building. I. General Contract Change Order No. 19 (Driveway No. no) Omit 12 pieces of cut stone panels each 1' 4J4" wide by 1' 2J4" high 4" thick (6 on west and 6 on east side) Omit 4 panels of face brick, same sizes as cut stone panels (2 on west and 2 on east side) Place 16 mosaic plaques each 1' 4%" wide by 1' 3 " high approximately 1" thick (8 on west and 8 on east side). Provide necessary common brick backing. Plaques will be furnished by owner. No extension of time required. II. Plumbing Contract Change Order No. 15 F o r omission of setting of Steel I Beams under house tanks, d e d u c t . . $9 75 F o r omitting the eleven aluminum drinking fountains as specified and substituting the following: Crane Company china drinking fountains #Coo55 in basement and sixth to tenth floors, inclusive. Nickel Silver fountain of design indicated on our drawing 22-M on the first floor only. Anodic finish aluminum fountains of design indicated on our drawing 22-M on the second to fifth floors, inclusive. Vitreous China fountains to be of color to match terra cotta. Color to be selected by Architects from Crane color chart. N o change in contract price. O n m o t i o n of M r s . F r e e m a n , t h e r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d a s r e c o m mended. LEGISLATION TO CREATE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BUILDING COMMISSION (20) In order to issue bonds for the construction of a Student Center, or Union Building, which will be acceptable to investment bankers and thus find a ready market, it will be necessary to secure certain enabling legislation from the General Assembly of Illinois. T h e University Counsel has prepared a draft of a bill to create " T h e University of Illinois Building Commission," a public corporation which would have authority to acquire property, enter into contracts, issue bonds, and perform such other acts as may be appropriate and necessary in discharging its functions. This bill is submitted to the Board for its consideration and instructions as to policy to be followed in the matter of a bond issue for the Student Center Project.

Judge Johnson commented on the details of this bill as drafted. On motion of Mr. Barrett, the President of the University was authorized to sponsor such legislation, limited for the present to include a Union Building and Dormitories, and subject to the further limitation that the period of amortization for any building shall not exceed twenty years.