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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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SALE O F P R O P E R T Y IN C H I C A G O (16) A report from the Director of the Physical Plant Department on the sale of property adjacent to that owned by the University of Chicago.

This report was received for record.

O F F E R O F LOCAL I M P R O V E M E N T B O N D S ON T H E GALLIVAN ADDITION (17) The firm of Dobbins, Dobbins, and Thomas, Attorneys of Champaign, offers the University, on behalf of its clients, local improvement bonds issued on the Gallivan Addition in Urbana in the principal amount of $4,400, together with accrued interest thereon, for 60 per cent of the principal amount of the bonds, or $2,640, plus accrued interest to date which is approximately $1,848, or a total of $4,488. This offer is subject to acceptance within 45 days from the date thereof, May 13, 1938.

No action was taken on this matter.

SALE OF ROSELAWN CEMETERY LOTS

(18) On May 27, 1936 (Minutes, page 659), the Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds that the University's holdings in Roselawn Cemetery be sold and the proceeds be used for the purchase of other desirable property. Pursuant to this action, the Physical Plant Department has been attempting to find a buyer. T h e Director has an offer of $200 for an option to purchase the unsold lots in Roselawn Cemetery owned by the University at a price of $15,000, the option to expire September I, 1938. If the option is exercised, the buyer will pay the entire purchase price in full on or before the expiration of the option. The University purchased the unsold lots in the cemetery in 1930 at a price of $22,000 and has since maintained them at an annual expenditure of approximately $150. T h e Board has recently authorized the sale of six quarter lots at a total of $630. T h e University still owns approximately 930 quarter lots, in addition to several partial lots along drives, fences, and single lots, including the potter's field. T h e Board has authorized the sale of lots at a rate of $105 a quarter lot (10 by 12 feet) subject to the following conditions: 1. Use of the property is to be restricted to burial purposes only. 2. No mausoleums are to be erected by the grantee or any successor in interest or transferee. 3. T h e purchaser shall endow the lots through the Roselawn Cemetery Association at the rate of $25 a quarter lot.

This matter was referred to the President of the University for further study.

O F F E R O F P R O P E R T Y AT 1 2 0 5 W E S T S P R I N G F I E L D A V E N U E , URBANA (19) T h e owner of the property at 1205 West Springfield Avenue, Urbana, which adjoins University property, has again offered it for sale to the University at a price of $3,775. This offer (at $3,750) was submitted to the Board on March 18, but no action was taken. N o action w a s taken on this matter. REVISED C U R R I C U L U M IN CHEMICAL E N G I N E E R I N G (20) A recommendation from the University Senate that the Board of T r u s tees authorize the following curriculum in Chemical Engineering to replace the present curriculum, effective in September, 1938, and applicable to all new students entering the University and enrolling in that curriculum hereafter.