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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 19

May 7, 1980, providing for the conveyance to University of title to the followingdescribed property, viz: A forty (40) acre tract of land in the Northeast (NE) corner of the Northwest Quarter (NW V*) of Section Twenty-two ( 2 2 ) , Township Eleven (11) North, Range Three (3) West of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian, Warren County, Illinois, described as follows: beginning at a point on the East line of said Northwest Quarter (NW Y*) of Section Twenty-two (22), 1,332 Feet North of the Southeast corner of said Northwest Quarter (NW 14) of Section Twenty-two (22) ; thence North 1,320 feet along said East line to the Northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter (NW V4) of Section Twenty-two ( 2 2 ) ; thence North 88° 59' West, 1,320.2 feet along the North line of said Northwest Quarter (NW V>) of Section Twenty-two ( 2 2 ) ; thence South 1,320 feet; thence South 88° 59' East, 1,320.2 feet to the point of beginning and containing 40.00 acres, more or less, subject to the use by the public for highway purposes of that part along the North side thereof, which property is hereinafter referred to as "Greenstreet Land," for the purchase price of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000.00). Now, Therefore, Be It, and It Hereby Is, Resolved, by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the actions of the Comptroller and Secretary of this University and the contract entered into under date of May 7, 1980, for the acquisition of the Greenstreet Land from Sellers, a copy of which contract is on file with the Secretary of this University, be and hereby are approved, ratified and confirmed. Resolution Authorizing Acquisition of 120-Acre Melton Farm, W a r r e n County, Illinois, as Part of the Site f o r the Western Illinois Agricultural Research Center Whereas, pursuant to authorization of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, with its principal office in the City of Urbana, in the County of Champaign and State of Illinois, hereinafter referred to as "University," given at its meeting on March 20, 1980, the Comptroller and Secretary of this University have entered into an agreement on behalf of and in the name of this University with James O. Melton and JoAnn R. Melton, his wife, of 105 Jefferson Street, Burlington, Iowa, hereinafter referred to as "Sellers," under date of May 17, 1980, providing for the conveyance to University of title to the following described property, viz: T h e Northwest Quarter (NW lA) of Section Twenty-two (22), in Township Eleven (11) North, Range Three (3) West of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian, Warren County, Illinois, excepting therefrom Forty (40) acres in the Northeast (NE) corner of the Northwest Quarter (NW V4) of Section Twenty-two (22), Township Eleven (11) North, Range Three (3) West of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian, Warren County, Illinois, described as follows: beginning at a point on the East line of said Northwest Quarter (NW Vi) of Section Twenty-two (22), 1,332 Feet North of the Southeast corner of said Northwest Quarter (NW 'A) of Section Twenty-two ( 2 2 ) ; thence North 1,320 feet along said East line to the Northeast comer of said Northwest Quarter (NW '4) of Section Twenty-two ( 2 2 ) ; thence North 88° 59' West, 1,320.2 feet along the North line of said Northwest Quarter (NW Vt) of Section Twenty-two ( 2 2 ) ; thence South 1,320 feet; thence South 88° 59* East, 1,320.2 feet to the point of beginning and containing 40.00 acres, more or less, subject to the use by the public for highway purposes of that part along the North side thereof,