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UNIVERSITY OF DLUNOIS

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beneficiary of approximately $392,000. T h e purpose of the bequest is to provide scholarships for undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture. T o date, the University has received cash and investments totaling $167,087. It is expected that this fund will receive the remaining $225,000 later this year. T h e dean of the College of Agriculture has proposed the establishment of a quasi-endowment with all funds received from the Ehler Estate. T h e income would be used initially in support of the Johnathan Baldwin Turner Agricultural Merit Scholarship Program and for various other merit scholarship programs. T h e interim chancellor at Urbana and the vice presidents have recommended the establishment of the quasi-endowment and for the purpose described. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this recommendation was approved. License Agreement with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(17) T h e U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has requested a license that will allow them to install, operate, maintain, renew, and remove a buried communication system under property owned by the University which they lease in the Interstate Research Park, Champaign. T h e purpose of the proposed communication system is t o link together a number of locations in the Interstate Research Park leased by the Corps of Engineers. T h e terms and conditions of the proposed license would permit the burying of cable on University property. The total distance on University land is approximately 1,000 feet. All trenches will be backfilled and landscaped as required to return the area to its original condition. T h e U.S. Government would agree to be responsible and liable for damage to property or injuries to persons attributable to their exercise of the license. T h e license would be subject to termination upon mutual agreement of the parties; or if the terms and conditions of the license are not fulfilled; or in the event the government abandons use of the premises for the purposes granted. It is recommended by the interim chancellor at Urbana that the secretary and the comptroller be authorized to enter into the licensing agreement as described. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this recommendation was approved.

Easements for Road Right-of-Way and Bridge, Moultrie County

(18) T h e Lowe Road District in Moultrie County has requested a temporary construction easement and a permanent easement (.02 acres) across the Carl DeHart Memorial Farm 1 property in order to realign the right-of-way to provide for the construction of a replacement bridge on the road abutting the property. T h e present bridge has been condemned. The University will benefit from the bridge construction by easy approach to local grain elevators and from the construction of two culverts giving access to the University property. Accordingly, the interim chancellor at the Urbana campus, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, has recommended that the easements described be granted, and that the Board of Trustees adopt the following authorizing resolution. I concur.

1 The property was bequeathed to the University in 1975 under the will of Mr. DeHart. Proceeds from the operation of the 120-acre farm are to be utilized for scholarships for students entering the College of Agriculture.