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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 19

(dealing with the University Senates Conference) of the University of Illinois Statutes. The University Senates Conference has forwarded the proposed amendments with its recommendation for approval. I recommend approval of the amendments1 as proposed. Article II. Legislative Organization Sec. 1. Campus Senates (d) [The] Each Senate[s] shall recommend candidates for honorary degrees and shall determine for its campus the manner in which the faculty shall recommend candidates for earned degrees, diplomas, and certificates, to be conferred by the President under the authority of the Board of Trustees. Sec. 2. University Senates Conference a. Organization. Each Senate shall elect from its membership [six] nine persons who shall be members of the University Senates Conference. Senators whose senatorial terms expire before their Conference terms expire shall complete their Conference terms. Any faculty member or member-elect of a Senate shall be eligible for election to the Conference, except that no member shall serve more than two terms consecutively. The term of office shall be three years[;], beginning on the September 1 following election. One-third of the members from each Senate shall be elected annually. A quorum for Conference meetings shall consist of two-thirds of the members from each Senate. If a quorum cannot be obtained otherwise, the Conference members from a senate [, by majority approval,] may designate [one] as many as two alternate* from the faculty members of their own Senate to serve at a specific meeting. The Conference officers shall be a chair[man] and a secretary, who shall be elected by and from [among its members] the Conference and shall not be from the same Senate; the offices of chairfman] and secretary shall [rotate among] alternate between the Senates annually [and alphabetically]. The Executive Committee of the Conference shall consist of the chairfman] and the secretary, and four additional [elected] members [chosen] elected by and from the Conference so that [at least one-third] an equal number of the Committee members are from each Senate. The Conference may authorize the Executive Committee to act on behalf of the Conference between scheduled meetings.

On motion of Mrs. Day, these amendments were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Bolen, Mr. Milkint; no, none.)

Contract, Replacement of Steam and Condensate Lines, Chicago

(21) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of a contract for $61,624 to G. F. Connelly Co., Inc., Chicago, the low bidder on its base bid, for the replacement of 460 feet of steam and condensate lines from the south side of Polk Street to the College of Dentistry building, Chicago campus. Funds are available in the restricted funds budget of the Chicago Physical Plant Steam Plant.

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