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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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engaged in work of a nature similar to the work to be performed in the construction of said Project is hereby determined to be as follows for each respective trade or occupation: Hourly Hourly Trade or Wage Trade or Wage Occupation Rate Occupation Rate Bricklayer $i 50 Painter $1 I2J4 Building Laborer: Plasterer I 50 Class A 85 Sheet Metal Worker 1 25 Class B 70 Roofer 1 25 Carpenter I 25 Operative Engineer I 00 to I 25 Cement Finisher I 25 Plumber I 37^2 Electrical Worker 1 25 Steamfitter 1 37^ Iron Worker I 25 Tile Setter I 50 Lather 1 25 Be it further resolved, that the foregoing hourly wage rates for the respective trades or occupations listed above shall be and are hereby fixed as the minimum hourly wage rates for all employees in each trade or occupation that will be engaged in work on said Project. Be it further resolved, that the foregoing list of trades or occupations includes to the best of our knowledge, all the classifications of employees who will be engaged in work on said Project .other than executive, supervisory, administrative, clerical, or other non-manual workers as such. / further certify that the foregoing resolution is on file and of record in my office as Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Clerk of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the University of Illinois this 2lst day of July, 1938.

H. E. CUNNINGHAM

SUPPORTING D A T A ON W A G E R A T E S FOR PROJECT I I I . 1745-F UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS—STUDENT CENTER BUILDING

I, J. W . Dunn, of Champaign, Illinois, hereby certify that on November 1, 1936, and at all times since, I was, have been, and am the duly qualified and acting secretary of the Building T r a d e s Council of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and vicinity; that the following is a correct list of projects constructed in Champaign-Urbana and vicinity on which were employed the crafts which will be needed to work on Illinois 1745-F, and that the name, location of the project, the period of duration of the work, the names of the general contractors, the names of the owners, the approximate number of the craft employed, and the rates actually paid each craft are, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, correctly set forth in each case. 1. Projects and locations: Leal School, Urbana, Illinois. City Building, Champaign, Illinois. 2. Approximate dates: 1935-36. 3. Name of general contractor—William Kuhne, Rantoul, Illinois. 4. Names of owners: City of Urbana. City of Champaign. Federal funds were used on both projects. 5. 6. Approximate number of craft employed: Rates paid each craft: 100.