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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 24

On motion of Mr. Wieland, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Jensen, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Wieland; no, none; absent, Mr. Adams, Mr. Horner, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer.

MCKINLEY HOSPITAL A D D I T I O N C O N T R A C T C H A N G E ORDER

(31) A recommendation that the Board authorize: 1. A change in the general contract for the addition to McKinley Hospital (General Contract Change Order No. 10) to include remodeling of the kitchen in the present main unit and provide adequate kitchen facilities for the new addition at a cost of $2473.54. Funds for this additional work are available in the Federal grant for this project. The Board at its meeting on September 30 (Minutes, page 557) made an appropriation of $7,800 for such of the work and the purchase of equipment as is not chargeable to Federal funds. 2. An application to the Federal Works Agency for the extension of the completion date on this project from December 21, 1939, to February 21, 1040. On motion of Mr. Wieland, these changes were authorized.

BEQUEST OF JAMES M. FOWLER

(32) The University has received from the Clerk of Clark County a copy of the will of the late James M. Fowler which includes, in a codicil, the following bequest: "SECOND: After the payment of such funeral expenses and debts, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Lucy Fowler, the possession of and the benefit derived from the home place consisting of one-hundred eighty acres (180) of land in Section Thirty-two (32) Township Twelve (12) North, Range Thirteen (13) West in Dolson Township, Clark County, Illinois, during her natural lifetime and at her death after all of her funeral expenses and just debts are paid, the above described land is to be sold and of the proceeds therefrom, Two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars be given to the 'Pleasant Hill Church' in Edgar County, and the balance thereof given to the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. To be used in the Agricultural department." This report was received for record.

BEQUEST O F MARY S. PARSONS

(33) The will of the late Mary S. Parsons (see Board Minutes, July 14, 1939, page 376, for previous report) bequeaths to the University an undivided onehalf interest in 80 acres of land in Clay County, Illinois. The other legatee, the Flora Orchard Company, has asked the Board to concur in giving an option for a lease to drill for oil on these premises, which option must be exercised on or before January 20, 1940. The lease does not give away any rights the University has under the will, and the University Counsel recommends that the Board assent to the option. The land involved is the west half of the Southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 3, Range 6 East of the Third Principal Meridian, near Flora, Illinois. The land involved is owned jointly by the Flora Orchard Company and by the Mary S. Parsons estate, each owning an undivided one-half interest. Under the terms of the will this land, or the proceeds thereof, is to be used to set up a scholarship fund at the University. The land was found by inspectors for the University last spring not to be worth very much for agricultural purposes, but there is apparently a possibility that there may be oil in the ground. On motion of Mr. Moschel, this recommendation was adopted and the Board assented to the option.

BEQUEST O F FARM LANDS FOR SCHOLARSHIP PURPOSES

At this point, Mr. Moschel, for the Committee on Agriculture, reported that he had inspected certain farm land in Champaign County which