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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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360 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 24 Certified copies of these bills, a s p r i n t e d below, a r e h e r e b y given to t h e Secretary of the Board for official record. This report was received for record. Senate Bill 41 A N A C T making appropriations to the University of Illinois and providing for the expenditure thereof. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION I . There is hereby appropriated to the University of Illinois from the University of Illinois Income Fund until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly the sum of Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or so much thereof as may be required for the purchase of land for an airport and landing field to be operated by the University of Illinois in connection with its educational program and for the incidental expenses incident to securing such land, minor improvements and operating expenses thereof and the preparation of plans for the further improvement of said airport and landing field. SEC. 2. T h e appropriation herein made is subject to the provisions, conditions and limitations of an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to State finance," approved June 10, 1919 as amended. SEC. 3. Whereas, in view of the increasing importance of air transportation to the State of Illinois and the Nation and the importance of providing in the State of Illinois adequate facilities for research and instruction in problems relating thereto, and Whereas it is expected that the cooperation of the United States Government in this project can be secured in t h e near future provided the necessary land can be made available, Therefore an emergency exists and this Act shall take effect upon its passage. ELMER J. SCHNACKENBERG HUGH W. CROSS Speaker of the House Approved May 8, 1943 D W I C H T H . GREEN, Governor President of the Senate Senate Bill 42 A N A C T to empower the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to apply for and receive aid from the United States Government for the acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of airports, landing fields, air markings or any equipment or aids to aerial navigation, for use in connection with the development of the educational program, whether military or civilian, of the University of Illinois. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION I . T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, hereinafter referred to as the Board, shall have power in its discretion to apply for and receive aid, in the form of money, land or equipment, from the United States for the acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of airports, landing fields or any equipment or aids to aerial navigation whatsoever, for use in connection with the development and execution of its civilian or military educational programs at the University of Illinois; and in the execution of the powers herein granted and in order to accomplish the objects herein described, the Board shall have the power to enter into contracts, leases, trust agreements, operating trust agreements, trust indentures and all other engagements whatsoever with any person, corporation, governmental agency whatsoever, including the United States, which may be necessary in the judgment of the Board or required by the United States or any agency thereof, in order to apply for and obtain such aid, or to erect, operate or maintain any such airport or air field. SEC. 2. T h e powers herein granted the Board shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for, the powers conferred by any other law, and may be exercised in conjunction with such powers granted by any other law. ELMER J. SCHNACKENBERG H U G H W. CROSS Speaker of the House Approved May 8, 1943 D W I G H T H . GREEN, Governor President of the Senate
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