Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944 [PAGE 950]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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release of this land will not interfere with the experimental work of the Department of Agronomy which uses the field, and will, in fact, be an improvement. Since the field was given to the University on a condition subsequent (namely, that it be used for experimental purposes) which may divest the University of the title, there has been written into the dedication instrument a statement that this land is being dedicated "subject and without prejudice to the terms and condition of the deed of warranty, Document 11090, recorded in Book 76 of Deeds at page 285, in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Crawford County, Illinois." T h e Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station recommends the dedication of this right-of-way. I concur and recommend that the President and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the dedication instrument. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , t h e e x e c u t i o n of t h i s d e d i c a t i o n w a s authorized as recommended. EASEMENT FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE ON SOUTH CARTER-PENNELL FARM AT RANKIN (6) Professor J. B. Andrews, who is in charge of the Carter-Pennell farms, requests approval of an easement for right-of-way for electrical service on the South Farm at Rankin, Illinois, to the Eastern Illinois Power Cooperative. This would involve the cutting of four trees. Professor Andrews states that these trees are on the highway outside the fence and would interfere with any line built along the highway for servicing the farm. The Comptroller requests authority to execute this easement with the Secretary of the Board. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , t h e e x e c u t i o n of t h i s e a s e m e n t w a s a u t h o r ized a s r e c o m m e n d e d . A t t h i s p o i n t , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , b e i n g called f r o m t h e r o o m , a s k e d M r . Davis to take the chair. HOWARD BEQUEST (7) As reported to the Board on August 31, 1943 (Minutes, page 511), the University shared equally with the Young Men's Christian Association of Champaign, Illinois, the residuary estate of the late Dr. Charles P . Howard. Included in this estate is a note in the amount of $4,000 of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Inc. of Miami, Florida, secured by an unrecorded mortgage. Officers of the Church have presented evidence in the form of a written statement by Dr. Howard dated a few weeks before his death, indicating that, on his death, the principal of this note was to be cancelled if interest had been fully paid. T h e Church has requested that, in view of these facts, the residuary legatees agree to the cancellation of this note. The Board of Directors of the Y.M.C.A. has taken action indicating that it would join with the University of Illinois Board of Trustees in acceding to this request. T h e Comptroller recommends approval of this request, and I concur. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d t h e S e c r e t a r y w e r e a u t h o r i z e d to execute a n i n s t r u m e n t indicating consent to the cancell a t i o n of t h i s n o t e . BARN ON WRIGHT FARM (8) On February 24, 1944 (Minutes, page 873), the Board authorized a contract with B. J. Nelson for a barn on Wright F a r m No. 4 on a cost basis estimated at $6,000 plus a fixed fee of $600. When the specifications were reviewed with Mr. Nelson, however, the latter placed an estimate of $9,000 on the work and asked for a fee of $900 plus $250 for transportation of materials. Since this cost was materially higher than was felt justified, no contract was concluded and further investigations were made. Another contractor, L. B. Hanna of Walnut, Illinois, was found, who offered to undertake the construction work for the flat sum of $2,000 provided