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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

the invention and the inventors have advised that they have no interest in filing for a patent. Accordingly, the Committee recommends that the rights be assigned to the sponsor, the Office of Naval Research of the United States government. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . " P A R T Y W A L L " AGREEMENT A N D ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR T H E BENEFIT OF MUSIC BUILDING, URBANA (29) T h e proposed Music Building on the Urbana-Champaign campus will be constructed on a site which abuts on its west side a commercial building, a portion of which is faced with concrete block. In order to provide the proper aesthetic effect for the Music Building, it is desirable to screen this wall from view. The most desirable procedure is to construct a brick "party wall," abutting and tied into the concrete block wall of the commercial building. The existing wall varies in distance from .5 feet to .9 feet from the Music Building site. T h e Illinois Building Authority will finance the construction of the Music Building project, and the construction of the wall is included as part of the construction work to be done by the general contractor. However, in order for the Authority to construct the wall, it is necessary for the University to acquire title to the strip of land upon which the work is to be done, and transfer jurisdiction thereof to the Authority when the remainder of the site is transferred. T h e University has been negotiating with the owners of this property who have agreed to enter into an agreement conveying the strip of land between the Music Building site and the commercial building to the University if the University will construct a brick facing and perform other improvements to that portion of the commercial building as outlined in the bid documents for the Music Building project. Accordingly, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that a Party Wall Agreement be entered into with the owners of the commercial complex as outlined above. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h e s , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d by the following vote: A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, Governor Ogilvie, M r . Page, D r . Weatherly. O n m o t i o n of M r . G r i m e s , t h e B o a r d a d j o u r n e d .

EARL W.

PORTER

TIMOTHY W.

SWAIN

Secretary

President