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1964]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

1043

The Vice-President and Comptroller, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Legal Counsel recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents for these purposes, and that the following resolution be adopted. I concur. Resolution WHEREAS the Illinois Building Authority, a body corporate and politic of the State of Illinois created by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, is empowered to acquire by purchase or otherwise, construct, complete, remodel, maintain, and equip any and all buildings and other facilities as the General Assembly by law declares to be in the public interest; and WHEREAS in accordance with the Illinois Building Authority Act the Seventythird General Assembly of the State of Illinois has declared the following University of Illinois projects to be in the public interest: Construction of Civil Engineering Building, Urbana-Champaign, Acquisition of land for building sites, Urbana-Champaign, Plans and planning to complete architectural studies, Congress Circle, Chicago, Equipment for University of Illinois buildings constructed from Universities Building Fund, Construction of Veterinary Medicine Clinic and Hospital Building, UrbanaChampaign, and WHEREAS T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic of the State of Illinois, will be requested by the Illinois Building Authority to enter into leases, transfer jurisdiction of real estate, and take other actions to carry out and complete the above projects in accordance with the Illinois Building Authority Act; Now, Therefore, be it and it is hereby resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois as follows: Section 1. That the Illinois Building Authority be and it hereby is requested to provide the foregoing projects and facilities for and on behalf of the University of Illinois. Section 2. That the Comptroller and Secretary of this Board of Trustees be, and they hereby are, authorized to execute, acknowledge, and deliver in the name and on behalf of this corporation such instruments of conveyance, lease, contract, or other document or documents as are necessary or appropriate in order to provide for the carrying out of the foregoing projects and facilities by the Illinois Building Authority. Section 3. That during any period in which this Board of Trustees is not in session, its Executive Committee be empowered to act for the entire Board and on its behalf involving any action between this Board and the Illinois Building Authority concerning real estate related to the foregoing projects and facilities.

On motion of Mr. Swain, authority was given as recommended, and the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Dilliard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kerner.

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY FOR ADDITION TO WATER RESOURCES BUILDING (22) Section 62 of Chapter 127 of the Illinois Revised Statutes provides that the functions and duties formerly exercised by the State Water Survey are vested in the Department of Registration and Education and shall continue to be exercised at the University of Illinois in buildings provided by the Trustees. In 1963 the General Assembly declared it to be in the public interest that the Illinois Building Authority construct an Addition to the Water Survey Building in Champaign on behalf of the Department of Registration and Education. Section 4 of the Illinois Building Authority Act, as amended, provides: "Any department, board, commission, agency, or other officer of this State or the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees