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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 19

of eminent domain conferred upon it by law and to have the compensation to be paid by it to the owners thereof and any and all other persons who may have any right, title or interest in and to said land determined in the manner provided by law tor the exercise of said right and power of eminent domain; and Be It, and It Is Hereby Further Resolved by this Board of Trustees of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the necessary and appropriate action be taken for the acquisition of title to said property by said T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and to have the compensation to be paid therefor determined by the institution and prosecution to completion of a proceeding in eminent domain in a court of competent jurisdiction and that the Legal Counsel of the University be, and he is hereby, authorized to proceed accordingly, to institute and prosecute an eminent domain proceeding in the name and on behalf of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for the acquisition of said land and the determination of the compensation to be paid by it therefor, and to employ such special legal counsel, appraisers, and others as he may deem necessary or desirable to assist him in the institution and prosecution of said proceeding.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, the foregoing resolution was authorized by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Dilliard, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Kerner, Mr. Page.

ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AT 1 103'/i WEST SPRINGFIELD AVENUE. URBAN A. ILLINOIS (5) University representatives have been negotiating for the purchase of the property at 1103V£ West Springfield Avenue, Urbana, a lot 30 feet by 132 feet (3,960 square feet) improved with a two-story and basement frame dwelling. T h e land is needed as part of the site for construction of the next unit of the Coordinated Sciences Laboratory. T h e owners were advised that a recommendation would be made to the Board of Trustees for the purchase of the property at a price of $17,500, based on University appraisals, but the offer is not acceptable and the asking price remains substantially in excess of the highest University appraisal. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the Board of Trustees authorize condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the property. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University for 1961-63 from the Universities Building Fund and have been released. I concur and recommend adoption of the following resolution: Resolution Authorizing C o n d e m n a t i o n of P r o p e r t y at 11031/J W e s t Springfield Avenue, Urbana, Illinois Be It, and It Is Hereby Resolved, Found, and Declared by this Board of Trustees of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic and a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the followingdescribed real estate situated in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois, to-wit: The East Thirty (30) Feet of the West One-half (Vi) of Lot Five (5) in Block Five (S) in the Urbana Railroad Company's Addition to the City of Urbana, situated in the City of Urbana, in the County of Champaign, and State of Illinois: is needed by the University of Illinois, an educational institution established and supported by the State of Illinois, for use as part of the site for construction of the next unit of the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and for related educational purposes conducted and to be conducted by said University of Illinois and for the further expansion of the educational facilities of said University of Illinois and to enable said University of Illinois to discharge its duty to the people of said State and for public use, that funds hare been appropriated by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois for the purchase of said land for said educational purposes; that this Board of Trustees has negotiated with the owners of said land through their duly authorized representatives for the purchase of said land at a price which