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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 15

Section 3. T h e Department agrees to fully equip and maintain a Neuropsychiatric Institute on the Chicago Campus of the University for teaching and research in the field of nervous, mental, and behavioral disorders. This Institute shall replace the existing Psychiatric Institute and shall be composed of two divisions: a Division of Psychiatry under the direction of the Department of Psychiatry of the University; and a Division of Neurology and Neurological Surgery under the direction of the Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery of the University. ( a ) It is agreed that in the operation of the psychiatric division the University shall provide, as a minimum, a Professor of Psychiatry, who shall act as the Director of the division, and such other scientific staff as may be agreed upon by the Department and the University, together with a secretary and three residents, and pay their salaries. It is agreed that in the activities of the psychiatric division of the Institute cooperation of other medical schools in Chicago, in addition to that of the University, will be sought. ( b ) In the operation of the Division of Neurology and Neurological Surgery of this Institute it is agreed that appointment and compensation of the medical and scientific staff shall devolve entirely on the University. ( c ) Patients for admission to the Neuropsychiatry Institute shall be selected by the University from any available source, including, with the approval of the Department, patients committed to State Hospitals under the control of the Department. T h e Department, on request of the Director of the psychiatric division of the Institute, shall arrange for transfer of patients in both directions between the Institute and the State Hospitals. ( d ) T h e Department shall provide funds and reimburse the University therefrom for physical plant maintenance and operation of the building of the Neuropsychiatric Institute and for the maintenance of patients and resident and nursing personnel. T h e Department shall provide for all laboratory and scientific equipment and supplies, including physiotherapy apparatus, record files, and other necessary apparatus. Section 4. T h e University shall supply the following services for the Neuropsychiatric Institute and also the Institute for Juvenile Research for which it shall be reimbursed by the Department in accordance with procedures for accounting and billing to be mutually agreed upon: ( a ) Physical Plant services for operation, maintenance, and ordinary remodeling of buildings and equipment, including: Utilities: electricity, gas, water, steam, and telephones; Building service: janitor service; elevator service, window washing, and building maintenance; Equipment: equipment for operation and maintenance, equipment for research or patient service, installation of such equipment, repairs of equipment as requisitioned by the Department; Building changes and remodeling as requisitioned by the Department; and (b) Patient service, including: food service, laundry, drugs, and medicines. Section 5. T h e building of the Institute for Juvenile Research shall be provided by the Department. T h e Department shall provide funds and reimburse the University therefrom for physical plant operation and maintenance of this building. T h e Institute shall be operated jointly by the Department and the University. T h e entire personnel shall be appointed by agreement of the Department and the University. T h e Superintendent shall be appointed by the Department on the nomination of the University, and the Department agrees to remove him forthwith on the written request of the University. ARTICLE IV

CONTROL OF BUILDINGS ERECTED BY T H E UNIVERSITY AND T H E DEPARTMENT

Maintenance and Supplies Section 1. T h e buildings erected, or hereafter erected, by the University with state appropriations made to it, or with funds available from any source for such purposes, and designated for the use of the Colleges of Medicine,