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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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STATE O F ILLINOIS 1 COUNTY O F C H A M P A I G N /

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I, A. J. Janata, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Secretary of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, and as such official have charge and custody of the minutes of the meetings and records of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, and as such official I further certify that the foregoing resolution attached hereto, entitled " R E S O L U T I O N authorizing the issue of Dormitory Revenue Bonds of 1956, of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois in the principal amount of $1,300,000 for the purpose of providing funds necessary to construct, complete, and equip certain revenue producing buildings for said University in the City of Champaign, Illinois, fixing the date, maturities, form, and other details of said bonds, and making covenants and provisions for the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon," is a true, correct, and exact copy of the original resolution adopted by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at its regular meeting held on the 23rd day of March, 1956. I N W I T N E S S W H E R E O F I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said University of Illinois, this day of -._ , 1956.

Secretary, Board of Trustees University of Illinois O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d b y t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . Megran, M r . Nickell, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . Bissell, M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . S t r a t t o n . REPORT OF T H E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The E x e c u t i v e Committee submitted t h e following report. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in Clark House of the Men's Residence Halls, Champaign, Illinois, on Thursday, March 15, 1956, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The following members of the Committee were present: Mr. P a r k Livingston and Mrs. Frances B. Watkins. Mr. H . B. Megran and Mr. Wayne A. Johnston, President Pro Tempore of the Board, were absent. Also present were Mrs. Doris S. Holt, Mr. W i r t Herrick, Mr. Timothy W . Swain, and Mr. Kenney E. Williamson, members of the Board of Trustees; President David D. Henry, Provost Henning Larsen, Dr. T. S. Hamilton, Associate Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station; and Messrs. H . O. Farber, Comptroller, and A. J. Janata, Secretary of the Board. The Executive Committee took up consideration of a recommendation from the Committee on Agriculture for the purchase of two tracts of farm land immediately south of University farm lands in Champaign County described as follows: N.E. Quarter, Section 31, T. 19 N., R. 9 E., one hundred sixty acres, and the west half of the S.E. Quarter, Section 30, T. 19 N., R. 9 E., eighty acres. The complete report of the Committee on Agriculture on this matter, including minutes of a meeting of the Committee held on March 15, 1956, has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the Executive Committee authorized the President of the University, the Comptroller, and such agent or agents as they may designate to act for them, to purchase these properties, or such parcels of them as they can acquire for the University. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Livingston, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Megran. The Committee adjourned. pARR LrvlNGST0N

A. J. JANATA FRANCES B. W A T K I N S

Clerk

The Executive

Committee