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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[April 10

I earnestly request that our suggestions be given your very serious consideration, and assure you that we desire to assist you in future plans as well as carry on our own particular functions. Sincerely yours,

FRANK G. THOMPSON, Director

Chairman, Board of Natural Resources and Conservation "RESOLUTION

CONCERNING RESERVATION OF ADDITIONAL LAND BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOR U S E OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEYS

Whereas space now available to the Geological Survey and the Natural History Survey on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana is inadequate both for present plans and normal future needs, and Whereas the needs of these Surveys for expansion will be a continuing and increasingly important matter for which plans must be developed with foresight, and Whereas there seems but one direction in which space expansion logically can be developed, Therefore, the Board of Natural Resources and Conservation of the State of Illinois respectfully requests the University of Illinois to reserve the following area for the expansion of the Geological and Natural History Surveys on the University of Illinois campus, Champaign, Illinois: That area adjacent to and west of the presently allotted Natural Resources Building area, bounded on the east by Sixth Street, the south by Pennsylvania Avenue, the west by Fourth Street and the north by Stadium Drive. Approved in Quarterly Meeting February 24, 1948.

F R A N K G. THOMPSON, Chairman LEWIS H. TIFFANY, Secretary"

The State Natural History Survey, the State Water Survey, and the State Geological Survey are divisions of the State Department of Registration and Education. A State Board of Natural Resources and Conservation administers the research, investigational, and other scientific programs of the surveys including the selection and appointment of the scientific staff. The President of the University, or his representative, is by law a member of the Board. I did not sign the resolution because: ( 1 ) as President of the University and as the executive agent of its Board of Trustees, I shall doubtless be asked by the Board of Trustees for a recommendation and therefore I should not commit myself in advance by signing the resolution as a member of the Board of Natural Resources and Conservation; and (2) the proposed plan for the general development of the communities of Champaign and Urbana and the University may conceivably affect the University's campus planning and assignments of areas. In the meantime, the resolution has been referred to the University's Building Program Committee for its consideration and advice to the President.

This report was received for record.

EASEMENT F O R C O N S T R U C T I O N O F P O W E R LINE ON ALLERTON FARMS (6) T h e Illinois Power Company has requested an easement to build a power line along the north edge of the University of Illinois property in Section 14, Monticello Township. The Dean of the College of Agriculture reports that the granting of this easement will not affect the operation of the farms. The Dean of the College of Agriculture and the Comptroller recommend that the easement be granted to the Illinois Power Company. I concur and recommend the adoption of the attached resolution. O n m o t i o n of M r . Williamson, t h e following resolution w a s adopted as recommended. Whereas, T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is the owner of that part of the West One-half ( W ; 4 ) of the Southwest Quarter ( S W J 4 )