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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 22

ing resolution as an addendum to the resolution for the delegation of signatures approved by the Board on March 9, 1948 (Minutes, page 1042): "Resolved that the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois are authorized to delegate the signing of their names as President and Secretary respectively to vouchers to be presented to the State Auditor under the following conditions: "The President of the Board of Trustees is authorized to delegate to W . J. English and to B. W . Benedict in the Galesburg Division authority to sign his name as President of the Board of Trustees to vouchers against the State Auditor. The Secretary of the Board of Trustees is authorized to delegate to L. O. Kerwood and to Lois S. Herron in the Galesburg Division authority to sign his name as Secretary of the Board of Trustees to vouchers against the State Auditor. "And, be it further resolved that the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to honor vouchers having facsimile signatures of the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois if such facsimile signatures resemble the facsimile specimens duly certified to or filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts."

On motion of Mr. Williamson, this resolution was adopted as recommended.

APPROVAL OF ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (10) T h e Board of Directors of the Athletic Association requests approval of the following actions: 1. An appropriation of $9,000 for digging a well at the new golf course on the Kimmel Farm. The estimated distribution of this appropriation is as follows: Test holes $ 600 Pump 2 100 Drilling of well 4 500 Extension of power lines from the University Airport 1 800 $9 000 2. The award of a contract for the drilling of the well to Hayes-Sims, Champaign, at a cost of $20 a foot. This company has drilled most of the University wells and those for the City of Champaign, is in a position to proceed immediately with the work, and can obtain the necessary strainers and casings. 3. The award of a contract to John D. Bolton Company, Evanston, for repairing the concrete treads in Memorial Stadium, an area of 15,000 square feet. T h e quoted price from this firm is one dollar and five cents a square foot on the lower deck and one dollar and twenty-five cents a square foot on the upper deck. Most of the work to be done is in the upper deck. The total estimated cost is $18,500. This company has been recommended because its services are immediately available; similar work done by it in the past has withstood freezing and thawing; the company is recommended by Holabird and Root, architects for the Stadium; and because of the lack of other bids for this work. This firm is one of the few able to use the Gunnite process which is the only effective method of repair. Funds are available for this contract in the accumulated reserve for plant maintenance. Early approving action on these matters was requested because the contractors have full programs of work and any delay in the award of the contracts might postpone the work for several months. In the case of the Stadium repairs, it was desirable to have at least a part of this work done before the Interscholastic Track and Field Meet on May 15-16. After consultation with the President of the Board of Trustees, I approved assignments of funds and authorized the award of the contracts. Confirmation of this is requested. The Athletic Association has secured the following bids for the installation of three-inch cast iron pipe (previously purchased by the Association) as a part of an irrigation system for the practice gridiron east of Memorial Stadium: Fabert Construction Co., Urbana $3 848 W . L. Hall, Atwood 1 300 G. L. Tarlton Contracting Co., St. Louis 5 740