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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 17

sembly of t h e State of Illinois; that this Board of Trustees has negotiated with William R. Hunsicker, the owner of said land for the purchase of said land at a price which this Board of Trustees considers fair and reasonable and which it finds constitutes the present market value of said land, but he has refused to sell and convey the land to T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for such price and continues to refuse to sell and convey the same to it except for a consideration and price which this Board of Trustees deems excessive and exorbitant and is unwilling, and has refused to pay therefor; and It is further hereby resolved, found and declared by said T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the compensation to be paid by it for said land cannot be agreed upon between this Board of Trustees and said William R. Hunsicker and he and it are unable to agree upon the purchase price to be paid him for the sale and conveyance by him thereof to said T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois; and It is further hereby resolved, found and declared by this Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that, because of said need of said University for said land for said purposes and because the compensation to be paid the said William R. Hunsicker as the owner thereof therefore can not be agreed upon between him and this Board of Trustees, it is necessary for T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to take said land and acquire title thereto through the exercise by it of the right of eminent domain conferred upon it by law and to have the compensation to be paid by it to said William R. Hunsicker and any and all other persons who may have any right, title or interest in and to said land therefore determined in the manner provided by law for the exercise of said right of eminent domain; and It is further hereby resolved by this Board of Trustees 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 com.pensation 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 said University be, and he is hereby authorized to proceed accordingly, to institute and prosecute an eminent domain proceeding in the name of T h e 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 and others as he may deem necessary or desirable to assist him in the institution and prosecution of said proceeding.

On motion of Mr. Swain, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.

CONDEMNATION O F PROPERTIES AT 1 0 1 3 A N D 1 101 WEST GREEN STREET A N D 1 1 0 4 WEST ILLINOIS STREET. URBANA, ILLINOIS (14) T h e University now owns property in the 1000 block and 1100 block on West Green Street and the 1000 block and 1100 block on West Illinois Street in Urbana, Illinois. Mrs. Lena At. Thompson owns four parcels of real estate; two of which front Green Street, one fronts on Illinois Street, and the fourth is an irregular shaped parcel in the center of the block, having no street frontage but joining the other three parcels. T h e street addresses of the three parcels on Green Street and Illinois Street are 1013 and 1101 West Green Street and 1104 West Illinois Street. These parcels of real estate, together with other lots in the block bounded on the north by Green Street and the south by Illinois Street, are needed by the University as a site for the contemplated Single Men's Dormitories, Unit No. 4. The property at 1013 West Green Street is occupied by Mrs. Thompson as her personal residence and is used as a rooming house, housing five students in addition to Mrs. Thompson's own apartment. T h e building at 1101 West Green Street is presently used as a rooming house in which ten graduate women students reside. T h e large frame residence converted to an apartment building at 1104 West Green Street is rented by Mrs. Thompson to tenants, who in turn