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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Stratton, Mrs. Watkins.

CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY AT 1 1 0 2 WEST ILLINOIS STREET. URBANA, ILLINOIS (13) The University now owns considerable property between Green Street and Illinois Street in the 1000 block of Illinois Street which is the site for Single Men's Dormitory Unit No. 4. The University does not own the property at 1102 West Illinois Street, Urbana, Illinois. This property is owned by the George K. Linton estate and the Havana National Bank of Havana, Illinois, Trustee under the will of George K. Linton, deceased, and is in charge of the estate property. The lot is improved with an old residence designed for single family dwelling and is occupied by Miss Ruth Linton, the daughter of George K. Linton, deceased, as her residence. It is not used commercially at this time. Miss Ruth Linton is an elderly lady who is entitled, pursuant to the will of her father, to occupy the residence rent free for the term of her natural life. The real estate has a frontage of approximately 7414 feet on Illinois Street and a depth of approximately 175 feet. All of the surrounding properties are rooming houses or family dwellings converted to apartments. The University has made an offer to purchase this property based on careful and detailed appraisals thereof and it is possible that an agreeable price can be reached for the purchase of this property. It is doubtful, however, whether the Havana National Bank, as Trustee, is authorized to sell and convey the property as long as Miss Ruth Linton wishes to occupy it as her dwelling and, therefore, it may be necessary that condemnation proceedings be instituted and carried through in order to acquire full legal title to the property, unless Miss Ruth Linton voluntarily acquiesces in the sale of the property to the University. It therefore is necessary to request that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois authorize the University to resort to its right of eminent domain in order to acquire the rights of all persons entitled to the use and occupancy of the premises, and to acquire the title to this property at a fair and reasonable price. Accordingly, the Comptroller, the Director of the Physical Plant Department, and the Legal Counsel recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolution It Is Hereby Resolved, Found, and Declared by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the following described real estate, situated in the City of Urbana, County of Champaign, and State of Illinois, viz.: Beginning at a point 75 feet East of the Southwest Corner of Lot Nine (9) in Wm. M. Goodwin's Addition to Urbana, Illinois, thence East on the North line of Illinois Street 74J4 feet to the Southeast Corner of said Lot Nine ( 9 ) , thence North on the East line of said Lot Nine (9) a distance of 175 feet, thence West 7 4 ^ feet, thence South 175 feet to the place of beginning, is needed by the University of Illinois, an educational institution established and supported by the state of Illinois, as the site for a building needed and to be constructed by said University for educational purposes and to enable said University to discharge its duties to the people of said state and for public use; the funds available for the purchase of said land have been appropriated to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois; that this Board of Trustees have negotiated with the Havana National Bank, Trustee under the Will of George K. Linton, deceased, the owners 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 Ruth Linton, having the right to use and occupy said premises, has refused to surrender her rights to the University, and therefore the Havana National Bank, as Trustee aforesaid, can not deliver a good and merchantable title to said real estate to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for the purchase price offered; and