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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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75-53 l e e t to a corner; thence east a distance of 424.92 feet to a corner; thence south a distance of 35.O feet to a corner; thence south 8o.°-4l' east, a distance of 1012.66 feet to a corner; thence south 0 ° - i 3 ' west, a distance of 34.52 feet to the southeast corner of said Section 13, said point being marked with a cross cut in the concrete pavement; thence south o°-54' east, a distance of 45.48 feet to a corner; thence north 8o,°-4i' west, a distance of 1013.5 feet to a corner; thence south 45°-o' west, a distance of 190.9 feet to a corner; thence west a distance of 180.59 feet to a corner; thence south 54°-05' west, a distance of 175.66 feet to a corner, said corner being in the east right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence north 6°-47' east and along the said east right-of-way line, a distance of 280.0 feet to the place of beginning, containing 3.79 acres, more or less. Tract B Situated in the State of Illinois, the County of Champaign and the City of Champaign, and being also parts of Section 18, Township 19 North, Range 9 East and Section 19, Township 19 North and Range 9 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian and being further bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 13, Township 19 North and Range 8 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian, said corner being marked with a cross cut in the concrete pavement; thence south o°-54' east, a distance of 45.48 feet to a corner, thence north 89°-26' east a distance of 1466.5 feet to a corner; thence north 0°-49' west, a distance of 58.51 feet to the northwest corner of the northeast Y\ of the northwest VA. of said Section 19, said corner being marked with a brass rod; thence north i ° - o i ' west, a distance of 21.49 feet to a corner, thence south 89°-26' west, a distance of 1466.0 feet to a corner; thence south o ° - i 3 ' west, a distance of 34.52 feet to the place of beginning, containing 2.688 acres, more or less. Tract C Situated in the State of Illinois, the County of Champaign, and the Cities of Champaign and Urbana, and being also parts of Section 18, Township 19 North, Range 9 East and Section 19, Township 19 North, Range 9 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian and being further bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the northeast %. of the northwest V\ of said Section 19, said corner being marked with a brass rod; thence south o°-49' east, a distance of 58.51 feet to a corner; thence north 89°-i4' east a distance of 1326.2 feet to a corner, said comer being in the center line of said Section 19; thence north 88°-54' east a distance of 1443.4 l e e t to a corner, thence north 89°-22' east a distance of 1218.4 feet to a corner; thence north o°-43' west a distance of 40.0 feet to a corner, said corner being the southeast corner of said Section 18 and the northeast corner of said Section 19 and being also marked with a brass plug; thence north i°-03' w-est, a distance of 40.0 feet to a corner; thence south 89°-22' west a distance of 1218.7 feet to a corner; thence south 88°-54' west a distance of 1442.9 feet to a corner, said corner being in the center line of said Section 18; thence south 89°-i4' west a distance of 1326.4 feet to a corner; thence south l ° - o i ' east, a distance of 21.49 feet to the place of beginning, containing 7.323 acres, more or less. T h e provisions of said grant of right-of-way easement and any such other documents as may be executed and delivered pursuant to this resolution to be approved by the Legal Counsel of the University and the delivery thereof to be made following the adoption by the City Council of the City of Champaign, Illinois, of an appropriate resolution vacating said above mentioned portion of the presently existing public street or highway running between First and Fourth Streets in said City of Champaign.

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

M E M B E R S H I P IN T H E A S S O C I A T E D MIDWEST UNIVERSITIES (15) T h e Argonne National Laboratory was established about eleven years ago for fundamental and applied research in the field of atomic energy, and to