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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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$6,875. Those services included, among others, a careful examination of the entire record in the case, the briefs filed in the trial court, the appeal papers, and the abstract of record and briefs filed in the Supreme Court by the plaintiffs; conferences with the University Legal Counsel and with Professors Russell N. Sullivan and Rubin G. Cohn who had assisted the Legal Counsel in the trial court; the preparation and filing of additional appeal papers, of an additional abstract of record, and of the University's brief in the Supreme Court; and the oral argument of the case in the Supreme Court. The case presented several issues of great importance to the University; the decision of the Supreme Court in it is very gratifying and will prove very helpful and beneficial to the University in numerous respects; and the charge made by Mr. Jenner's firm for his and Mr. Marshall's services in the case is proper and reasonable having due regard to the importance of the case, the results obtained, and the time and work they were required to devote to it. It, in fact, constitutes appreciably less than is usually charged by their firm for services which consume as much time and are of comparable difficulty and importance. Accordingly, the Legal Counsel and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that an appropriation of $6,875 be made to the Legal Counsel's office from the General Reserve Fund and that they be authorized to pay for the services of Mr. Jenner and Mr. Marshall in this case with and from the same. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, payment for these services was authorized, as recommended, and the appropriation requested was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr, Herrick, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Swain.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (20) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds from the General Reserve for the following purposes: 1. Department of City Planning and Architecture, equipment $ 4 500 00 2. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, improvements and redecorating in Lincoln Hall Theatre 7 575 00 3. College of Education, expenses of the Allerton House Conference on Education 4 800 CO 4. Department of Civil Engineering, alterations in Talbot Laboratory and Civil Engineering Hall to provide additional office space and purchase of equipment 30 000 00 5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, re-equipment of rooms in Mechanical Engineering Building for use as classrooms and drafting rooms 3 095 20 6. Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, alterations in Talbot Laboratory 5 145 00 7. College of Physical Education, purchase of bus for physically handicapped students 12 378 00 8. Department of Psychology, partitioning of rooms on the fourth floor of Gregory Hall 9 660 00 9. Establishment of a new Safety Division; office equipment and library 5 000 00 10. Remodeling and minor additions at Champaign-Urbana 200 000 00 Relocation of Stenographic Bureau Relocation of University Press Remodeling in the Administration Building Relocation of offices for the College of Commerce and Business Administration Relocation of art studios in the Law Building basement Relocation of Visual Aids from Mini Hall-Arcade Building to the Bevier Hall basement Relocation of Elementary Laboratory School, now in the Parade Ground Units