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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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to proceed accordingly, to institute and prosecute an eminent domain proceeding in the name of The 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 Mrs. Holt, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.

Resolution / / 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 Champaign, County of Champaign and the State of Illinois, viz.: The East 50 feet of the South 120 feet of the Southwest Quarter ( S W J 4 ) of Block Twelve (12) of J. S. Wright's Addition to Champaign, is needed by the University of Illinois, an educational institution established and supported by the State of Illinois, as the site of 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; that 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 has negotiated with Cyrus W. Vaughn, Jr., and Maxine M. Vaughn, the owners of said land and with their duly authorized representatives 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 they have refused to sell and convey the land to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for such price and continue 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 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the compensation to be paid by it for said land can not be agreed upon between this Board of Trustees and said Cyrus W. Vaughn, Jr. and Maxine M. Vaughn and they and it are unable to agree upon the purchase price to be paid them for the sale and conveyance by them thereof to said The 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 Cyrus W. Vaughn, Jr. and Maxine M. Vaughn as the owners thereof therefor can not be agreed upon between them and this Board of Trustees, it is necessary for The 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 the said Cyrus W. Vaughn, Jr. and Maxine M. Vaughn and any and all other persons who may have any right, title or interest in and to said land therefor 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 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and to have the compensation 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 The 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 Mrs. Holt, this resolution was adopted by the follow-