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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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CHAPTER II LAND I. I N 1867 Early in the legislative session of 1867 the General Assembly of Illinois passed an act in relation to the location of the Illinois Industrial University, a part of which act was as. follows: "WHEREAS, Each portion of the state is alike interested in the proper location of said University, and it is desirable to enable the public spirit of each community or section to fully compete for such location; therefore "Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That any county,, city, township, or incorporated town of said state, may, by taxation, as well as by voluntary subscription of its citizens, raise a fund to secure the location of said University at any point whatever; and any other corporation in this state may make bids and subscriptions for the purpose of securing said location at any point whatever. 1 This act was approved January 25, 1867. "Within a month the contest for the location of the University, which had narrowed to four counties,—Champaign, Logan, McLean and Morgan—was decided in favor of Champaign county; and on the 28th of Febuary an act was approved authorizing the appointment of a board of trustees and the permanent location of the University in that county so soon as the terms of the offer made to the state should be fulfilled. Section 12 of this act was as follows: " I t shall be the duty of the board of trustees to permanently locate said University at Urbana in Champaign County, Illinois, whenever the county of Champaign shall, according to the proper forms of law, convey or cause to be conveyed to said trustees, in fee simple, and free from all incumbrances,, the Urbana and Champaign Institute buildings, grounds, and *Laws of Illinois, 1867, p. 122 41
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