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1954]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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the Legal Counsel, and the Acting Comptroller have reviewed this proposal and recommend its acceptance. I concur and recommend that the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents. The legal description of the right-of-way grant has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record and will be included in the necessary documents.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, this right-of-way was granted and authority was given as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stratton.

EASEMENT ON ELIZABETHTOWN EXPERIMENT FARM (12) The Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative, Inc., requests an easement to construct an electric transmission line along the roadway adjacent to the University's experiment farm at Elizabethtown. Since this will not interfere with the use of the land, the Dean of the College of Agriculture, the Acting Comptroller, and the Legal Counsel recommend that the easement be granted without the usual charge. m I concur and recommend that the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, this easement was granted and authority was given as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stratton.

PURCHASES (13) The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Acting Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid. I concur.

Item One 100 to 200 M . A . high power p o r t a b l e X-ray unit c a p a b l e of t a k i n g high quality stereoscope views of t h e head, to be used in t h e neurosurgical o p e r a t i n g room One duplex h e a r t p u m p for artificial circulation 15,301 board feet of 1* a n d 2" N o . 1 Douglas fir 5,453 board feet of 1* " C " select ponderosa pine 180 cases toilet tissue 320 cases paper towels 1,500 Brush ceramic " B " b a r i u m t i t a n a t e plates 2Me"x 2Mfl*x J4" i.ooo N o . 5687 t u b e s Department Neurology Vendor Schick X - R a y Co., Chicago Cost $3 900 00 delivered

Medicine, Surgery Physical P l a n t

Experiment Inc., R i c h m o n d , Va. T h o m p s o n L u m b e r Co., Champaign Illini C h e m i c a l Co., Champaign B r u s h Electronics Co., Cleveland, Ohio Tung-Sol Electric Co., Chicago

3 250 00 f.o.b. Richmond, Va. 3 193 3 3 f.o.b. delivered 3 249 50 f.o.b. warehouse

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Physical P l a n t

Electrical Engineering Digital Computer

Television e q u i p m e n t (synchronizing generator, power supplies, friction heads, and camera pedestal)

University Broadcasting

General Electric Co., S t . Louis, M o .

One P F - s A Synchrolite jector

6 m m . film p r o -

University Broadcasting

G e n e r a l Electric Co., S t . Louis, M o .

f.o.b. Cleveland, Ohio 3 250 00 f.o.b. factory with freight allowed 7 610 00 f.o.b. S t . Louis, Mo., and Los Angeles, Calif. 7 850 00 f.o.b. shipping point