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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 20

On motion of Mr. Swain, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Neal, Governor Ogilvie. Mr. Forsyth asked to be recorded as not voting.

CONVEYANCE OF T H E OBLONG EXPERIMENTAL FIELD

(13) The University of Illinois acquired title in 1911 to 19.88 acres to establish the Oblong Experimental Field. Various citizens residing in and near the town of Oblong contributed funds to induce the University of Illinois to establish this experimental field. The deed of conveyance provided that if the University of Illinois did not desire to keep and use the premises as an experimental field, a designated Trustee was to sell the property and distribute the proceeds from such sale to the heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns of each subscriber in the proportion of the original contribution. In the opinion of the University Counsel, this provision has been rendered inoperative by the Reverter Act and the University of Illinois holds fee simple title to the property. In 1970, the Agronomy Department of the University discontinued the operation of the Oblong Experimental Field, and its operation was taken over by the Oblong Township High School in cooperation with the Crawford County Agricultural Extension Council. After consultation with members of the Board of Trustees, authority was sought from the Illinois General Assembly to convey title to the Board of Education of Oblong Community Unit School District No. 4. Legislation granting that authority has now become law. Attached is a resolution which authorizes the transfer of title. The Vice President for Financial Affairs recommends approval. I concur. Resolution WHEREAS by an act of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled, "AN ACT to authorize the conveyance of certain real property located in Crawford County, Illinois, by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to Oblong Community Unit School District No. 4 in Crawford and Jasper Counties, Illinois" (H.B. 3544, approved August IS, 1972), The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is authorized to convey and quit claim all right, title, and interest in and to the real property hereinafter described and located in Crawford County, Illinois, to the Board of Education of Oblong Community Unit School District No. 4 in Crawford and Jasper Counties, Illinois, for school use. Now, Therefore, Be It, and It Hereby Is, Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller and Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to execute, acknowledge, and deliver, in the name and in behalf of, this public corporation, and under its corporate seal, a Quit Claim Deed and such other documents in connection herewith as said Comptroller and Secretary may deem necessary or desirable in order to convey to the Board of Education of Oblong Community Unit School District No. 4 in Crawford and Jasper Counties, Illinois, title to the real property described as follows, viz : Twenty acres off the south side of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section One (1), in Township Six (6) North, Range Fourteen (14) West of the Second Principal Meridian, situated in the County of Crawford, and State of Illinois, subject to existing road rightof-way and easements.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, the foregoing resolution was adopted.

LEASE OF SPACE IN MC CORM1CK PLACE FOR CERTIFIED PUBLIC A C C O U N T A N T EXAMINATIONS

(14) Under the Illinois Public Accounting Act, the University of Illinois is responsible for determining the time and place for examinations to be held at least twice a year for the purpose of determining the qualifications of persons applying for certificates as Certified Public Accountants. The statute also pro-