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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 18

The said easement strip shall extend 75 Feet South and 60 Feet North of the above described center line. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, the foregoing resolution was adopted. Resolution Authorizing Electric Transmission Line Easement to Mt. Carmel Public Utility Company Over the Ethel V. Higginson Property, Wabash County, Illinois Be It, and It Hereby Is, Resolved by T H E BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, a public Corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller and the Secretary of this public Corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized to execute, acknowledge, and deliver in the name and on behalf of this Corporation such instruments of conveyance, contract, or other document or documents as to them may seem necessary or desirable in order to grant to the MT. CARMEL PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Grantee," its successors and assigns, the right and easement to erect, reconstruct, operate, patrol, maintain, renew, and remove electric transmission and distribution lines, including towers, poles, anchors, and other equipment appurtenant thereto, for the transmission and distribution of electric energy through, over, and across certain lands hereinafter described and the right of ingress to and egress therefrom; the rights and easement granted to be limited to the extent that this public Corporation has the present right and capacity to grant the same. Grantee shall have the right to cut, fell, and remove trees, shrubbery, and bushes as may be required to provide necessary clearance. Grantee shall agree to pay to Grantor the sum of Thirteen Hundred Fifty-five Dollars and Twenty Cents ($1,355.20) and to repair any damage caused to property of this Corporation by the erection, reconstruction, operation, patroling, maintenance, renewing, and removing of said electric transmission and distribution lines, and to indemnify this Corporation and its representatives from liability in connection with Grantee's activities. The right-of-way easement shall remain in full force and effect from the date granted and for so long thereafter as said electric transmission and distribution lines are continued in service and have not been abandoned and discontinued. Upon termination of the easement Grantee shall peaceably surrender possession of said premises to this Corporation and full and complete title then shall remain in this Corporation free and clear of said easement and without necessity of reentry or demand. The right-of-way easement shall be over the following-described property: The Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, in Township 2 South, Range 13 West of the Second Principal Meridian, in Wabash County, Illinois. The center line of the said transmission line shall be located on or within 50 Feet of a line which extends Eastwardly from a point on the West line of the above described property which is_ 50 Feet South of the Northwest Corner thereof to a point on the East line of the said property which is 70 Feet South of the Northeast Corner thereof. The said easement strip shall extend 50 Feet Northerly and 40 Feet Southerly of the above described center line.

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

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE

(28) The University Patent Committee submits the following recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. I concur in these recommendations. The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined the disclosure documents and other background materials related to these inventions and recommends approval. 1. Vane Test for Concrete Workability — Ralph Neil Boirum, Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Civil Engineering, Urbana-Champaign, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of Office of High Speed Ground Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation.