Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - UI Charter of Freedom (1942) [PAGE 12]

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11 16. The relator Johnson was duly designated University Counsel and his indefinite tenure as Professor of Law reaffirmed under a contract with the Board for the academic year which began September 1, 1941 and ended August 31,1942, under the title of Professor of Law and University Counsel, without any division or apportionment of compensation between the duties of Professor of Law and those accruing under the title of University Counsel; that during the academic year 1941-42 the Business Office of the University, in accordance with procedures established by itself, has certified payroll vouchers covering the position held by this relator to the Auditor of Public Accounts under the following description: Sveinbjorn Johnson, Professor and Counsel, $723.75; of the monthly salary of said relator, $26.25 is certified on the payroll voucher to be paid to the University Retirement System of Illinois for the benefit of said relator when he retires from active service (Pet., pp. 11-12) ; 17. That no incumbent of the office of Attorney General prior to the assumption of the duties thereof by respondent Barrett, as far as the records of the Board show, and certainly not during the period since 1926 and prior to January 1, 1941, ever made an issue concerning the legal power of the Board to utilize the special training of staff members, or the legal training of a Professor of Law in the manner alleged in tlu petition, under the title of Professor of Law and Legal Counsel or University Counsel; that predecessors of the respondent Barrett in the oflice of Attorney General have recognized and accepted this praetice of the I >ard, and hav- on request and as a courtesy, given legal advice to the University and assisted it