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12 when requested by the Board, in and out of the courts of this Slate, as well as in the Federal courts I Pet., pp. 37-41); 18. That since 1867, the date when the University was chartered, it has acted through various legal counsel of its own selection, who were paid out oi the general funds of the University appropriated to it by the General Assembly of Illinois with knowledge of this practice, in that official reports of such disbursements were made to the Governor of Illinois and delivered to each member of the General Assembly during its session; the names of the cas 3 in which the University has appeared here by its own counsel appear in the petition by name and citation as v 1 1 as the names of its counsel in each case Pet., pp 41, 42), including one case in which the Attorney General appeared against the University (Pet.. } ' ; 19. That not only has the University apj ired through its own counsel as aforesaid, but since 190(5, the date of the creation by the Board of the position of Professor of Law and Legal Counsel, changed in 1931 to Professor of Law and University Counsel, tin salary for said position by such title hi i appeared annually in the Internal budget of the Board reported to the Governor, copies of which official report are delivered to each member of the General AdSsembh during the legislative session, and appropriation l>\ the General Assembly for the ensuing biennium ar based and were made upon these budget and official

reports, the last instance being 1041 (Pet., pi

That cial action of the Board, assumed to act and app< for the University in a case in the Circuit Court Cook County and sought to have the answer tiled Baid cause by relator Johnson and the appearance ir >f in of