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EXTENSION OF TIME AND WAIVER OF LIQUIDATING DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH CONTRACTS NOS.
4 to 18, BOTH INCLUSIVE, COVERING EQUIPMENT FOR THE FOREGOING PROJECT:

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works requires that
all extensions of time and waiver of liquidated damages in connection with all contracts
for P. W. A. Project No. Va. 1101-F (Hospital Addition) be authorized by this body; and

WHEREAS due to non-delivery of acceptable face brick, abnormal weather conditions
and inabiligy of the plumbing sub-contractor to secure sufficient skilled labor
to complete his work in the minimum number of days required for this work it has been
necessary to extend the time of completion of the General Contract, (Contract No. 1),
from August 1st, 1939, to and including September 15th, 1939; and

WHEREAS our contractual obligations in connection with all of these contracts
require that, if the time of completion of the building contract is extended, the time of
completion of these contracts will be extended a reasonable amount; and

WHEREAS, it is desirable to have all furniture and equipment contracts terminate
on the same say; and

WHEREAS, it is a distinct advantage to allow as much time as possible in
connection with these contracts so as to get the equipment in place after the building
is ready to receive the same; and

WHEREAS, the completion date for the contracts on the aforementioned project
have been extended as follows:

Contracts Nos. 1 to 3 from August 1, 1939 to September 15, 1939, and

Contracts Nos. 4 to 18, inclusive, from August 15, 1939 to September 23, 1939; an

WHEREAS, the University of Virginia will suffer no loss of revenue from the
project by granting extensions of time, and therefore could not collect liquidated damages;
and

WHEREAS, the substantiating data required by P.W.A. is attached herewith;

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
approve the extension of time and waiver of oiquidated damages from August 15, 1939, to,
and including September 23, 1939, or thirty-nine (39) days, on the following contracts:

                             

CONTRACT NO. 4	- with RITCHIE ELECTRIC CO., Electrical Fixtures, fans, Etc.
CONTRACT NO. 5	- with GILMORE, HAMM & SNYDER, Steel & Wood Furniture
CONTRACT NO. 6	- with THE HILL-ROM COMPANY, Wood Furniture and Equipment
CONTRACT NO. 7	- with WALTER LEARS & SONS, Hospital Beds, Mattresses, Etc.
CONTRACT NO. 8	- with COLSON-MERRIAM CO., FOOD Conveyors
CONTRACT NO. 9	- with JOHN G. KOLBE, China
CONTRACT NO. 10	- with FLOWERS SCHOOL EQUIPMENT CO., Sheets, Blankets, Etc.
CONTRACT NO. 11	- with BARKER-JENNINGS HARDWARE CORP., Utensils
CONTRACT NO. 12	- with POWERS & ANDERSON, INC., Sterilizers
CONTRACT NO. 13	- with OMOHUNDRO ELECTRIC CO., Electric Refrigerators
CONTRACT NO. 14	- with CHARLOTTESVILLE HARDWARE CO., Gas Ranges
CONTRACT NO. 15	- with THE JOHN VAN RANGE COMPANY, Kitchen Equipment
CONTRACT NO. 16	- with GILMORE, HAMM & SNYDER, Dining Room Furniture
CONTRACT NO. 17	- with MAX WOCHER & SON CO., Wheel Chairs, Stretchers, Etc.
CONTRACT NO. 18	- with GILMORE, HAMM & SNYDER, Furniture for Solariums and Roof Garden; Draperies and Shades.