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PURCHASE OF FARISH PROPERTY

The President reported that one and one-half acres of land now owned by Mrs. Gilbert W. Farish
was available for purchase and that the land could be put to good use for parking purposes for the
University Hospital. He stated, moreover, that funds were available in the Rucker Endowment Fund
for the University Hospital for the purchase of this property.

The President proposed and the Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
the President be and he is hereby authorized to purchase the property of approximately one and one-half
acres in size located on Fifteenth Street, Southwest, in Charlottesville, now owned by Mrs.
Gilbert W. Farish for an amount not to exceed $30,000 to be paid from the Rucker Endowment Fund for
the University Hospital.