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HIGHWAY EASEMENT FOR BY-PASS

The President reminded the Board of the strong support the University had given to the Virginia
Department of Highways in obtaining the construction of a section of the by-pass which would connect
U. S. 250 West with U. S. 29 South and thus sharply reduce the amount of heavy traffic now flowing
through the University on Emmet Street on present U. S. 29 (Minutes, Board of Visitors, University
of Virginia, No. 12, 10 December 1960, pp. 245-246). The Department of Highways had requested of
the University the grant of some land to the south of Piedmont which was necessary for the construction
of an interchange to connect the by-pass with the existing U. S. 29 South. The land
needed, amounting to 2.68 acres, was land owned by the University prior to 1900 and therefore, by
statute, could not be transferred to ownership of the Department of Highways without the approval
of the General Assembly. Special Counsel, Mr. C. Venable Minor, had advised the President, however,
that an easement could be granted which would serve the present purposes and thus not delay action
on this project until the next regular meeting of the General Assembly in 1964. The proposal had
been presented to the Buildings and Grounds Committee at its meeting on the preceding day, 7
December 1962, and that Committee had unanimously recommended that the easement be granted and that
the President be authorized subsequently, if necessary, to seek approval of the transfer of title
of the land from the General Assembly if that were needed

After discussion, the following resolution was adopted

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 and empowered to execute, in the name and on behalf
of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, such grants of easement of right of way
over lands of the University of Virginia necessary to enable the Commonwealth of Virginia to
construct a by-pass from Route 250 West to Route 29 South,

RESOLVED, further, that if necessary in the discretion of the President, and subject to the
approval of the General Assembly of such conveyance, the President be, and he is hereby authorized
and empowered to execute a deed to the Commonwealth of Virginia conveying the fee simple title to
such lands of the University of Virginia as may be required to enable the Commonwealth of Virginia
to construct such by-pass,

RESOLVED, further, that the Secretary be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to affix
the corporate seal of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia to any such grant
of easement or deed, and to attest the same