University of Virginia Library

CONTRACTS WITH U. S. ARMY FOR THE USE OF BUILDINGS FOR SCHOOL OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT.

The President explained to the Rector and Visitors that he had offered certain space
in the Clark Memorial Law Building, Monroe Hall, the Alderman Library, Thornton Hall, and the
Naval R.O.T.C. Building, when completed, to the United States Army, for the purpose of housing
its newly organized school of Military Government.

After discussion, the following Resolution was unanimously 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 directed
to sign a lease with the United States of America acting through the War Department,
for the above space, at the rate of $1.00 per year, for the duration of the war and
six months thereafter.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the President be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to enter into a lease with the United States of America for the rental of
Varsity Hall, at the rate of $100 per month, from April 1, 1942 for the duration of
the war and six months thereafter, and

The Secretary of the Board is hereby authorized and directed to attach
the seal, attest the same, and to certify that this was done by the Board and was
within its corporate powers.

The meeting then adjourned.

R. Gray Williams
RECTOR
E. I. Carruthersa
SECRETARY