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NAVAL V-12 UNIT: CONTRACT FOR APPROVED:

The President explained to the Board that he had a letter of Intent from the United
States Navy requiring the use of the University's property and teaching services for the operation
of a Naval V-12 Unit. It was thereupon

RESOLVED, by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia that J. L. Newcomb, President, be and he is hereby authorized and directed
to sign a contract or contracts between the United States of America and the University
of Virginia, for the training of a Naval V-12 Unit at the University of Virginia, beginning
July 1, 1943, and

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that E. I. Carruthers, Secretary of this Board, be and he
is hereby authorized and directed to attest the signature, affix the seal, and certify
that this resolution was passed by authority of the Governing Body of the University,
and is within the scope of its corporate powers.