Illinois Code § 2

§ 2.

The Institution for Tuberculosis Research is established for the production, distribution and application of the bacillus Calmette-Guerin, (BCG) and other methods and materials for the prevention of Tuberculosis and for conducting research in tuberculosis. The professional operation and all other management and control of the Institution is vested in the University. There shall be an advisory board for the Institution which shall consist of five medical directors two of whom shall be doctors appointed by the Sanitarium and when possible be selected from the directors of the Sanitarium, two appointed by the University and one elected by the medical directors representing the Sanitarium and the University. The elected member shall serve for five years, the tenure of the University members shall be designated by the Board of Trustees of the University, the members selected by the Sanitarium shall serve for a term of five years or if they are directors of the Sanitarium during their tenure as directors on the Board of Directors of the Sanitarium. The terms of the University members and the elected member shall commence July 1 of the year of appointment. Vacancies of University members and elected member shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. All members shall serve until their successors are appointed. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. (Source: Laws 1949, p. 1204.)