(No. 5508

The Ray Graham Rehabilitation Center, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.

Opinion filed December 17, 1968.

The Ray Graham Rehabilitation Center, Claimant, pro se.

William G. Clark, Attorney General; Etta J. Cole, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

*276Perlin, C.J.

Claimant seeks payment of $280.00 for services rendered to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation from November 21, 1966 through January 13, 1967. Both parties have stipulated that, as a result of delay in billing, payment was not made prior to the closing of the Biennium Appropriation, and that the requested sum is lawfully due the claimant.

Where a contract with the State has been (1) properly entered into; (2) services satisfactorily performed, and materials furnished in accordance with such contract; (3) proper charges made therefor; and, (4) adequate funds were available at the time the contract was entered into, this Court will enter an award for the amount due. Gilbert-Hodgman, Inc. vs. State of Illinois, 24 C.C.R. 509. It appears that all the requirements have been met in the instant case.

Claimant, Ray Graham Rehabilitation Center, is hereby awarded the sum of $280.00.