Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

778 SECOND NOVEMiBER MEETING, 1938

The following resolutions were adopted (No. 1714F):
FORM OF RESOLUTION ON CONDEMNATION
WHEREAS, The Regents of the University of Michigan, a Constitutional Corporation, of the State of Michigan, desires to secure for the necessary use of the
University of Michigan, land adjacent to land now owned by The Regents of the
University of Michigan, and particularly as a site for buildings, structures and
grounds for the erection of a dormitory for the housing of students of the University of Michigan, which in the judgment of this Board is and should be an
integral part of a broad program of education, and the said corporation does not
hold title to sufficient real estate for such purpose and the following described parcels of real estate situated and being in the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County,
State of Michigan, have been selected by The Regents of the University of Michigan as a necessary portion of the most available sites for such purpose:
PARCEL 1
The east eight rods of the west nine rods of lot number three, block two in
Ransom S. Smith's Second Addition to the City of Ann Arbor, according to the
recorded plat thereof.
PARCEL 2
The east eight rods of the west nine rods of lot number four of block number two
of R. S. Smith's Second Addition to the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County,
State of Michigan, according to the recorded plat thereof.
PARCEL 3
The west three rods of the east eight rods of lot one, block two Ransom S.
Smith's Second Addition to the City of Ann Arbor, according to the recorded plat
thereof.
PARCEL 4
The east seven rods of lot number two in block number two R. S. Smith's
Second Addition to the City of Ann Arbor in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
PARCEL 5
The north half of the east seven rods of lot three, block two of R. S. Smith's
Second Addition to the City of Ann Arbor, according to the recorded plat thereof.
PARCEL 6
Beginning at the northeast corner of lot number four in block two of R. S.
Smith's Second Addition to the City of Ann Arbor; thence west along the north
line of said lot four a distance of seven rods; thence south on a line parallel with
the east line of said lot four, fifty feet; thence east on a line parallel with the
north line of said lot four a distance of seven rods to the east line of said lot
four; thence along the east line of said lot four north to the place of beginning,
being the north fifty feet of the east seven rods of lot four, block two of R. S.
Smith's Second Addition to the City of Ann Arbor. And
WHEREAS, Said corporation now owns lands immediately adjoining the above
described land, and
WHEREAS, Said corporation has endeavored to purchase said above described
land from the owners thereof and is unable to do so at a price which is commensurate with its value.
Now therefore, be it Resolved, That the taking of the above described land
and property be and is hereby declared necessary for the public use of said
University and of The Regents of the University of Michigan, and that the
Attorney General of the State of Michigan be requested to institute legal proceedings by law to condemn said property and that the Vice-President and Secretary of The Regents of the University of Michigan be authorized and directed
to sign and verify in behalf of The Regents of the University of Michigan a
petition for the condemnation of such property and all other papers necessary or
proper for the conduct of such condemnation proceedings.
The following resolution was adopted (No. 1714F):
WHEREAS, The Regents of the University of Michigan, a Constitutional
Corporation, of the State of Michigan, desires to secure for the necessary use of
the University of Michigan, land adjacent to land now owned by The Regents
of the University of Michigan, and particularly as a site for buildings, structures
and grounds for the erection of a dormitory for the housing of students of the
University of Michigan, which in the judgment of this Board is and should be
an integral part of a broad program of education, and the said corporation does