The Legal Question

It is au iniiM-estiug questiou la legal circles as to wheth.r the legislature eau compel the regenta to reniuve tin school of homeopathy to Detroit in aecordaiKv with the provisión of tbs i-ecently passed law provided the, refuae to accept the $20.000 to i ttec) the renioval. The quesfion nrisos ii lliis way. The board of regents is a constitutional body is weil as tlu legislatura and it is believed eqil.'.I in authority in the particular fiel '. o ■■: whlch it.s powers extend. One cf th clauses ii' the constitutioa i tliat tht board of regt'iits slnill have the general supervisión of the Universlty anc the directton and control of all i x pindittu-es from the Univi'-rsiiy iuter est fuiwl. There is no questtOD tha while their disposition of the Incomc from the endowm, nt fnnd is Baal they musl nh y the din ctions of tilt legislature as to the expenditure o) ispeciaJ appropriatious raissd by tin tax levy. The legaJ proposition is would the regents, leaving out all con siderations of policy. have a righi m continue the homeopathie departmien at Aim Arbor in case they refused 1 accept the $25.000 specially appropri ated by Hu' legislature to th removal ? Tiüs constltutional aspect of th (inestion was fully argued b Core ; ernor Rlch, Imt he cidi ó in approv the measure and leave the questton of validity contingent upon the fntnn act ion of the regents.