The Site Deed Drawn

THE SITE DEED DRAWN

THE CONDITIONS THE CITY PUT IN DEED TO REGENTS

By which the hospital is to be retained here and free beds given to the city.

The deed of the trustee of the city of Ann Arbor to the board of regents of the university contains the following provision:

Provided, however, and this grant and conveyance is made and delivered upon this express condition, that the said board of regents, its successors in office, shall and will at all times use, occupy and devote the said lands and every part thereof to the perpetual use of the University of Michigan, and to and for no other use or purpose whatsoever, and that the said board of regents will presently construct, build and equip, or cause to be constructed, built and equipped and forever maintained upon the lands aforesaid or upon some other site, lands or location within the corporate limits of the city of Ann Arbor to be by them procured in connection with the medical department of the University of Michigan a hospital to be devoted to the care, treatment and cure of the sick and injured, and to instruction in medical and surgical knowledge and skill, that in case of default in or breach this condition, the said lands, tenements and premises and every part and parcel thereof, and the fee simple title thereto, shall revert, return and again become the property, lands, tenements and premises of the said party of the first part, as such trustee, and his successors in office, for the sole use and benefit of the inhabitants of the city of Ann Arbor.

And the said party of the first part, for himself as such trustee, and for his successor in office, does covenant, promise and agree to any with the said board of regents, and its successors in office, that he has not made, done, committed, executed or suffered any act or thing whatsoever whereby or by means whereof the above granted premises or any part thereof are now or at any time hereafter shall or may be impeached or encumbered in any manner whatsoever. And the said first party, for the consideration aforesaid, doth hereby transfer, set over and assign to and unto the said board of regents and to its successors in office all and singular the covenants of seizen and of title and against encumbrances, which are in and contained in the deed of conveyance through which and whereby the said lands, tenements and premises and the title thereto was conveyed and transferred to the said party of the first part as such trustee. And also that the said first party, his successor in office, shall and will from time to time upon reasonable request make, execute and deliver all such further lawful deeds of conveyance for the further and better granting and vesting upon the condition aforesaid the said lands, tenements and premises and every part thereof unto the said board of regents, and unto its successors in office as the said board of regents or its counsel learned in the law shall or may reasonably advise or require.

It is expressly stipulated and agreed, and the said board of regents doth agree that there shall at all times be reserved and maintained within the said hospital two beds devoted to the free use of the sick and injured among the inhabitants of the city of Ann Arbor, all such sick or injured to be cared for and treated thereat the cost and expense of the board of regents, the common council to have power and authority to designate the persons who shall or may occupy the same, it is understood however, that all persons admitted to the said hospital under this stipulation shall as to the age of the person, the kind, character and condition of the disease or injury come within the rules and regulations which the board of regents shall or may proclaim or establish for the government of said hospital; but subject to this stipulation the said beds shall at all times be under the control of the board of regents, and it is not intended that any special room or particular beds shall be set for the exclusive use of the city patients.