Extra Session Of The Board Of Regents

Tlio Board of Regents of tho University mot in special Bession in President's room on ThnreJay erening of last week Regenta E. C. Walker and DuSlelct were absent. There were present bcsidea tbc other rufinibors of the board, Oor. Croswoll, Regent eleet Sbearer, Linut. Read, Professor of Topographical Engineering at West Point, Prof. Jenney ot Chicago, architect of the new museum building, a nutnber of profossors, citizens and others. Four bids for putting in etoara heating apparatus were opeued. That from Detroit Metal and Plumbing Works being the lowest, 9,606, wasaccepted conditional upon contractors entering in si 0,000 bonds for faithful performance of the work. Three bids for erecting central boiler house and chimney were nextconsiderod. Dean Bros. of Detroit secured the job at $5,140. The total amount, therefore, for putting in its apparatus, furnishing new boilers, orectiug the building, and doing the work called for in the specifioations, is $14,440. The appropriation is $20,000 and this will leave a mnrgin forconnecting the central boiler house with the law building and main part of tho literary building. Arrangements must also bo made for making connection with tho new homeopathie hospital and amphitheater. Steward Bennett was directed to remove from the roof of the wings of the main building the balustrade ; iilso the two circular corner turrets and the two turrets at the base of the dome and finish said corner and said sidos in conforraity with tho style of the dutne; to remove the glate roofing acd cover with tin, and said tin roof and the wood work to be painted in a good and sufficient mnnner. GOV. FELCH TO JOIN THE LAW FACULTY. A communication was presented to the board, through Regent Cutcheon, Chairman of the Committee on the Law Department, from Judge Cooley, Dean of the Law Department, statiug that the members of that faculty had decided to request the Regents to appoint Hon. Alpheus Felch of Ann Arbor to do the work in that departmen', tor which provisión was made at the last meotiug of the board. Judge Cooley said: "The consideraron moving to his appointnient wero his well-known learuiug, ability and readiness and his reaidenoe so that he could at all times be acceSBible. He would be expec'ed to devote to instruction the tiuie that would have been given by two, had two been appointed, and should have the same salaiy with tho other professors." In accordance with this recommendation, a new professorship to be known as the "Tappan Professovship" was established in the Depurtment of Law, and Hon. Alpheus Pelch was appointed thereto, at a salary ot $1,500 por annum. The work to be nssigned Gov. Felch will not consist of lectures to students, but will rather be the hearing of recitatious, moot court cases and soine other special duties of a practical nature, and not bitherto given, as the timo of the inetructöis has been fullv occupied with theii present duties. The appointment to such a chair, for which Gov. Folch, by his experionce on the Supreine and Circuit benches, is peculiarly fitted, md whoso ability is everywhere recognized, cannot fail to be satistacfory in tho highest degroe to both the faculty and students of the Law School, and to redound to the honor which the distinguished protessors in that department have already conferred upon it. ADJTTST1IEXT OF SALAEIES. The salary of Dr. II. Lystcr, as lecturer to the Department of Medicine and 3urgery, during Prof. Puinier's absence, was iixed at $2,200. The salary of the librarían, R. C. Davis, was increased from $1,000 to $1,500. The salary of P. R. B. DuPont, secretary of Literary Faculty, was incroased from $200 to $400. The Cora, on Buildings and Grounds and the Finance Committee wero authorized to employ suitable superintendents of the buildings to bo erected this sumnier. A sum not exceeding $100 was appropriated for tho purchase of microscopes for students in the chemical laboratory. THE OLD, OLD QUAïtKEL. The Governor of the State was requested to direct the Attorney-General of the State to appear in behalf of the board in the Supreme Court upon the appeal in the case of the Board of Rea;ents vs. Silas II. Douglas et al., the Executive Oommittee being authorized to employ such assistance for the Attorney-General as thoy may consider desirablo and nocossary. In case of the refuaal or inability of the Attorney-General to act in the aforesaid case, tho Executive Committee is authorizod to emaloy such counsel as necessary to project the interests of the Univorsity. On motion of Regent Grant a resolution was introduced and adopted, the senso of which was that the board desired to interposo no olistacle for the 3urposo of preveuting either party to ;he suit brought by the Regnnts against Silas II. Douglas and Preston B. Rose 'rom perfectiug his appeal to the Sujreine Court. THE MUSEUM BUILDING. The plans and specifications prepared y Prof. W. L. B. Jenney, of Chicago, or the construction of' a museum wore adoptod subject to euch modifications as may bo made by the committeo. The Comruittee on Buildings and ïrounds, with the President and Finance Committee, woro iustructecl to advertise n Detroit Dailies for bids for the ereciou of such museum building, on tho jlans and speciflcations adopted, or as modified by tho committee. Tho committeo were instructed to let the work ;o thelowestrespousible bidder, provided hat the amount shall not exceed. the um contemplatedby the board for sueh iurposo, and the cummittee were intrueted and empowered to malte a conract obligatory on tho board, and to ecure bonds frorn auch contractor ia the um of $50,000 ; and tho committeo were urther empowered to reject any and all ids. The plans of the proposed building were exhibited to the Regents and plained by their architect, W. L. 13. Jenney. The building is a handsome fourstory fire-proof structure, of tho Neogotliío style, its general dimensions being 120 foet by about 60 feet. The building has a central tower, in which 13 the front entrance. ïhore ore pavilions at two sides. The ground iloor is tvvolve feet liigh ; tlin main floor twentj1two feet high, with gallery all aronnd in the center of the story. The upper, orroof story, is eighteen feet high. Thp plan is arranged for auy ninount of future additions at the end of the central hall. The building is furnisliod with an elevator, 7x10 fpet in platform dimen81OHE, oommunicating f rom the ground outside with the different portions of the building. Thematerials of the building are brick, cut stone and i ron. The roof will be slato laid in porous terra cotta tile, supported by iron. The collections will occupy the ground iloor, the mam floor and gallery. Thefourtli-story will be used for working and until luitable additions are made to the building will bo furnished with seats and used also for lectura rooms by t.he instructor in natural history. The building, it is expected, will be coiupleted next year. The other building, tho steam boiler house, the homeopathie hospital, the two arophitheaters, tho kuchen and dining-room addition to tho oíd hospital will, it is expected, be completed by Üct. 1 next. The board adjourned, having completed ita business in regard to tho new building, so far as it was yot possible, and leaving tbe remaining work to be done by tho appropriate committees.