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Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.8 (2026)

University of Michigan; departments.

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN


Act 151 of 1851


390.8 University of Michigan; departments.

Sec. 8.

    The university shall consist of at least 3 departments:

    1. A department of literature, science and the arts;

    2. A department of law;

    3. A department of medicine;

    4. Such other departments may be added as the regents shall deem necessary, and the state of the university fund shall allow.

History: 1851, Act 151, Eff. July 5, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2190 ;-- CL 1871, 3488 ;-- How. 4912 ;-- CL 1897, 1788 ;-- CL 1915, 1163 ;-- CL 1929, 7771 ;-- CL 1948, 390.8

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1982–1996 · leading case: Hyde v. Univ. of Michigan Bd. of Regents, 393 N.W.2d 847 (Mich. 1986).
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Hyde v. Univ. of Michigan Bd. of Regents, 393 N.W.2d 847 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 2× “MCL 390.8; MSA 15.908. The Legislature expressly authorized the construction and operation of the University Hospital through several appropriation acts.”
Ewing v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Michigan, 552 F. Supp. 881 (E.D. Mich. 1982). · cites it 3× “§ 390.8 provides: The university shall consist of at least 3 departments: 1.”
Vargo v. Sauer, 547 N.W.2d 40 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “902, MCL 390.8; MSA 15.908, MCL 390.101; MSA 15.”
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