Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-06-07
a GRAND ACT.
James Lick Dives All His Property
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The deed gives AL his property and
all he may hereafter acquire To ThoS.
II. Selby, ID. q. Mills. II. NJ. Newhall,
WIN. Alvord, George IL. Howard, Jas.
Otis and John .. Earl, in trust for the
following purposes:
Firsl-TO dispose of the same and
convert it, or the proceeds. as rigidlv
Is judicious management will permit
To the purposes aflerward set forth.
Second-To pay S70o,0o0 for the pur-
pose OF constructing an observatory
N the site previously selected, with
the most powerful telescope III exist
cnce, or That can be constructed. the
observatory directors having power tn
change the site if necessary. under the
concurrence of .AlNan Clark Il Sons.
The deed gives lengthy instructions
As to the selection of IA proper site and
the carrying out of his intentions. II,
after the erection of said observatory
and telescope thereon there is any sur
plus left, it shall be vested in Govern
ncnt, State or city bonds, the interest
TO he applied to the maintenance OF the
observatory and telescope.
Third-To pay to the Protestant
Orphan Asylum, to bc paid to the
Trustees thereof, $4,000 in gold CON.
Fourth-'ro pay to the city of san
Jose, to the authorities and officers
thereof, for the purpose of building
and supporting an Orphan AsylUm i'll
or near the vicinity OF said city dat
not more than five miles from its
tourt-hou>e), free to all orphans with
out regard To creed or religion of pa
rents, S2j.O0O.
F'ifth--ro the Ladies' Protection and
Relief Society. S2,.Wa.
SiNth-To the Mechanics Library
Association, Slo,W1. to he applied to
The purchase of scientific and niccl:,n-
ic;,l works for said Institution.
ScNcnth-To the Society for the Pre-
vrH!ion of Cruelty to Animals, Slo. .ooo.
accompanied by the "llopc on the par
OF the party of the first part that the
Trustees OF said society may organize
such Il system as will result in e>lab-
fishing Il similar society in every iln-
p,rtant city and town in California,
and To the end that the rising genera
ton may nOt witness or hc impressed
with the everyday occurrence of cru
city and brutality. as has often taken
place in this State"
the Trustees are authorized to make
>''''N y VI l'a'INitN W wv ~
rictie> or corporations above cnunIer-
aued. i'll satisfaction Of the amounts
specified.
f.i.hlh-The Trustees are to spend
5000 for Il marble monument To the
memory of Sarah Lick, his mother.
who is buried at FrcdprickSburi7.
Pennsylvania, and $1,000 for Il monu-
ment To the memory of his father, at
the Saile place.
Ninth-rhe further sum of 1000 is
10 be appropriated for Il marble monu
mcnt to the memory of his grand
father, William Lick, whose name was
written in the German language
'Inik," who died near Norri>town,
Pennsylvania, aged lol Years, ITO com
tnenorate the services rendered by
him in the American struggle tor in
dependence, and the hard>hip> he suf-
tered at Valley Forge and other places
during tla. struggle
Tenth-To apply $4,000 for the erec-
tion of marble monument to the
uenory of his sister Catherine.
E!cventh-ro apply Sl0o.o@ to found
an "Old Ladies' llome," To be erected
in san Francisco, as Il retreat for WO-
men unableto support themselves. and
who have no resources of their own,
the right of admission thereto to be
presented by \. B. Forbes. J. b. Rob
ert>. Ira =. Rankin. Robert McElroy
and Henry NJ. Newhall, and the sur
NivOrS OF them, who shall receive the
title to the lands on which the same
shall be erected. and who shall hold
the same until the same can be con-
Neyed To Il corporation authorized to
maintain such an organization, said
2moun: to be expended under the di-
ra,. ion of l,n l,.ti in, al nd h.,t
survivors. the site to be selected and
acquired by them as speedily aS pos
slhlc.
Twelfih-To cXpend Sl50,N0 under
the direction of II. NJ. Ncwhall, Ira L.
Rankin, DIR. J. ID. B. Stillmau. John
Il. Earl and W. c. Rai>ton and the sur
Nlvors of them, in the erection and
maintaining OF free baths in the city, to
be erected as soon as possible.
Thirteenth-To apply Sl30,oo0 i'll the
erection OF Il bronze monument, to be
placed in the Golden Gate Park. under
the direction Ola majority of the Board
Of Supervisors, To the memory ot
Francis Scott Key, author of the SOM,
"Star Spanglcd Banner"
Fourteenth-ro erect. under the SUI
perviSion of W. {. Ralston. John q.
Earl, M. j. ID. Il. Siilln,an,H NJ. New
haii, ATd l. ndikiii, anu tIleir SurNlN-
or>. in the State Capitol grounds, al
such place as shall be selected 10y the
Governor, Attorney General and Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court. Il group
N bronze Statuary. well worth S25O.-
'1V. which shall represent by proper
HEnre> and designs the history of Cali
lorna. from the early settlement of the
same hy the United States. and the
stNle of architecture illustrating the
same from the acquisition of California
ny the United States TO the time when
agriculture became the leading inter
est of the State: also. Illustrative OF the
progress i'll mining. manufacturing.
i'ier antile pursuits, the gradual devel-
"pihent of agriculture, and also in his
1'fN from the last mentioned period In
'ihuiry l, 1874, illustrating the pro-
SNe>> II the STATE in =. iut,lti,, mo