Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-30
LACKS RECLAMATION.

him WAS to so dispose q his vas;
estate during his lifetime, If possible.
as that it would enure to tie advance
ment and completion of cetain enter
prises looking to the god of the
,ievis2r's fellow men and tie honoring
If worthy names. What he did was
to deed all his property il trust, for
the purposes specified, t. Thos. II.
Selby, u. o. Mills, Fl. n. Ncwhall,
Vim. Alvori. Geo. II. Howard, James
Otis and John u. Earl. Here. as
follow are some of the PURPOSES:
S10O,0OO for the Lick Observatory.
$.a,0O to $. +. orphan Asylum.
San Jose Orphan Asylum 81, Ooo.
Ladies' Protection and Riief Society
$H.01.
$iO.UD To s r. Mercantile Library.
$4,000 TO the Society for Prevention
Of Cruelty TO Animals.
The Trustees were authorized to
make conveyance of improperly to
the societies or corporations above
enumerated in satisfaction or the
amounts specified.
aside for an Old Ladies' Home in San
Francisco. and Si5O.oGa fofthe erection
and maintaining of Free Baths in that
city. The sum of Slj0. 0t0va devised
to erect a monument IN Golden Gate
Park to the memory Of Barton Key,
the author of the "StA Spangied
Banner" and by the fourteenth clause
of the will, s250."e0 is to lie expended
in the designing, constructing and
erecting of a grOnpe of brohze stntuary
(which shall represent oy proper
figures and designs the history of
California, from the early settlement
Of the same by the United States and
the style of architecture illustrating
the same from the acquisition Of Cali
fornia by the United States to this time
when agriculture became the Leading
interest in the State; also illus rative
of the progress in mining, malufac
turing. mercantile pursuits, the gradual
development of agriculture ard also
its history from the last mentioned
period to January I. 1874, illus rating
the progress of the State in edtration,
mechanical arts and mining and the
general growth of the State
The Fifteenth Clause arpropriates
$500. 600 to the endowment of the "Cal-
ifornia School for Mechanic ATS open
to males and fem Eles born in California.
1t il provided that after the atove named
trusts are executed that tine remainder
Of the property be decided in equal pro-
portions between the Californis Academy
Of Natural Sciences and the Pioneer
Society. There are. besides, numerous
small requests to relatives and others.
A. our readers are well aware, q sale of
. large amount Of the Lick estate has
already been made in accordance, with
the terms of the Deed.
Now comes James Lick by his attor-
neys and attempts to revoke all this
How far he can do that same rem,ins to
be ascertained. Good lawyers sa, hat
his gifts have vested in the pubic and
cannot he retracted. The San Francisco
Chronicle Of Sunday contains full
statement Of all the facts in the case.
Lick has made formal atte mpt atrevo-
cation. hut if the deeds of trust ne as
strong as ne intended TO make hem.
they can hardly be nnliifie,l by any mere
act of revocation. The fact is that after
he had executed tie original DEED in
June last. fearing it was not s.rong
enough, he made new deed. whica lat
ter instrument, after rec;ting Lick pur-
poses and desires goes OF as follows.
ANO WHEREAS. 1t is desirable that the
parties Of the second part should he fully
invested with the entire title to said
property in trust for the uses and pur-
poses hereinafter declared, aud not !
merely with a power in trust,
Nosc. therefore. the party Of the first |
part, in consideration Of the premises, |
and the covenants and agreements here