Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-03-29
Mr.. LIcx,s REVOCATION.

Mr.. LIcK's REVOCATION. 4
The reading public Of this coast were
startled yesterday by the information
Tia, James Lick Of San Francisco, had
taken stops TO revoke and nuilify the
erss. b~snsfsetions be had heretofore re-
solved upon. Nearly . year sines. or
10 DO more explicit. on the 18th OF July.
1874, Mr.. Lick executed adsed OF trust
to seven Trustees. conveying 10 them
for the purpose therein named. property
vsriously estimated to b worth from
g. 600, 600 to s5. ZOO. 0oo. This NUM-
Aeon. donation 10 the public was her
AIDED over the whole nation. and
throughout the world. - an act Of lib
srality and public spirit unprecedented
In tho annals Of bensvolsnce. and the
uanior. Mr.. Lick, took rank at once
with Peabody. Cornell and vassar. and
was hailed N ono Of the most noble OF
living philanthropists. The act being
performed not in view Of tho immediate
or near approach Of death. but its pro-
visions being made TO tate OBJECT at once,
and whils In all probability the donor
had years bsfors him in which 10 noe
his plans Of public bsnoiaction unfolded
and executed. the eclat Of such an un-
usual occurrence was far greater than
had the deeds bssn In tho nature Of . last
will and testament. Last November il
will b remembered that property TO the
amount Of over o million dollars, in
GLIDING the well-known Lick House and
othsr real estate in San Francisco and
Oakland. was put up at auction BY the
Trustees, and bid OF 1t what was con-
sidsrsd . fair price. Mr.. Lick raised
some objections. however. and in defer
ence 70 his wishes but little OF the prop
erty bid for was decided. tho Trustees
refusing 10 CONFIRM the sale and execute
the proper o~oveyannces. But little
Ia known OF tho influences which
operating upon Mr.. Lick have led to this
sudden change Of bose. He has fled a
deed Of revocation. setting forth various
reasons, among others that no desired TO
provide more fully for certain relations
and Others, whom no deems entitled to
more ample financial recognition. Doubt
lees this In 20. NJ. Lick has many rel
a~tives. who. although provided for CON-
fortably. have been by this public gift
dsfrsudsd. or rather deprived Of. valua-
bio property. which they expected to in
hsrit at his death. They have. since
his conveyance TO the Trustees. impor-
tuned him necessarily. and harassed by
20 many and with such persistence. II Is
perhaps not wonderful that he should
have given way in some degree ind
m~easurably changed his mind.
There il q question Of law in tho case.
however. which will raise q contest over
this last net Of Mr.. Lick. and which at q
glance would appear fatal to the validity
Of any act Of revocation. BY the deed
a ,he T,vstoe. Nh. Lick convened to
them tho title to certain properties. sub
ject 10 the conditions OF the instrument.
Tho legal title passed to the Trustees,
Who now hold the property in trust for
The purposes named. twill b claimed
that thoss trusts have been In part axe
eutsd. and that Mr.. Lick has no power
10 revoke the instrument BY which thoy
were created and under which the title
TO tho donated property now lies In the
Trustees. In other words, that having
conveyed TO the Trustees named in the
deed certain properties for the considra-
ton Of one dollar and subject to GER
tain conditions. and the said conditions
having been in part complied with. un-
Less lachss . b shown In the perform
ancs Of the stipulations. tho ,rss oct OF
Mr.. Lick II irrsvocabls.
This sudden change OF front on d
part Of Mr. Lick will work many ineon-
v~enisnoea and do much to negative
great results projected when tho deco OF
trust was executed. IL wih 10 reni'n
berod tina among otner 'nins' oon'
plated was the establishment Oh an on
ssrvatory on the shores oil Lake IAnoe'
After much deliberation' o site was 20
lscted. The land was owned by Two well
known gentlemen. largely engaged In tho
bx than da.ded IN bsT Yustee. for the
Of An Observatory, and was
made without compeusation. But in the
decd Il va. stimulated that the buildings,