In re "California College"

*330 By the Court,

This application is made under an act of the legislature of which the first three sections are as follows ; “ Section 1. Any college may be incorporated in this “ state according to the provisions of this act by the supreme “court of the state upon application. Section 2. The founders “ or contributors of any proposed college within this state shall “ make to the supreme court an application in writing under “ their hands, requesting that •—--College may be incorpo- “ rated, specifying the first trustees and the name by which the “ corporation is to be called. Section 3. In case the court “ shall be satisfied that the proposed college has an endowment “ of twenty thousand dollars, and that the proposed trustees are “ capable men, then the court shall, by an instrument under its “ seal, declare the College incorporated under the provisions of “ this act, by the name specified in the application, and the application together with the declaration of the court shall be “ recorded in the office of tire secretary of state.”

The application in this case must be refused. To say nothing' of the serious doubts entertained, whether the endowment mentioned in the third…