People v. Ashburner

Citations

• 55 Cal. 517
• 1880 Cal. LEXIS 315

Syllabus

<p>Yosemite Valley Grant—Trust—Charity—Jurisdiction .—By the act of Congress of June 30th, 1804, the United States granted the Yosemite Valley to the State of California, and in accepting the grant the State assumed certain obligations in the nature of a trust; hut the act and the statute of the State accepting the grant did not operate as a gift for charitable uses, suchas may he regulated, directed, and enforced by a Court of Equity; nor can the obligations of the State he enforced by the courts of the State.</p> <p>Id.— Commissioners—Officer—Definition—Terms of Office.—The commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley, and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, are mero agents of the State, and persons thus clothed with functions affecting the public, assigned to them by State laws, are officers of the State, and their terms of office expired four years after their appointment.</p> <p>Id.—Constitutional Law.—The Act of April 15th, 1880, “ for the management of the Yosemite Valley, and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove,” is not unconstitutional.</p>