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Rh one hundred thousand dollars, on which the State was to appropriate seven per cent per annum, in two semi-annual payments, for the support of the College. The following eight distinguished members of the bench and bar were named as Directors, who, with the Chief-Justice of the State as ex-officio president of the Board, were to constitute the governing body: Joseph P. Hoge, W. W. Cope, Delos Lake, Samuel M. Wilson, Oliver P. Evans, Thomas B. Bishop, John R. Sharpstein, and Thomas I. Bergin. Any vacancies which might occur in the Board were to be filled by the Board itself. By the terms of affiliation with the University, the entire management of the affairs of the school was to be in the hands of the Board, with the right to select its officers and instructors. The President of the University is, however, the President of the school, and the degrees are conferred and the diplomas issued to the graduates by the authority of the Regents of the University.

S. CLINTON

Within two months after the passage of the Act, Judge Hastings had paid into the State Treasury the one hundred thousand dollars provided to be paid. The formal transfer of the institution to the Regents of the University and the Directors of the Col lege was made in public on Commencement Day of the University in June, 1878. Judge Hastings on that occasion delivered an ad dress, in which he set forth his wishes and expectations concerning the College. This was followed by a response on behalf of the Directors by Thomas B. Bishop, Esq., and a response on behalf of the bench and bar by Mr. Justice Crockett of the State Supreme Court. Shortly afterwards the Directors met and elected Colonel Hoge Vice-President of the Board; Judge Hastings was appointed Dean; John Norton Pomeroy of Rochester, N. Y., was selected as the first Professor of Muni cipal Law; and C. F. D. Hastings was ap pointed Registrar. It was resolved that the course of study should extend over three years, the terms to be co-extensive with those of the under graduate departments of the University at Berkeley; and a plan of instruction was pre pared and announced by Professor Pomeroy in accordance there with. It was Judge Hastings's idea to place the advantages of the school within the reach of every one who possessed a good moral character and reasonable education HASTINGS. al qualifications. No charges were there fore to be required of students except a yearly fee of ten dollars, to cover incidental class expenses. On August 9, 1878, the school was formally opened in the Old Hall of Pioneers in San Francisco. The inaugural address was de livered by Professor Pomeroy in the Assem bly Room, which was crowded with judges, lawyers, and students. A large number of persons applied for admission, many of them being young members of the bar. Among the applicants were two ladies, who had already been admitted to practice by the