In re the Claim for Benefits under Article 18 of the Labor Law

On February 18, 1889, four residents of the counties of Westchester and Orange executed a petition to the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, requesting a provisional charter for-- the corporation, which was issued on May 1, 1890. The petition stated that the petitioners were desirous of founding an academy with a capital stock of $40,000, to be divided into shares of $100 each, and that subscriptions to said capital stock had been procured in the amount of $6,400.

On April 22, 1893, a second petition was executed and filed by the trustees of the academy which provided…