Section 3
SEC. 3. Whereas, there is now in possession of the property and assets of the College of San Jose a person who is the rector of the University of Santo Tomas, a member of the Dominican Order, claiming to be in possession by virtue of the ultimate ownership and right of control of said property and estates by the Roman Catholic Church, and denying the power of the United States Government either to assume control of said property or to make provision for the administration of the same, as in section one of this Act, the board hereby constituted is required, in the discharge of its duties: first, to assert its claim to discharge its duties as imposed by this Act in the due and ordinary legal procedure hereinafter set forth, and to take no steps to secure physical possession of the properties and estates of the College of San Jose until the issue between them and the rector of the University of Santo Tomas and the representatives of the Catholic Church shall have been duly decided by the court of competent jurisdiction as hereinafter prescribed.