Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
Judge KelIogg.s Request to the
County of Rutland.

At session of the Rutland Coun-
ty, the present term, the Hon.
Hoyt H. Wheeler, Chief Judge, an
nounced that he had received commu-
nication from L. Howard Kellogg, ex-
ecutor of the Will of Hon. Loyal c.
Kellogg, formerly a Judge of this Court,
informing the court and bar of the be-
quest, by Judge Kellogg, of his Law
Library to the County of Rutland, for
the use of the bar, etc. He then pre-
sented the following .....
LETTER FROM L. HOWARD KELLOGG.
BENSON, VT, March Is, 1872,
To Hon. Hoyt II. Wheeler, Judge
Hon. J. B. Bromley, First Assistant
Judge and Hon. Bradley Fish, Second
Assistant Judge and the members of
the legal profession
Gentlemen Sirs 1t becomes my duty
as the Executor of the last VIII and
| Testament of my brother, Loyal @. Kel-
logg, deceased, to place in the possession
of the proper custodian, the Law Libra
ry of said deceased which he has be-
queathed to the County of Rutland by
bllC 1OuIl III AIblCiC VI Ilo w Ill,
reads as follows:
Il give and bequeath to the County of
Rutland aforesaid, all of my books belong
ing to my Law Library, now at Rutland, to
be kept in the Court House of said County
for the use of the Judge of the Courts, and
the members of the legal profession, who
may attend the Courts in said County"
Said library is now in the office of the
County Clerk, and is subject TO such use
as is designed by the said VIII.
In disCharging this trust, | do most
fully rely that your HOnors, and the
members of the bar, will make such pro-
visions for the safe-keeping of said libra
ry, and such regulations regarding its
use, as will most fully carry out the evil
dent intention of the testator,
Faithfully yours,
l.. HOWARD KELLOGG.
The foregoing communication having
been read, on motion of David E. Mich
olson, it was ordered and the Court APP
pointed Warren III. Smith, John Prout
and Rodney c. Abel a committee to pre-
sent to the Court a suitable acknowl-
edgement of the bequest therein men
toned
The Committee, subsequently, (Mon-
day, April 18TH presented a report
which was ordered placed on the records
of the Court and copy furnished to l..
Howard Kellogg.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
STATE OF VERMONT, Rutland County,
March Term, 1872.
To the Honorable C0u1aty Court:
Your committee, to whom was refer
red the communication of the Executor
Of the last Will and Testament of the
Hon. Loyal G. Kellogg, advising of the
bequest of his Law Library to the Coun-
ty of Rutland, for the use of the Court
and the members of the bar attending
said Court, and that said Library has
been delivered into your custody, for the
purpose of suitably acknowledging said
bequest, report
That in this bequest by Judge KEEL
logg we have assurances of the high re-
gard in which the testatOr held this, his
native county, and the kind remembran-
COS he had of his associates of the Bench
and brethren of the bar. And this pre-
sentation of his very choice and valuable
collection of books call upon its recipi-
ents to provide a safe and suitable place
for its deposit, that the beneficial objects
of Judge Kellogg in making said be-
quest may be fully secured.
That the thanks of the Court and bar
are due and are hereby rendered to L.
Howard Kellogg, the Executor, for this
early execution Of his trust, with assur-
ances that this legacy is highly priced
and shall be properly provided for and
safely kept in the place and used, for
purposes for which it was bequeathed,
by his brethren.
w. H. SMITH,)
J. PROUT, Committee
r. G.. ABEL. }