The Portland daily press., 1876-10-24
charter by the Legislature. (Here follows the

| charter by the Legislature. (Here follows the
conditions at great length]
Item XVIII. give aud bequeath conse-
quently as aforesaid to said last named institu-
ton the sum OF $4,000, to be expended, II so
much be needed, or SO much thereof as may be
needed in repairs of premises when the same
shall be placed under renewed organization and
use.
Item XIX. By the terms and conditions of
my aforesaid conveyance to said Institution the
managers thereof in the III article of said con-
veyance are empowered to organize themselves
at any time into an auxiliary association with
the style and title of the Association OF
Smiths Home for the relief of "aged, indi-
gent females and in fuItherance of the prOvis-
ions and purposes OF said article.
Xxx. give aud bequeath to the Cumberland
Bar Law Library Association $4,000 payable
to SAID Association as corporate body as soon
as may be after my decease with the following
conditions:
1st That it shall be invested when received
in Portland or State of Maine bonds:
ID, Until the office Of librarian of said asso-
citation shall have the constant services and
personal! attendance 10 the library of the asso;
ciaton a sum from the income OF the above In
vestment.
Sd. And make it a condition of the be-
quest herein that when the fund OF 25,000
herein before set forth as a building fund shall
have accumulated to the full sum of $l00, 600 it
shall be with its further income appropriated
aud expended by said association 10 the pur-
chase OF a slightly and suitable lot OF land in the
CITY oil Portland, near as may be to City Hall,
aud to erect thereon brick tre-proof building.
Tue first floor for offices and the second and
third floors for library rooms.
The following inscription shall be placed on
the side facing the street,
"The Cumberland Bar Law Library Associa-
tion, erected in the year
A. D. 190-,
from funds donated tharefor hv Francis n r
Smith"
atb l make it also an unalterable condition
OF the gift that the association shall causeeeach
and all books to be imprinted at the expense of
SAID fund upon the outside cover of the same.
the following: "This book ia the property of
the Cumberland Bar Law Library Association
and is not to be taken lawfully from the Libra
~ Room under any pretence except to the
Court Room on the written order and response
bility Of Presiding Judge, and only during
term time OF the Court. 1t is contribution
from the fund donated by Francis o. j. Smith,
more than fifty years of the Cumberland Bar.
Item XXI. Contingently I give and be-
queath to the Corporation or Trustees in trust
ETY., situated in Concord. and to be invested in
proper securities of said state, $4,000, to be
known as the ST. o. j. Smith Fund"
Item XXlI Contingently as aforesaid l give
and bequeath to the corporation of Phillips
Academy at Exeter the sum of $4,000, to be
my only alma mater, and on the records "The
Z. o. j. Smith Fund.-
Item XIII. hereby constitute Hon. Ma
than Webb, Hon. G. w. Goddard aud Darius
I'll. Ingraham of Portland, Executors of this
instrument and of the several provisions and
requests herein contained, having unlimited
confidence in the ability, integrity and good in
tentons of each.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
In all contingent requests herein contained
dependant upon recovery of my aforesaid claim
upon the estate of Ezra Cornell deceased, and
wherein the time of payment is not otherwise
limited or supplied, 1 will and direct that said
payment be made by my executors as soon as
convenient after my death or as soon as the
claim is recovered
In aoiteess aUhereof, and of each and all the
things and provisions hereinbefore set forth
on pages hereof from to Al, inclusive, of
these presents, all in my own handwriting,
| have hereunto set my hand and afix my
seal on this Sth February in the year of our
Lord 1876 at Forest Home, in the town of
DeerDg aforesaid
IL. s. FRANCIS o. J. SMITH.
The above instrument was signed, sealed
and declared by the above named testator,
Francis o. j. Smith, in presence of us, who
in the presence of said testator and of each
other, have hereunto subscribed our names, as
witness our hands and signatures on the day
and year last above mentioned.
S. III. TEwKsBURY,
CHAS. w. BRAY,
FRED, G.. STEPHENSON