The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16
WILL BEQUEATHS
SITE FOR PUBLIC
HOSPITAL
How Rufus B. Godfrey Disposed
of His Property
LARGELY TO ORGANIZATIONS
Baptist Church, FortnishtIy Society
Kings Daughters, Y. M. C. A. and
Graded School Dist Beneficlaries

The will of Rufus b. Godfrey, who
died at ais home in this village Aug
ust 81, was proved at the local pro
bate Office this morning. The larger
portion of the estate which has been
estimated at about $4,000, is dispos-
ed of through public requests. The
will is as follows:
|, Rufus h. Godfrey of Bennington,
in the county of Bennington and state
of Vermont, sensible of my liability
to sudden death, and being at the
same time In my own apprehension of
sound mind, judge it best to make,
and do accordingly hereby make this
my last will and testament
1t is my will that all my just debts
and the expenses of my funeral be
paid and discharged out of my estate
by my executor, hereinafter named
so sopn as conveniently may be after
my decease and leave the charges of
my funeral to the direction OF my said
executor.
| give and bequeath grant and de
wise all my estate, both real and per.
Sonalof whatever nameand nature
and wherever situate, save what shall
be necessary for the payment of my
just debts and funeral charges in the
following manner:
give, devise and bequeath to the
First Baptist church of Bennington
Vermont a religious corporation Gre
ated, organized and existing under
and by virtue of the laws of the state
of Vermont, and having a church at
Bennington, Vermont, the sum of
fifteen hundred dollars, current mon
ey of the United States, to it and its
successors and assigns forever
| | give, devise and bequeath to Car
RE Stakeholder Fassett, wife of Hir-
am Fassett, the sum of twenty-five
hundred dollars ($2,500) current mon
ey of the United States and so to her
and her heirs and assigns forever
| give. devise and bequeath to John
Finn, Sr., of Bennington. Vermont,
who has been in the employ of j. H.
Loring & Co., for a number of years,
the sum of five hundred dollars
$4,000 current money of the Unitel
States. to him and his heirs and as
signs forever.
| give, devise and bequeath to the
town of Bennington, a municipal cor
poration in the county of Bennington
and state of Vermont. the sum of four
hundred dollars $4,000 current money
of the United States, the same to be
held in trust by said town, and the in
come OF two hundred (S200) dollars |
thereof to be used for the care, main !
tenance and Improvement of the fam |
lily burial lot of j. p. Godfrey and the |
income of the remaining two hundred |
(200) dollars to be used for the care, |
maintenance and Improvement OF the |
family burial lot of S. l.. Godfrey.
| give, devise and bequeatn to the |
society known as the Fortnightly of |
Bennington. Vermont, which is a so
ciety organized for educational pur-
poses, the sum of two hundred dol
lars $4,000 current money of the Uni
ted States, to 1t and its successors
and assigns forever
| give, devise and bequeath to the
Bennington Branch of the Kings
Daughters of Bennington, Vermont, a
society organized for the purpose of
carrying on charitable work, the sum
of five hundred (500) dollars, to it and
it's successors and assigns forever.
| give, devise and bequeath to my
|
lowing described real estate, the same
being located on the south side of
Main street, so called, in the village
of Bennington, and described as fol-
lows
Commencing at the northeast cor
ner of the laundry building, and run
ming thence southerly in a straight
line to lands owned or occupied by
the town of Bennington for cemetery
thence running westerly on
the north line of lands of said town
of bennington to lands belonging to
the Village Improvement society OF
Vermont; running thence
northerly on the east line of lands of
said Village improvement society to
said Main street; running thence
easterly on the south side of said
Main street to the place of beginning.
Meaning and intending to give, de- '
wise and bequeath the box shop prop
erty and the laundry building which
adjoins it on the east, to be by my
said executor neld in trust for the
Durposes hereinafter stated, that is 70
say:
If and when, within fifteen years
from the date of the probate OF my
will, the town of Bennington shall es-
tabHsh and conduct on said premises
a public hospital or building to be
used for the public purposes OF the
town, such as the holding of its meet
ings and the maintaining OF its town
offices. or building designed to be
used for public educational purposes
or a building to be used for pubic
charitable purposes, then my said ex-
ecutor and trustee shall, by his prop
er deed, and to make and execute the
same l hereby vest authority in him,
convey to said town the said descriD-
ed premises, to be forever after held
bv il for the said purposes, and dir
ect my said executor and trustee, prl-
or to the time when said property Is
to said town, as herein pro
vided. to collect the net annual IN
come from tae above described prop
erty and deposit the same at interest
and if said town, within fifteen years.
as above stated, shall, on carrying
out the provisions hereinbefOre stated !