Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
|3{{ 8 ART AND HOME LEFT
no CITY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

- frs~ rsss one
Ss1dsnts Of Select and Cbmmon coun-
~ the president Of the Pennsylvania
~ is to make rules regulating the
tslon OF the public.
NE city should fail to accept and
Into the stipulated agreement within
months the collection is given to the
D0politan Museum OF New York.
PROVISIONS OF coDrcIL
~ last codicii to the will. canceling the
1visions OF a previous codicil, was ex-
1tod February IL, 1917. In II Mr. John
y Increased. the annutles he had made In
ftain Instances. He granted $4,000 a year
his brother and $4,000 year to his
Ifothers wife Carrie in event OF his
<<others decease. To his secretary. Charles
IA McDern1ott, he left an annual income or
B 1900. To Nellie Mcdonald he left $500
10 each servant in the house $500 In cash
Iis law library and law pamphlets he be-
<<4eAthed Frank p. Prichard. one OF his law
" associates. Duplicates 20 to Morris b. saul
Aflyle II. Ross receives $4,000, Eaeh
46lnale stenographer receives $4,000 out
&&iIht Each office boy will be given 5000
*Hne stenographers must have been In his
3 11nploy three years and the Office boys two
years to participate.
Hf Annuties for members of the family are;
Ida Norris. $4,000; John Norris, her son.
4 Marguerite Ridgley will receive $4,000 an
*nually. There will be $4,000 a year di-
4vided among the children OF John Norris
4 And descendants of dead children of his.
f4o1lowing the decease of Ida Norris, II there
,be such children. The same applies to chill
y 6ren and descendants of dead children OF
X Marguerite Ridgeley, after her death. The
eestduary income goes to General Morrell.
q The offices In the Land Title Building
/. are to be maintained by the estate FOR SIX
morths, $50 that those who have been asso-
eiated with helping me may make their
future arrangements carefully. All salaries
20 be paid during such time
SPEAKS OF ART WORKS
Then speaking of his collection, the
lawyer wrote: THE leisure moments of my
4 life have been spent in making this collec-
tion My hope has always been that IL Will
be accepted by the city of Philadelphia upon
the not ouerous conditions / will impose.
have lived my life in this city, want the
collection to have its home here but IL the
conditions be not accepted 1t must go else
where. - I feel bound to add that l
will be exceedingly sorry IL 1t shall SO hap
pen that the city of Philadelphia shall not
tAke, and that the collection will require
70 30 to the city of New York"
AS TO PICTURES
T ''The provisions relating to the gift Of
ehe pictures are as follows:
devise to the city of Philadelphia.
sk II II accepts the bequest to 1t in my
~ will and enters into the specified con-
e tract concerning my art objects. my
y house and lot. No. 510 South Broad
street, with all the appurtenances, all
the contents. saving money, securities
and objects of personal use and orna-
ment. All objects OF household use
and adornment shall go with the house.
4 wish IL to be maintained as a museum
4 Ia public museum--to stand pretty
ek much as IL will be at my decease.
direct that It shall be forever kept
y up and maintained as such museum In
which my art objects shall be exhibited.
This device will save the need of
the city contributing to building an
art gallery unless the house shall be
20 injured or destroyed as to require
repairing rebuilding In such
event the city's contract shall oblige 1t,
II there be enough art objects left to
make 1t worth while, to restore or
to rebuild on the same site. So far
rs the original directions about a build
ing In my will shall be reasonably ap-
~ plcable, they shall be followed
~ TIE art objects shall not be removed
for permanent exhibition to any other
] place, unless some extraordinary situ-
a alton shall arise making it exceedingly
Z judicious.
1t will be necessary to make some
public as will properly protect the prop
erty. direct that from time to time
such regulations may be made by the
majority of body to consist of per-
sons. viz: the then president OF the
Academy Of the Fine Arts, the president |
of the Pennsylvania Company for In
n surances on Lives and Granting An
nuities. the president of the Philadel-
phia Councils (of Select and of Com
mon IL there shall be two bodies) and
the president of the Pennsylvania Mu-
scum (Broad and Pne).
II win be necessary to devote a con-
\ siderable annual sum to the upkeep,
X heating. lighting and care of the mu-
seum the placing in charge of
curator. the keeping of a competent
stan OF workpeople and caretakers, the
proper restoration and care and repair
OF pictures, frames and other objects.
Upon the decease Of my son direct
that the income which shall be paid to
him, il and whilst alive. shall be de-
voted. as far as possible to this pur-
pose. To the University of Pennsyl-
vania shall go only SO much Of the in
come OF my residuary estate as shall
not be properly usable for this purpose
Whilst the trusts of my will continue
active. the determination of what sums
shall be thus expended and how they
shall be expended shall be by the trus-
\ tees Of my residuary estate They shall
0ontract the bills. order the work and
pay out the moneys.
To such extent as my income applc-
able to the purpose shall prove insuffi-
Client, the city Of Philadelphia in the
contract must agree to pay from time
to time, as demanded by the said trus-
tee, the requisite sums.
The curator shall be selected by the
trustees. who shall only make the Sc
lection after thorough investigation.
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