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part, Of any provision in this will
or any codicil thereto, or of any
testamentary intention herein or
therein declared. and hereby re-
woke and annul all gifts made to
any beneficiary who may, directly
or indirectly, commence, prosecute
or aid in the prosecution of such
a proceeding, and direct that such
gifts form part of my general
residuary estate and be disposed of
as such.
Tenth--Should my wife survive
me, and should any requests or
directions Of this will be ineffect-
ual, or invalid in any degree under
the law, by reason OF my death
occurring within two months of
the execution Of this Will, or by
reason Of my having given more
than one-half Of my estate to
benevolent, charitable. literary,
scientific, religious or missionary
societies, associations or corpora
tons, or for any other reason, I
hereby give and bequeath to my
said wife, absolutely and without
any condition all of my property
and estate, Of whatever nature
and wherever situated, which, for
the reasons aforesaid, or for any
other reason, may not be sufi-
ciently disposed Of by my said will.
1t is my wish not to die in
testate as to any part Of my es-
tate, and intend, by this Article.
to give absolutely to my said wife
all my property which, under any
circumstances by operation Of the
provisions OF law above referred
to, or any other law, or for any
reason, may not be otherwise law
fully given to the persons and cor
porations named or mentioned in
my said will. 1 have entire conf
dence that 1t will be the wish of
my said wife to carry out, 80 far
as practicable, my intentions with
regard thereto, but this in no wise
affects the absolute quality Of my
gift to her.
Trust Company Executor.
Eleventh. nominate and an
point executor and trustee under
this will Home Trust Company. a
corporation organized and existing
under the State of New Jersey
In case for any reason the said
Home Trust Company shall be I'M
able to act as executor and trustee
under this will then 1 nominate
and appoint executor and trustee
under this will Robert A. Franks
OF Hoboken, my financial secre-
tary, and in case he shall be I'M
able to act as executor and trustee
under this will, then 1 nominate
and appoint executor and trustee
under this will the president for
the time being of the said Home
Trust Company. In case my ex-
ecutor and trustee shall be the
Home Trust Company or any per-
son not receiving a legacy or an
nuity under this will. / direct that
my executor and trustee shall re-
ceive as full compensation for all
services as executor and trustee
and in lieu Of all commissions as
such executor and trustee the
sum OF one hundred thousand dol
lars (S100, oo0). In case my exc
cutor and trustee under this will
shall be the aforesaid Robert A.
Franks or any other person re-
ceiving legacy or annuity under
this will, direct that my execu-
tor and trustee shall receive such
legacy or annuity as full compen-
sation for all services as executor
and trustee and in lieu Of all
commissions as such executor
and trustee. Acceptance OF the
appointment hereunder shall be
deemed an assent to this condition.
Twelfth hereby revoke all
other wills and codicils to Wills by
me at any time heretofore made.
In witness whereof. /, Andrew
Carnegie, testator. hive set my
hand and seal to two original wills
in duplicate, and have to the ten
preceding sheets subscribed my
name in the City of New York
this thirteenth day of February,
A. d. One thousand nine hundred
and twelve.
[Seal] ANDREW CARNEGIE.
Lawyers Make Statement.
The foregoing will is typewriter q
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