Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-05
WHY THE STATE
DECLINED CLARY
FARM REQUEST


1t is seldom that q gift is declined
by most of us, and when even the
State declined to accept u valuable
one, it usually attracts more than
passing attention, yet the action of
the S0th Legislature in declining the
gift of the Henry w. Clary farm in
Jefferson, which had been. according
to the will of the donor intended for
sanatorium for the care and treat
ment of persons afflicted with tuber-
culosis, in spite of the fact that the
trustees of the State Sanatoriums had
voted to accept it, seemed to have
escaped notice.
The offer was made known to for
mer Governor Milliken about two
years ago. The farm was visited by
the Governor and Council, with mem
bers of the trustees of the sanatori-
ums, and the matter later turned over
to the Legislature for acceptance or
rejection. The Legislature in turn
passed the matter along to the Joint
standing committee on State Sanato-
RUINS, which also carefully invcsti-
gated the farm and it's suitability for
the purpose intended. The commit
tee made the following report to the
Legislature, after which the Legisa-
ture voted to accept the report. which
meant a declination of the gift:
The Report
The Committee on State Sanatori-
ums, to which was referred certain
correspondence regarding the be-
quest of the Clary farm, would make
the following report:
In the will of the late Henry w.
Clary of the town of Jefferson who
died on the 18th of December, 1919,
the sixth clause is as follows:
Sixth: l give and bequeath to the
Board of Trustees for tuberculosis
Sanatoriums my home farm situated
in Jefferson, Me, and my farm living
on the south side of and contiguous
to my home farm, which is also sit
Cated in said Jefferson and has been
known as the Robert Clary, Jr, farm:
all my household goods in my dwell
ing house on my said home farm, all
my farming tools and farming ma
chinery, and all my livestock; in trust
pose of establishing and maintaining
upon said premises a sanatorium for
the care and treatment of persons af-
fected with tuberculosis. If said
Board of Trustees for tuberculosis
Sanatoriums shall not within two
years after this will shall have been
admitted to probate accept this de-
wise, bequest and trust, then this be-
quest and devise shall become void,
and said real estate and goods and
chattels shall become and remain a
part of the residue of my estate to be
disposed of as hereinafter provided.
In other clauses of the will it is
provided that the residue of the estate
shall be bequeathed to the town of
Jefferson in trust, the income to be
used for the purpose of making per-
manent construction and improve
ment of highways therein. 1t is also
provided that in the event that the
Board of Trustees for tuberculosis
Sanatoriums do not accept the de-
wise made in the sixth section, the
executors are authorized to sell and
convey the farms named and to in
vest the proceeds.
In letter from Lizzie n. French.
secretary of the Board of Trustees of
tuberculosis Sanatoriums. to Gov
ernor Carl Z. Milliken, under date of
Jan. 8, 1921, which is part of the
correspondence referred to this com
mittee, the following statement is
made:
CTary Farm
The trustees have voted to accept,
under the conditions of the will, the
generous bequest of the late Henry
Clary of Jefferson, and would recon-
mend that this valuable property be