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the Trustees therein appointed, their successors or assigns 

 in said trust, but that the same shall forever remain sacred 

 for the objects and purposes of said trust deed ; by proper 

 and apt words in said last will or deed or deeds, to provide 

 for the mode and manner of the succession of said Trust- 

 ees, and for the removal and substitution of Trustees; and 

 it shall and may be lawful for him, among otiier Trustees 

 which may be therein appointed, to appoint such municipal 

 officers of the city of St, Louis, and such executive and Ju- 

 dicial officers of this State of Missouri, as he may think 

 proper, by their style of office; and such officers, when so 

 appointed Trustees, shall hold by virtue of their office, and 

 not as individuals ; and the interest in the real estate and 

 property shall be held by them as such officer, and their 

 successors in the office shall succeed to and be vested with 

 all the rights in the property and powers in the trust orig- 

 inally conveyed to and vested in such officer; and it shall 

 also be lawful for said Henry Shaw to convey said property 

 to and appoint himself as one of said Trustees, among others, 

 and in said deed or deeds to reserve to himself the right, 

 during his life-time, to control and manage said garden and 

 institution, and make leases of the lands therein conveyed, 

 as such Trustee. 



This act shall take effect and be in force from and after 

 its passage. 



Approved March 14, 1859. 



