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pleasant and attractive to the visitors and students of the 

 Botanical Gardens. The said Trustees may lease the cot- 

 tages already erected, and such portions of the said real 

 estate herein before devised, as they do not use for the 

 garden, and cannot profitably lease for building purposes, 

 on short leases to nurserymen, florists, vegetable and 

 market gardeners and others. [5] 



4th — Of the Trustees herein mentioned to whom the 

 real and personal property is hereby devised and be- 

 queathed; the Mayor of the City of St Louis, and the 

 Chancellor of the Washington University, the Bishop of 

 the Episcopal Church, the President of the Public Schools, 

 and the President of the Academy of Science, are hereby 

 constituted such trustees by virtue of their office, and not 

 as individuals, and upon their ceasing be to such officers, 

 their functions as such trustees cease, and their successors 

 in office immediately vested with such title to the property, 

 and such rites and duties in relation to the said trust as was 

 possessed by the person ceasing to be such officer. In the 

 event of death, resignation, removal from the city, or per- 

 manent inability to serve, of any of the said Trustees, the 

 remaining Trustees will proceed to elect some person fitted 

 by his social position, character and tastes to fill the va- 

 cancy ; and when any person shall be elected to fill any 

 such vacancy, the other Trustees shall by proper instru- 

 ment clothe him with the same trusts, interests and power 

 over the said trust property as was possessed by the 

 Trustee in whose place he was elected. In the event of the 

 death of the said Eliot or the said Robertson, I recommend 

 to the said Trustees to fill the vacancy by electing the per- 

 son who shall succeed to the office or station of the de- 

 ceased persons above named, and that such selection may 

 be continued to be made upon the death of the individual 

 holding such office and station, so long as the trust shall 

 endure. The said Trustees and their successors in office as 

 herein provided shall constitute a board of Trustees, and 

 said board shall keep written minutes of their proceedings, 



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