DEED TO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. 57 



lot of ground, with the improvements thereon, in Block 

 Number Twenty seven (27) of the City of St. Louis, con- 

 taining fifty five feet (55') front on the east side of Second 

 Street, by one hundred and fifty feet (150') in depth and 

 bounded north by Greely, south by Rankin, east by an 

 alley and west by Second Street, and being property 

 acquired by the said Henry Shaw of Finney. 



To HAVE AND TO HOLD the Said premises together with 

 all the rights, immunities, privileges and appurtenances to 

 the same belonging, unto the said Washington University, 

 and to its assigns forever, but nevertheless upon the 

 express condition following, that is to say : the net income 

 derived and to be derived from the premises hereinabove 

 described and from every part thereof shall be devoted 

 solely to and used by said Washington University exclu- 

 sively for the maintenance of the said School of Botany, 

 so created by said University as hereinabove stated, in 

 paying the salaries and defraying the necessary incidental 

 expenses of those engaged in botanical instruction and 

 researches, and for the maintenance of requisite botanical 

 laboratories with instruments and appliances for illustration 

 and investigation and for the maintenance and increase of 

 the botanical library and herbarium and for such like 

 objects strictly german to such school of botany. And in 

 the event the said Washington University shall fail in any 

 particular to keep, observe and perform each and every 

 feature of the condition hereinabove expressed, and upon 

 which this conveyance is expressly made, then and there- 

 upon and without let or hindrance, from any source or 

 quarter, the said premises and the title thereto and all 

 improvements thereon and rights, privileges and appurte- 

 nances connected therewith, shall revert to said Henry 

 Shaw, his heirs and assigns, and the said Henry Shaw, his 

 heirs and assigns may enter and take full and unqualified 

 possession of said premises and of every part and parcel 

 thereof. And it is further expressly declared that the 

 acceptance of this deed by the grantee shall be deemed 



