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[Nov. 7, 



Claudio Jannet to the President of the American Philosophical 

 Society, stating that our late fellow-member, Auguste Carlier, 

 of Paris, had, by his last will and testament, of which he was 

 the universal legatee, bequeathed to the Society the sum of 

 twenty thousand francs, submitted the following resolutions, 

 which were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the American Philosophical Society hereby accepts the 

 legacy of twenty thousand francs given to it by the last will and testa- 

 ment of Mr. Auguste Carlier, late of Paris, France. 



Resolved, That a power of attorney be executed by the President, under 

 the corporate seal of the Society, attested by the Secretary, appointing 

 , of Paris, as its attorney in fact, and authorizing and empower- 

 ing him, in its name, in Paris, to accept for it the legacy of twenty thou- 

 sand francs given to it by the last will and testament of Auguste Carlier, 

 of Paris, and to give to P. Massion, notary in Paris, 58 Boulevard Hauss- 

 mann, his testamentary executor, or to any one else authorized to pay 

 said legacy, a full and complete receipt and discharge therefor as fully as 

 if given by the Society itself. 



The President called to the attention of the Society the pro- 

 visions of the will of the late Col. F. M. Etting, under which 

 the Society has certain interests, and stated that during its 

 recess he had requested Mr. Price, a member of the Philadel- 

 phia bar, to represent the Society in the matter. 



Mr. Price explained the legal status of the case, and stated 

 no bond was necessary to indemnify the executors ; that an 

 issue was now pending to determine the validity of the will, 

 and that the Society had no real concern with the same. 



Mr. Tatham moved that the action of the Treasurer, in de- 

 clining to give any security to indemnify the executors, be 

 approved. 



Dr. Morris offered as an amendment that "the action of the 

 President in employing Mr. Price as counsel for the Society be 



have some difficulty, I advise you to put in relation with him the person you will charge 

 with receiving this sum about a couple of.months before the 15th of March, 1891, so that. 

 if it became necessary, Mr. Massion would lie able to correspond with you, ami you 

 could furnish him with such document as ho would judge useful. So that the execution 

 of i he legacy that Mr. ( larlier has made you. will not be retarded. 

 In waiting for another occasion to correspond with you, believe me, Mr. President, 



Your very devoted, 



Clatjdio Jannet, 



Professor of Political Economy at the Catholic Univi rsity of I'aris. 



