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past year. Specimens of titles for catalogues, separately stereo- 

 typed and printed, were laid before the Board. 



Mr. Rush offered the following resolution ; which was adopted : 



Resolved, That a copy of the special report of the Secretary be furnished for publi- 

 cation to the National Intelligencer immediately after it shall be sent to Congress. 



The Board then adjourned, to meet on Saturday, 31st instant, at 

 10 o'clock. 



January 31, 1852. 



The Board met this day at 11 o'clock, a. m. 



Present, Mr. Taney, Chancellor ; Messrs. Colcock, Mason, 

 Meacham and Totten. 



The Secretary communicated to the Board a copy of the will of 

 Thomas Wynns, late of Brooklyn, New York, deceased, which 

 contains a contingent devise or legacy to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. It is as follows : 



In the name of God : Amen. 



I, Thomas Wynns, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New 

 York, being in feeble bodily health, but of sound and disposing mind, do make, pub- 

 lish, and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and declaring null 

 and void all other and former wills by me made. 



First. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Charlotte, all my plate and 

 household furniture, or such of it as she may select, and all my books and pictures 

 she may desire. 



Second. I give, devise, and bequeath to my executors and trustees hereinafter 

 named, or such of them as shall qualify themselves to act under this my will, the sur- 

 vivors and survivor, all my estate, real and personal, and the rents and profits of my 

 real estate upon the trusts hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, to pay to my said 

 wife yearly and every year during her natural life the annual sum of fifteen hundred 

 dollars lawful money of the United States of America, such payment to be made 

 quarterly, and the first payment to be made at the termination of the first quarter, or 

 three months after my decease. 



Further to apply to the use, maintenance, and education of my daughter, 

 Charlotte Arthur, the annual sum of five hundred dollars, which annual sum may 

 be increased in the discretion of my executors as the advancing age of my 

 daughter may require, until her marriage, and upon her marriage she shall receive 

 the whole income over and above the annuity to my wife during her natural life, and 

 in case of her marriage the income shall be paid to her for her own use, upon her 

 own receipt, without the control of her husband, and free from all his debts. Upon 

 the decease of my said daughter the said real and personal estate, or the proceeds 

 and accumulations thereof, shall be equally divided between or among her issue, 

 share and share alike, the issue of children to stand in place of their parent; or if 

 she should die without issue, ten thousand dollars shall be paid to my friend, John 

 George Andei'son, of Florida, and the residue to the Smithsonian Institute at Wash- 

 ington, as I know no benevolent institution more useful or appropriate. A sufficient 

 and ample fund shall, however, be always reserved to secure the annuity to my wile. 



Third. I nominate, constitute, and appoint my friends, John George Anderson of 

 Florida, Edwin Coffin, of New York, and Charles A. Coo, of the same place, and the 

 Rev. Francis Vinton, of Brooklyn, doctor of divinity, to be the executors of this my 

 last will and testament and trustees as hereinbefore mentioned, and guardians of my 

 said daughter, with full power of sale and conveyance, to such of them as may 

 qualify, the survivors and survivor of them. 



In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal. 



THOMAS WYNNS. [l. b.] 



Signed, sealed, published and declared by the testator for and as his last will and 

 testament in our presence, who, at the same time, at his request, in his presence, and 



