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D. 

 TONER LECTURES. 



Deed of conveyance from Dr. J. M. Toner to fire trustees, instituting the 

 Toner lectures at the city of Washington, and establishing a permanent 

 and increasing fund, for their support and continuance annually. 



This indenture, made this thirteenth day of April, in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, between Dr. Joseph 

 M. Toner, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, of the 

 first part, and the Secretary or chief scientific officer of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, (for the time being Professor Joseph Henry;) the Surgeon- 

 General of the United States Army, (for the time being J. K. Barnes, 

 M. D. ;) the Surgeon-General of tbe United States Navy, (for the time 

 being J. M. Foltz, M. D. ;) tbe president of the Medical Society of the 

 District of Columbia, (for the time being Grafton Tyler, M. D.;) of the 

 second part, all at present residing in said District of Columbia: 



Whereas the said party of the first part, believing that the advancement 

 of science — that is, a knowledge of the laws of nature in any part of 

 her domain, and particularly such discoveries as contribute to tbe ad- 

 vancement of medicine — tends to ameliorate the condition of mankind, 

 hath determined to convey and transfer to tbe said parties of the sec- 

 ond part, and their successors forever, in their several official positions 

 as aforesaid, the hereinafter described real and personal property, 

 amounting in value to about $3,000, ninety per cent, of tbe interestof wbicli 

 is to be applied for at least two annual memoirs or essays by different 

 individuals, and, as the fund increases, as many more as the interest of 

 the trust and revenue will in the judgment of the trustees justify, rela- 

 tive to some branch of medical scieuce, to be read at the city of Wash- 

 ington at such time and place as tbe said parties of the second part and 

 tbeir successors as trustees may designate, under the name of " The 

 Toner Lectures ;" each of these memoirs or lectures to contain some new 

 truth fully established by experiment or observation, aud no such 

 memoir or lecture to be given to tbe world under the name of " The 

 Toner Lectures" without having first been critically examined and ap 

 proved by competent persons selected by said trustees for that purpose. 



It is further provided, tbat such of the said memoirs or lectures as 

 may be approved sball be published in such manner and through such 

 channels as said trustees may determine. 



And, in order to carry out the intentions hereinbefore expressed, the 

 said party of the first part hath associated with himself the said other 

 parties of the second part, each in his official character as hereinbefore 

 named, with this provision : that upon removal from official position of 

 any one of said parties of the second part, by death or otherwise, his 

 successor in said position sball succeed him as one of the trustees of 

 "The Toner Lectures;" and that upon the death, resignation, or removal 

 of said party of the first part, or his successors, the other trustees 



