126 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
known as the “Isaac Lea collection,’ in the department of mollusks in said 
Smithsonian Institution. 
The Riter Fitzgerald bequest—The will of Mr. Fitzgerald, of 
Philadelphia, who died in 1911, dated May 19, 1910, and first 
brought to the attention of the Institution in March, 1913, contains 
an item in which the National Museum is concerned, as follows: 
I give, devise, and bequeath to my executors, hereinafter named, and the sur- 
vivor of them, or their successors in the trust, all the rest, residue, and remainder 
of my estate, real, personal, and mixed, and wheresoever situate, including all of 
my portion, share, and interest in the estate of my late father, Thomas VWitz- 
gerald, deceased, both real, personal, and mixed, in trust nevertheless, to invest 
the same and collect the rents, interest, and income as it accrues, and pay over 
the net income thereof quarterly to my niece, Geraldine Maud Hubbard, daugh- 
ter of my sister, Maud Hubbard, for and during the term of her natural life, 
her receipt alone to be a Sufficient release and discharge therefor, and so that the 
same shall not be liable for the debts or engagements of any husband which 
my niece may have. And upon the decease of my said niece, the principal and 
accrued interest is to be equally divided betwen her then surviving child or 
children in equal shares. In the event of the decease of my said niece without 
leaving a child or children surviving her, then I direct that the principal of my 
estate, and the interest accrued thereon, shall be given by my executors and 
trustees, and the survivor of them, or their successors in trust, to the United 
States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 
This part of the estate is appraised at between $12,000 and $13,000. 
The Joseph White Sprague bequest—The committee desires to re- 
fresh the memory of the Regents as to the terms of this bequest. 
Tt will be recalled that in 1901 the board’s attention was drawn to 
the proposed bequest of Mr. Sprague, whose residence was Louisville, 
Ky. His will provides that 85 per cent of the total income of the 
estate is to be distributed among certain devisees until their death 
and then to several of their relatives for 20 years after the death of 
the last devisee, when the trust expires by limitation and is to be 
paid to the Smithsonian Institution and to be known as “ the Sprague 
fund.” Its purpose is to best promote the advancement of the 
physical sciences, and only one-half of each annual income is to be 
used, the other half to be added to the principal of the estate. In 
1901 it was estimated that the estate was worth $200,000. ‘The terms 
imposed by the will indicate that the acquisition of the fund by the 
Institution will be at a remote date. 
Respectfully submitted. 
A. O. Bacon. 
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. 
JOHN DALZzELL. 
Cuarites D. Watcortt. 
On motion, the report was adopted. 
_ On motion of Senator Bacon, the secretary was requested to pub- 
lish in his annual report a synopsis of the permanent committee’s 
report. 
