MEMORANDUM OF LEASE. 139 



in general ; in which, and in the cases so prepared, valuable 

 specimens were deposited by the said Society, and by indi- 

 viduals, some an absolute donation and others as a loan, 

 upon conditions which are expressed in another paper 

 between said Academy and said depositors, of even date 

 herewith. 



And Whereas^ It was also agreed and understood at the 

 time, by the Trustees of the Western Reserve College, at 

 Hudson, Ohio, a corporate body, with power to establish 

 branches, and which by legal steps had constituted and 

 established the said Cleveland Medical College as one of 

 its branches, and caused the said building to be erected, 

 that in consideration of the expenditures of the said Acad- 

 emy of Natural Science, and of the Museum, and of speci- 

 mens thus collected, the said room being on the second 

 floor, of said building, should be and remain in the control 

 of said Academy and its legal agents, free of rent, so long 

 as it should be occupied for the purpose aforesaid, and 

 other purposes connected with the objects of said Literary 

 Association; on the conditions that the Faculty, Professors, 

 Students and officers of said Medical College, and of the 

 said Western Reserve College, should have access, under 

 proper regulations, to said room and specimens, for the 

 purpose of study and examination. 



And Whereas, So far as it now appears to the officers and 

 agents of said Academy of Natural Science and of the said 

 Western Reserve College, acting by the Trustees of the 

 said Medical College, no Memorandum or Record of the 

 understanding or agreement aforesaid was made in writing, 

 althougli the said verbal agreement has been constantly 

 acknowledged and acted upon, by both parties, and posses- 

 sion had from the fall of the year 1845 to this time, this 

 Memorandum is hereby made between the parties, acknowl- 

 edging and confirming said agreement and understanding, 

 made and entered into as specified, which is to operate as a 



