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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  a 
  corporation 
  duly 
  incorporated 
  and 
  

   acting 
  under 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  California, 
  having 
  its 
  principal 
  place 
  of 
  

   business 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  and 
  county 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  State 
  aforesaid, 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  part, 
  Witnesseth 
  : 
  That 
  the 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  part, 
  in 
  considera- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  desire 
  he 
  has 
  to 
  promote 
  the 
  diffusion 
  of 
  science, 
  and 
  the 
  prosperity 
  

   and 
  perpetuity 
  of 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  part, 
  hath 
  given, 
  granted 
  and 
  con- 
  

   firmed, 
  and 
  by 
  these 
  presents 
  doth 
  give, 
  grant 
  and 
  confirm 
  unto 
  the 
  said 
  party 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  part, 
  and 
  its 
  successors, 
  all 
  that 
  certain 
  parcel 
  of 
  land 
  situate 
  in 
  

   said 
  city 
  and 
  county 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  State 
  aforesaid, 
  circumscribed 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  

   commencing 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  on 
  the 
  south-easterly 
  line 
  of 
  Market 
  Street, 
  distant 
  one- 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five 
  feet 
  south-westward 
  from 
  the 
  southwesterly 
  corner 
  of 
  

   Market 
  and 
  Fourth 
  Streets, 
  and 
  running 
  thence 
  south-eastwardly 
  and 
  parallel 
  

   with 
  said 
  Fourth 
  Street, 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five 
  feet 
  ; 
  thence 
  south-west- 
  

   wardiy, 
  at 
  an 
  angle 
  of 
  forty-five 
  degrees, 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy- 
  

   five 
  feet 
  from 
  said 
  south-easterly 
  line 
  of 
  Market 
  Street, 
  which 
  last-mentioned 
  

   point 
  constitutes 
  the 
  south-westerly 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  hundred-vara 
  lot 
  hereinafter 
  

   mentioned 
  ; 
  thence 
  north-westerly, 
  and 
  parallel 
  with 
  said 
  Fourth 
  Street, 
  two 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  seventy-five 
  feet 
  to 
  said 
  south-easterly 
  line 
  of 
  Market 
  Street 
  ; 
  thence 
  

   north-eastwardly 
  and 
  along 
  said 
  last 
  mentioned 
  line 
  of 
  Market 
  Street, 
  eighty 
  

   feet 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  commencement 
  ; 
  said 
  parcel 
  of 
  land 
  being 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  that 
  

   certain 
  lot 
  of 
  land, 
  laid 
  down 
  and 
  commonly 
  known 
  upon 
  the 
  official 
  map 
  of 
  

   said 
  city 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  as 
  Hundred-vara 
  Lot 
  No. 
  One 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty- 
  

   six 
  : 
  reserving 
  and 
  excepting, 
  out 
  of 
  and 
  from 
  said 
  granted 
  premises, 
  all 
  build- 
  

   ings, 
  tenements 
  and 
  improvements 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  tenants 
  of 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  part, 
  that 
  now 
  are, 
  or 
  may 
  be 
  situate 
  thereon 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  said 
  party 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  shall 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  said 
  premises 
  ; 
  and 
  ex- 
  

   cepting 
  and 
  reserving 
  out 
  of 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  grant 
  and 
  conveyance, 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  

   possess, 
  use 
  and 
  occupy 
  said 
  premises 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  two 
  years 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  

   hereof, 
  unless 
  sooner 
  determined, 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  provided 
  ; 
  which 
  right 
  of 
  posses- 
  

   sion, 
  as 
  aforesaid, 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  hereby 
  reserves 
  unto 
  himself, 
  his 
  

   heirs 
  and 
  assigns 
  : 
  To 
  have 
  and 
  to 
  hold, 
  all 
  and 
  singular 
  the 
  premises 
  hereby 
  

   given 
  and 
  granted 
  unto 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  and 
  its 
  successors, 
  upon 
  

   the 
  following 
  terms 
  and 
  conditions, 
  nevertheless 
  ; 
  which 
  terms 
  and 
  conditions 
  

   shall 
  be 
  binding 
  and 
  obligatory 
  upon 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  and 
  its 
  suc- 
  

   cessors, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say 
  : 
  

  

  First 
  — 
  That 
  said 
  premises 
  shall 
  be 
  used 
  and 
  devoted 
  solely 
  and 
  exclusively 
  

   for 
  scientific 
  purposes 
  and 
  for 
  none 
  other, 
  and 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  political 
  or 
  

   religious 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Second 
  — 
  That 
  said 
  premises 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  incumbered 
  by 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  part, 
  or 
  its 
  successors 
  ; 
  and 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  allowed 
  or 
  suffered 
  by 
  said 
  

   party 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  part, 
  or 
  its 
  successors, 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  for 
  any 
  taxes, 
  assessments, 
  

   or 
  other 
  charges, 
  levied 
  or 
  placed, 
  or 
  suffered 
  to 
  be 
  levied 
  or 
  placed 
  thereon. 
  

  

  Third 
  — 
  That 
  said 
  premises 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  alienated 
  by 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  part, 
  during 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  existing 
  members 
  of 
  said 
  California 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  

  

  