THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



a subscribing witness, and a subsequent mar- 

 riage or birth of a child revokes the will unlesd 

 specially provided for therein. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Bequests to any 

 minister, teacher, or religious sect or denomina- 

 tion, unless made at least one month before 

 the testator's death, are void. 



IOWA. Disposition of homestead or other 

 privileged property to wife and family is void. 



KANSAS. A married person cannot, without 

 the consent of the husband or wife, dispose of 

 more than one half of his or her property. 



MAINE. A posthumous child shares the 

 same as though there was no will, unless other- 

 wise provided for. 



MASSACHUSETTS. A bequest to a subscrib- 

 ing witness is void, or to the husband or wife of 

 such witness, unless there are three other 

 witnesses. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. Bequest to subscribing 

 witness void without there are three other sub- 

 scribing witnesses. 



NEW JERSEY. Same as Maine. 



PENNSYLVANIA. Bequest to a charity 

 within one month of testator's death is void. 



Short Form for a Will. I, James Dick- 

 son, of the city of Chicago, in the county of 

 Cook, and State of Illinois, being of sound 

 mind and memory and understanding, do 

 make my last will and testament in manner 

 and form following : 



First. I give and bequeath to my daughters 

 Mary and Jane two thousand dollars each after 

 they have attained the age of twenty years. 



Second. I give and bequeath to my wife 

 Susan all my household furniture, and all the 

 rest of my personal property, after paying 

 from the same the legacies already named, to 

 be hers forever : but if there should not be at 

 my decease sufficient personal property to pay 

 the aforesaid legacies, then so much of my 

 real estate shall be sold as will raise sufficient 

 money to pay the same. 



Third. I also give, devise, and bequeath to 

 my wife Susan all the rest and residue of my. 

 real estate as long as she shall remain un- 

 married, and my widow ; but on her decease 

 or marriage, the remainder thereof I give 

 and devise to my said children and their heirs, 

 respectively, to be divided in equal shares be- 

 tween them. 



I appoint my wife Susan sole executrix of 

 this my last will and testament. 



In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand 

 and seal, and publish and decree this to be my 

 last will and testament, in the presence of the 

 witnesses named below, this eighth day of 

 March, in the year of our Lord one thousand 

 eight hundred and ninety-three. 



JAMES DICKSON. [L. s.] 



Signed, sealed, declared and published by 

 the said James Dickson as and for his last will 

 and testament, in the presence of us, who, at 

 his request and in his presence, and in pres- 

 ence of each other, have subscribed our names 

 as witnesses hereto. 



JOHN SMITH, residing at Chicago in Cook 

 County. 



PETER JONES, residing at Chicago in Cook 

 County. 



Another Form of Will. Know all men 

 by these presents : That I, Joseph Atkinson, of 

 Media, in the county of Chester, and State of 

 Pennsylvania, merchant, considering the un- 

 certainty of this life, and being of sound mind 

 and memory, do make, and declare, and pub- 

 lish, this my last will and testament. 



First. I give and bequeath unto my beloved 

 wife Mary the use, improvement and income 

 of my dwelling house, warehouses, lands, and 

 their appurtenances, situate in Nelson town- 

 ship, Chester county, State of Pennsylvania, 

 to have and to hold the same to her for and 

 during her natural life. 



Second. I give and bequeath to my son 

 Robert two thousand dollars, to be paid to 

 him by my executor, hereinafter named, within 

 six months after my decease ; and I also give, 

 devise, and bequeath to my said son Robert the 

 reversion or remainder of my dwelling house, 

 warehouses, lands and their appurtenances, 

 situate in Nelson township, Chester county, 

 State of Pennsylvania, and all profit, income, 

 and advantage that may result therefrom, from 

 and after the decease of my beloved wife 

 Mary. 



Third. I give, devise, and bequeath to my 

 beloved wife Mary all the residue of my estate, 

 real, personal, or mixed, of which I shall be 

 seized or possessed, or to which I shall be en- 

 titled at the time of my decease ; to have and 

 to hold the same to her and her executors and 

 administrators and assigns forever. 



Fourth. I do nominate and appoint my 

 brother .Fames Atkinson to be the executor of 

 this, my last will and testament. 



In testimony inhereof, I have to this, my last 

 will and testament, contained on two sheets of 

 paper, and to each sheet thereof, subscribed 

 my name and set my seal ; and to this, the last 

 sheet thereof, I have here subscribed my name 

 and affixed my seal, this eighteenth day of May. 

 in the year of our Lord one thousand '.eight 

 hundred and ninety-three. 



JAMES ATKINSON. [L. s.] 



Signed, sealed, declared and published by the 

 said James Atkinson, as and for his last will 

 and testament, in presence of us, who, at his 

 request and in his presence, and in presence of 



