90 MEMOIR OF 



direct and appoint, that, in case his Majesty, or the 

 Parliament, do accept the offer, and do pay the sum 

 of .20,000 unto my executors, or the survivors of 

 them, that then my executors do, within six months 

 after such payment as aforementioned, and obtaining" 

 proper powers for effectually vesting in the trustees 

 all my collection, and my capital house and gardens, 

 with their appurtenances, water, and advowson, 

 presentation, or right of patronage of the church of 

 Chelsea, together with my heir or heirs at law, and all 

 other proper parties, do, and shall join in and execute 

 such acts, deeds, and conveyances, as shall he thought 

 requisite and necessary for the more perfect and 

 absolute vesting, conveying, and assuring the premises, 

 in and to the trustees, and their assigns and successors 

 for ever, for the uses, intents, and purposes herein 

 mentioned. And my will is, and I do hereby empower, 

 that the trustees, or any seven of them, or more of 

 them, do, and shall, in convenient time, after payment 

 of the sum of .20,000 unto my executors, or the 

 survivors of them, meet together, as often as shatf 

 be thought fit, and there make and establish, to 

 be afterwards ratified and approved by the visiters 

 hereby appointed, or any five or more of them, such 

 rules and ordinances, and to make and appoint such 

 officers and servants for the attending, managing, 

 preserving, and containing of my museum and 

 premises for ever, with such salaries, payments, or 

 allowances, to them respectively, as shall seem 

 necessary. And farther, my will is, and I do hereby 

 order and direct, that, in case any difference or di>s- 

 pute shall happen to arise by or between the trustees 

 touching the premises, which cannot be adjusted or 

 settled among themselves ; then, and in such case, 

 and as often as the same shall happen, the visiters 

 hereby appointed, or any five, or rnor3 of them, shall, 

 and are hereby authorized and empowered to hear 

 and determine, in the most summary way, such dif- 

 ference or dispute, whose order or determination 

 shall be final. And it is also my will and desire, that 

 all such other powers and authorities may be added 



