THE ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE MEMORIAL 



As a State Memorial 



The State of New York is the trustee of this wild life Memorial 

 to Theodore Roosevelt. The New York State College of Forestry at 

 Syracuse is a State institution supported solely by State funds, and 

 the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station is a part of this 

 institution. The Trustees are State officials. A legislative mandate 

 instructed them as follows : 



" To establish and conduct an experimental station to be known as 

 ' Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station,' in which there 

 shall be maintained records of the results of the experiments and 

 investigations made and research work accomplished; also a library 

 of works, publications, papers and data having to do with wild life, 

 together with means for practical illustration and demonstration, 

 which library shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to the public." 

 [Laws of New York, chapter 536. Became a law May 10, 1919.] 



As a General Memorial 



While this Memorial Station was founded by New York State, its 

 functions are not limited solely to the State. The Trustees are further 

 authorized to cooperate with other agencies, so that the work is by 

 no means limited to the boundaries of the State or by State funds. 

 Provision for this has been made by the law as follows : 



" To enter into any contract necessary or appropriate for carrying 

 out any of the purposes or objects of the College, including such as 

 shall involve cooperation with any person, corporation or association 

 or any department of the government of the State of New York or 

 of the United States in laboratory, experimental, investigative or 

 research work, and the acceptance from such person, corporation, 

 association, or department of the State or Federal government of 

 gifts or contributions of money, expert service, labor, materials, 

 apparatus, appliances or other property in connection therewith." 

 [Laws of New York, chapter 42. Became a law March 7, 1918.] 



By these laws the Empire State has made provision to conduct 

 forest wild life research upon a comprehensive basis, and on a plan 

 as broad as that approved by Theodore Roosevelt himself. 



Form of Bequest to the Roosevelt Wild Life Memorial 



I hereby give and bequeath to the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest 

 Experiment Station of The New York State College of Forestry at 

 Syracuse, for wild life research, library, and for publication, the sum 

 of , or the following books, lands, etc. 



