142 Contract 



State of New York, 

 City and County of New York, 



On this 12th day of February, in the year 1878, before me personally came 

 James F. Wenman, President of the Department of Public Parks of the City of 

 New York, and William Irwin, Secretary of the said Department of Public 

 Parks, with both of whom I am personally acquainted, and both of whom being 

 by me duly sworn, said that they reside in the City and County of New York ; 

 that the said James F. Wenman is the President, and the said William Irwin is 

 the Secretary of the said Department of Public Parks, and that they signed 

 their names to the foregoing agreement by order of the Board of Commis- 

 sioners of the said Department of Public Parks, as such President and 

 Secretary. 



W. C. BESSON, 



[seal.] (73) Notary Public N. Y. Co. 



State of New York, 

 City and County of New York, 



On this 12th day of February, in the year 1878, before me personally came 

 Robert L. Stuart, the President of the American Museum of Natural History, 

 with whom I am personally acquainted, who being by me duly sworn, said that 

 he resides in the City and County of New York, that he is the President of the 

 American Museum of Natural History, and that he knows the corporate seal 

 of said museum, that the seal affixed to the foregoing agreement is such corpo- 

 rate seal, that it is affixed thereto by order of the Board of Trustees of said 

 American Museum of Natural History, and that he signed his name thereto 

 by the like order, as President of said Museum. 



W. C. BESSON, 



[seal.] (73) Notary Public N. Y. Co. 



Recorded in the office of the Register of the City and County of New York 

 in Liber 1426 of Cons., page 402, February 16, A. D. 1878, at 9 o'clock a.m., 

 and examined. 



Witness my hand and official seal, 



FREDERICK W. LOEW, 



[seal.] Register. 



Note. — July 25, 1892, by consent of the Trustees, section fourth was modi- 

 fied to enable the Trustees to open the Museum free to the public "throughout 

 the year, excepting Mondays, but including Sunday afternoons and two even- 

 ings of each week." 



June 29, 1893, by consent of the Trustees, section fourth was modified to 

 enable the Trustees to open the Museum free of charge to the public "through- 

 out the year for five days in each week, one of which shall be Sunday afternoon, 

 and also two evenings of each week." 



