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ties, or their successors, anything herein contained to the contrary 

 in any wise notwithstanding. 



In witness whereof, the party of the first part hath caused 

 this agreement to be executed by their President and Secretary, 

 pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of said 

 Department, adopted at a meeting held on the thirtieth day of 

 January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 

 seventy-eight; and the said party of the second part hath caused 

 the same to be executed by their President, and their official seal 

 affixed thereto, pursuant to a resolution of the Trustees of the 

 American Museum of Natural History, adopted at a meeting held 

 on the twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one 

 thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. 



In presence of JAMES F. WENMAN, 



D. Porter Lord. President Department of Public Parks 



of the City of New York. 



WILLIAM IRWIN, 

 Secretary Department of Public Parks 



: seal •' °f *^ e y °f ^ ew York. 



i of Mu e s ^um e of an ! ROBERT L. STUART, 



: Natural History; President American Museum of 



Natural History. 



State of New York | . 



City and County of New York, f 



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 De- 

 partment of Public Parks, with both of whom I am personally ac- 

 quainted, 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 



ss. 



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 corporate seal, that it is 



