﻿Contract. 
  87 
  

  

  grant 
  hereinbefore 
  made 
  has 
  become 
  utterly 
  null 
  and 
  void 
  and 
  

   thereupon 
  the 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  part, 
  its 
  successor 
  or 
  suc- 
  

   cessors 
  (ninety 
  days' 
  time 
  being 
  first 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  party 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  to 
  remove 
  its 
  property 
  therefrom), 
  may 
  

   reenter, 
  and 
  shall 
  again 
  have, 
  repossess 
  and 
  enjoy 
  the 
  premises 
  

   aforementioned, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  their 
  first 
  and 
  former 
  estate, 
  

   and 
  in 
  like 
  manner 
  as 
  though 
  these 
  presents 
  had 
  never 
  been 
  

   made, 
  without 
  let 
  or 
  hindrance 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  part, 
  anything 
  here 
  contained 
  to 
  the 
  contrary 
  notwith- 
  

   standing. 
  

  

  Ninthly. 
  — 
  And 
  it 
  is 
  further 
  expressly 
  understood 
  and 
  agreed, 
  

   by 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  parties 
  hereto, 
  that 
  this 
  agreement 
  may 
  be 
  

   wholly 
  canceled 
  and 
  annulled, 
  or, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  altered, 
  

   or 
  modified, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  agreed, 
  in 
  writing, 
  between 
  the 
  said 
  

   parties, 
  or 
  their 
  successors, 
  anything 
  herein 
  contained 
  to 
  the 
  

   contrary 
  in 
  anywise 
  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 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  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 
  

   of 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  SEAL 
  . 
  ! 
  ROBERT 
  L. 
  STUART, 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  American 
  : 
  ... 
  

  

  Museum 
  of 
  \ 
  President 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  

  

  Natural 
  History 
  j 
  Natural 
  History. 
  

  

  