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  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  ) 
  

  

  City 
  and 
  County 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  ) 
  

  

  On 
  this 
  1 
  2th 
  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, 
  f 
  

  

  ss. 
  

  

  On 
  this 
  1 
  2th 
  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." 
  

  

  