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State of New Yobk, (_ . 



City and County of New York, j 



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

 personally came James F. Wenman, President of the De- 

 partment of Public Parks of the City of New York, and Wil- 

 liam 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 Commissioners " of the said Department of 

 Public Parks, as such President and Secretary. 



w. c.'besson, 



[seal.] (73) Notary Public, K Y. Co. 



State of New Yoke, ) 



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 Amer- 

 ican 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 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, Feb- 

 ruary 16, A. D. 1878, at 9 o'clock A. M., and examined. 



Witness my hand and official seal, 



FREDERICK W. LOEW 



[seal.] Register, 



