28 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Feb. 



Fellows of the College, shall be devoted, in such time and manner as 

 they are needed and can be beneficially applied to the advancement of 

 the common object, and for this end that a suitable building be erect- 

 ed as speedily as practicable for the preservation of the collections 

 already made, and of those which may be made, upon a plan capable 

 of being enlarged and extended as the increased collections of the said 

 institution may from time to time require ; and the said trustees 

 being ready and willing to apply a sufficient portion of the fund under 

 their control to the erection of a suitable building adapted to the 

 present wants of the institution, on receiving the conveyance of a lot 

 of land properly situated and adapted to meet such present wants, and 

 capable of admitting such future extension and enlargement, and 

 desirous, in furtherance of the objects of their incorporation and in the 

 execution of their trust, to make such arrangements and contracts as 

 shall secure to such institution the resources of the University for 

 education and the advancement of science ; 



And whereas, a parcel of land conveniently situated, and now the 

 property of the College, has been examined, surveyed, and selected as 

 a place suitable for the erection of buildings for the said Museum, for 

 all the uses and purposes for which the same is intended, and the 

 said President and Fellows of Harvard College, desirous, as far as it 

 may be consistent with their powers, and the trusts reposed in them, 

 to promote and advance the establishment, increase, and beneficial use 

 of said Museum, as an institution well adapted to foster the interests 

 of education, and to advance an important branch, of science, and to 

 promote the love and knowledge of it in the community, are ready 

 and willing to convey the legal title to said lot of land, and also 

 their interest in the collection already made, and all additions to be 

 made thereto hereafter, upon a nominal consideration, to the said 

 Trustees, provided the same be thus conveyed to said Trustees and 

 their successors, in fee, upon strict trust and confidence that the said 

 estate and collections shall be used and improved solely and exclu- 

 sively for the erection of buildings, the maintenance, improvement, 

 and extension of the same, and for the , establishment and mainte- 

 nance of such Museum to be used, occupied, governed, and managed in 

 strict conformity to the rules and regulations hereby adopted by both 

 said Corporations ; 



