ike) Contract 
STATE OF NEw YORK, ae 
City and County of New York, af 
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 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 YorRK, meee 
City and County of New York, 3 
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 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.” 
