38 * COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



[Jan. 



of April 2, 1859, make an appropriation of one hundred thousand 

 dollars out of the proceeds of Back Bay lands, to be paid to such 

 persons as should be incorporated as the Trustees of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology ; provided an equal amount should be secured 

 by private subscription : 



And ivJiereas, By Act of April G, 1859, the said Legislature 

 incorporated the said Louis Agassiz, "William Gray and others, 

 and their successors, as the Trustees of the Museum rf Com- 

 parative Zoology, with power to receive, hold, purchase and pos- 

 sess real and personal property not exceeding three hundred 

 thousand dollars in value, to be used and improved for the erection, 

 support and maintenance of a Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Cambridge, in this Commonwealth ; antl, provided, that the sum 

 of fifty thousand dollars, given as aforesaid by said William Gray, 

 should be deemed a part of the sum required to be raised by 

 private subscription for said Museum, as a condition precedent to 

 the payment of said grant of one hundred thousand dollars : 



And whereas, A sum of more than seventy thousand dollars in 

 addition to the said Gray donation, was raised by private subscrip- 

 tion, and paid to the said Trustees, who have also since received 

 the said grant of one hundred thousand dollars from the Common- 

 wealth, and other funds for the support and maintenance of the said 

 Museum : 



And whereas, By articles of agreement between the parties 

 hereto, dated June 14, 1859, it was agreed that certain lands should 

 be conveyed for a nominal consideration by the said Corporation to 

 the said Trustees for the purpose of enabling them to erect build- 

 ings for the said Museum, and rules and regulations were estab- 

 lished for the government, occupation, care and management of the 

 institution to be established and maintained by means of the funds, 

 collections and other property held by the said parties for the pur- 

 poses of a Museum as aforesaid : 



And whereas, By deed dated the same day, certain lands were 

 conveyed by the said Corporation to the said Trustees, together 

 with the collections of articles already acquired by the said Cor- 

 poration toward the formation of such a Museum, to be held by 

 the Trustees upon trust for the erection of buildings, and the 

 maintenance, improvement and extension thereof, and for the estab- 

 lishment and maintenance of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 to be used, occupied, managed and governed in strict conformity 



