THE ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE MEMORIAL 
As a State Memorial 
The State of New York is the trustee of this wild life Memorial 
to Theodore Roosevelt. The New York State College of Forestry at 
Syracuse is a State institution supported solely by State funds, and 
the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station is a part of this 
institution. The Trustees are State officials. A legislative mandate 
instructed them as follows : 
" To establish and conduct an experimental station to he known as 
' Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station,' in which there 
shall be maintained records of the results of the experiments and 
investigations made and research work accomplished; also a library 
of works, publications, papers and data having to do with wild life, 
together with means for practical illustration and demonstration, 
which library shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to the public." 
[Laws of New York, chapter 536. Became a law May 10, 1919.] 
As a General Memorial 
While this Memorial Station was founded by New York State, its 
functions are not limited solely to the State. The Trustees are further 
authorized to cooperate with other agencies, so that the work is by 
no means limited to the boundaries of the State or by State funds. 
Provision for this has been made by the law as follows : 
" To enter into any contract necessary or appropriate for carrying 
out any of the purposes or objects of the College, including such as 
shall involve cooperation with any person, corporation or association 
or any department of the government of the State of New York or 
of the United States in laboratory, experimental, investigative or 
research work, and the acceptance from such person, corporation, 
association, or department of the State or Federal government of 
gifts or contributions of money, expert service, labor, materials, 
apparatus, appliances or other property in connection therewith." 
.[Laws of New York, chapter 42. Became a law March 7, 1918.] 
By these laws the Empire State has made provision to conduct 
forest wild life research upon a comprehensive basis, and on a plan 
as broad as that approved by Theodore Roosevelt himself. 
Form of Bequest to the Roosevelt Wild Life Memorial 
I hereby give and bequeath to the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest 
Experiment Station of The New York State College of Forestry at 
Syracuse, for wild life research, library, and for publication, the sum 
of , or the following books, lands, etc. 
