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THI S ItIDENTtmE made the second day of July
in the l-r one thousand nine hundred and .ven Between ARCHER
MILTctl HUNTINGTC!t of the Oi ty or New York, pao ty of the first part
WITNESSETH 1d1ereas the said Archer Jl.lltQl Hunting
ton desires in his l1r&time to promote the pUblic welfare by
f n.mding, &ndowmg and haYing mainta ined a f.'ree pub110 library
museum and edUcational insti tuticn 1"1 thin this state.
NOW THEREFORE to that erd and tor B1Jl!J purposes and
acting in pursuance of the Act of the r,egislature of the state ot
New York approved by' the Governor May 12th le92 and known 8.S Chap
ter 516 of the Laws 0 f enti tled "An Aot to advanc e l_rning
the arts and soiences ':Iond to pranote the pUblic wftlf.'are by pro
viding l' or the ccnveyaM. holding and protectlon of.' property and
thft crElaticn of for the f.'CI1ndmg endowing erection a.nd main
tenanoe of public libraries, museums and other educational 1nsti
tutions within th:h Sta.te" tte sa1d Archer Milton Huntington, in
consideration 0" the and the sum. of five dollars lawful
money of the United states to him In hand by the rarty of
the seccnd part the receipt whereof is hereby' e.cknowledged. 'l.nd oth
good am valuable oClldderations does hereby ccnvel grant and re
leas8 assign transfer and set over unto the .1d p.. ty of the
second pan and to its sUDcessors the following desoribed property
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balonging to the said Archer Milton Hunt1ngtQ'lcnd situat.ed and
being within the state of.' N_ York to wit:
Or:e hUndred (100) dollar ($1000) first
mortgage 5:' Gold Bonds of' the Los Angeles Interurban Re.Uwa;y Can
paftJ' pr lncipal due in'eres t payable AprU and October in the
City of' Ian Francisco one hundred (100) One thousand dollar ($1000)
Southern l'acif'ia First RefUnding Gold Bond.s due 1955 'nterest
and three hundred shares of the corporate stock of.' the City
of.' New York due 1954 interest 3 payable May let and Novembflr
1st.
TO H4:.VF AND TO HOLD the above grantea j)cndil:snd other
p firs 011a1 properv unto 0 the es ld Pa" ty ot the seccnd Part and to
1 ts successors, IN TRUST nEIVertheless and to and f.'or the uses Rnd
purposes mentioned in a certain grant made and executed by
Miltcn Hunt:lngtcn and Helen Huntingtcn his wif.'e to Charles Harri
S<l'1 Tweed a.nd othl!lrs 80S Trustees which said grant lIlU a.ted Kay
1904 and recorded in the of'f'ice of' the Register of the County of.
New York July 30, 1904 in block series (Conveyances) SfiCtion
liber 21 page 119; which Slid grant is hereby psrticu1arly re
ferred to and made part of. this indenture; and thi B indenttr e is
RubJect to the terms c mditionll e.nd resenBtions 1n !III 1e! e
ran
oontained.
SUBJECT moreover to the oovenant hereinafter con
tained. In addition to the PUZP088s or theSfi presents as herein-
before expressed the 1'Ilrther purpose am intention of the party
of the first part in making this grant is th&t the rnstl tution
known as The Hispanio Sooiety Library and tofuseun shall forever
remain independent and be free to e.rry out tte speoal purposes
f' or whi ell it _s organized.
This grant is made theref'ore upon and only upon 0 on
ditlon that neither the .id Boare! of' Trustees nor their successors
s11& 11 grant convey assign transfer or set over any of the real
or personal prcpertv of whIch it may be seized or possessed whe
ther acquired by virtue of' this grant or oth&rwise to the New York
Publio Library, A9tor, Lenox, Iiond Tilden foundat ions or to Bn1' othe
library corporation inst! tution or perscn whOllsoever or whatsoever
exoept for the purpose of' investing a.nd re inveating funds of and
for the Hispanlo Sooiety of America the .le of publications of
the Society, books or duplicates as provided f'or in the Constl
tution and By laws;, th... sale of an inoonsiderable quantity of
p ere mal property or personal property of inc en sidera. ble value
such as rumlture fixtures utensils etc.
the party l"ereto or tl"e second for 1helf
and 1ts succee.,rs does hereby covenant and asree to a.nd wi tl the
party of' the f'irst part his heirs exe cut01'8 admin1strators
that the eo.id party of' thfl seoond part accepts the said grant upon
fohe oondition aBove set forth FIord w11l,abide by the Bame; that
nei ther the eaid Board or its successors will grant, convey, 6ss1g
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transfer or 9&t oV6r any of th& r6Bol or personal pr opertq of ....hi ch
it may be BEli zed or p088eeeed whether acquired by virtaJ. e of tM G
grant Or othww1ee, to the New Yolk Public Library, A8tor, Lenox
and Tilden rCl1na.tione cr t.o a'V other Library., corpomt.ion inst.i
tution or pereal whaneoever or ....hatsoever except ae aforesaid. that
the above c end! tion elall be deemed a part of thfl considerat.ion
hereinbefore tt!& th6 BStid cendition emU be or the
same eeeence of this gro.nti and if !Sid ccndition shall 1n !lotW
manner be broken, then and in event this grant !lmll becane
and be void am of no effect a9 it jt never had been ma.de, and the
said Trustees or their successors smll give up and surrflnder
quietly and peaceably ahe property hereby granted to the heirs
executors Or adlll1n1stmters of the said Archer Miltm Huntington
or if no representat1vus be then living or no such eetate exists 0
by reasCl1 of the lap se or tjme or for "tV other reason the said
rel're"entative s or &state O8omot receive the .id property, then
the 9!l.me shall be given up and sm-rendered to the Board of Trustee
or other Directors or various institutions of learning in SIain
to be designated by the Minister, or cth&r officer, or perecn, who
shall bave ol".e.rge or supervision of public education or inet1tllU
in Spain said to be aPrlied for instruction in Spain :In
the Englisb language and literature.
AND in the event aforesaid the said party of t.he rir
part hereby aut.horized and empowere euch Kin1eter, officer or
persOl to make the dflsignation as aforesaid and in his discretion
to apportion the amount which each institution is to recdve.
AND in the laid event the said part1' or the f'1rst
part here'bJ' grants assigns transf.ers 9o!'ld sets Over the personal
prop&rt1' herein described to the saJd Board. of. Trustees or other
Directors to be sO designated in suc b amounts or sr.ares as such
:11linister .. (I'ber officer or persat shall in hi!! ehcret10n appor
,l tim, to have and to hold, possess central a.nd &njo1' th& BBr.!e unto
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themselves and their success01'S IN TRUST NF,VERTHFLRSS and to and
for the uses and purposes above Mentioned.
IT is understood no1bing h&rein contained is to
oe construed as preventing the of' the f'rom the
securities hereinbefore mentioned or f'ranthe substitutes therefor
to the payment of. legitimate eXp&nses of. the Hispanic 80ciet1'.
This in,tIUll1ent is to be taken as imposing th& om-
di tions ref.erred to in the iIletter of the part1' of the first part
to lAanst'1eld L Hillhouse, Secretar1 of t1 Hispanic Societ1 of.
America da.ted March 25 1')07 1n re!!pect of the deposit of the se
curi tie s e. bove mentioned.
IN WITNESS WP.FREOP the {laid part1' of tho first part
ha.s hereunto set his hand and oea1 the da1' and year first aoove
wri tten.
IN presence of.
ARCHER M. HUNTINGToN (LS)
Ernest E Tbana.s.
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state or New York; City and County or New York; ss;
on this :?2d day at July 1907 berta'e me person&1l appeared Arcter
Mi1tcn Huntington to me known and known to me to be the person
desoribed in and who executed the witbin inetrtDnent and he aamOW'"
1edged tlBt hE! executed the same r ar the purposes therej.n mentlorB
a nd a enta ined.
Ernest. E Thanas, Notary Publio, 72 N Y Co (LS)
(NCP)
Indorsed to be indexed agai"\Dt block No 2134 on the
Land Map or. the City or. New York;
Recorded l-receding at reque!!lt of'M L HillhoUse
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July 23 1907 at 10 0' clock and 30 mins.A.lol.
FRANK GABS
REGISTER.
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