shall not be required to account for the same, but the amount so given to them shall be charged by them as a part of my testamentary expenses. I request my executors to give such sum equal to four per cent. upon the value of my estate, as estimated by my executors, less said legacy to my brother, in such amounts as they think proper, to such deserving charitable institutions in the City of New York, and to such relatives of mine or of my wife, in the City of New York, or elsewhere, as may require assistance, as they shall agree upon and select, and I request them to submit a list of the institutions and the persons, with the amount proposed to be paid to each institution and person, to my brotherin-law Charles L. Hallgarten, of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, for his approval, in case he be living at the time the selection of such charitable institutions and persons is made. LXXXV. EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF THEODORE G. WEIL.* WILL DATED 24 DECEMBER 1896. ADMITTED TO PROBATE IN NEW YORK, 27 JANUARY, 1902. To the Aguilar Free Library for an alcove the sum of One thousand dollars. * Mr. Weil died 10 January, 1902. The sum of $950 was received from this legacy. At the date of transfer to The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, a portion of this fund was invested in one $500 bond of the Denver, Rio Grande R. R. Co. On December 14, 1902, the Directors of the Aguilar Free Library Society established in its 110th Street branch library an alcove in memory of Theodore G. Weil, to be devoted to American History. DEED BY LOUIS LESE AND WIFE OF THE PREMISES NO. 174 EAST 110TH STREET.* DATED 12 MAY, 1898. RECORDED IN NEW YORK REGISTER'S OFFICE, 13 May, 1898. LIBER 42 OF CONVEYANCES, PAGE 373, SECTION 6, BLOCK 1637. This Indenture made the Twelfth day of May, in the year Eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, between LOUIS LESE, of the City of New York, and SARAH, his wife, parties of the first part, and the AGUILAR FREE LIBRARY SOCIETY, party of the second part, Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part, in consideration of NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, lawful money of the United States, Paid by the party of the second part, do hereby grant and release, unto the said party of the second part, its successors and assigns forever, All That certain lot, situated in the Twelfth Ward of the City of New York, known and designated by the Number 78, on a map of property in the City of New York, belonging to the Estate of Thomas Leggett, deceased, dated November 1851, surveyed by J. J. SERREL, C. S., and filed in the office of the Register of the City .nd County of New York, as Number 575, to wit. Beginning at a point on the Southerly side of One Hundred and tenth Street, distant ninety-five feet Westerly from the Westerly side of Third Avenue, thence running SOUTHERLY * The library building was constructed and opened to the public on 19 June, 1899. parallel with Third Avenue, one hundred feet and eleven inches, to the middle line of the block, thence WESTERLY, along the middle line of the block, parallel with One hundred and tenth Street, twenty-five feet, to the Easterly boundary line of Lot Number 77 on said map, Thence NORTHERLY along said last mentioned line, one hundred feet and eleven inches, to One hundred and tenth Street, and thence EASTERLY, along One hundred and tenth Street, twenty-five feet, to the point of beginning, be the said several dimensions more or less, Being the same premises conveyed to Louis Lese, one of the parties of the first part, by Samuel Thorn, as Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of Mary S. Pearsall, deceased, by deed dated February 1, 1898, and recorded March 8, 1898, in the office of the Register of the City and County of New York, in Block Series (Conveyances), Section 6, Liber 41, page 403, and indexed under Block Number 1637, on the Land Map of the City of New York. Together with the appurtenances, and all the estate and rights of the parties of the first part, in and to said premises, To have and to hold the above-granted premises, unto the said party of the second part, its successors and assigns forever, Subject to a Mortgage, now a lien on said premises, to secure the sun of SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS and interest.* And the said Louis Lese, one of the parties of the first part, does covenant with the said party of the second part as follows: First. That Louis Lese, one of the parties of the first part, is seized of the said premises, in fee simple, and has good right to convey the same subject as aforesaid. Second. That the party of the second part shall quietly enjoy the said premises. Third. That the said premises are free from incumbrances, except as aforesaid. * This and subsequent mortgages were paid off before the consolidation. fourth. That Louis Lese, one of the parties of the first part, will execute or procure any further necessary assurance of the title to said premises. Fifth. That Louis Lese, one of the parties of the first part, will forever WARRANT the title to said premises. In Witness Whereof, the said parties of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. LOUIS LESE (L. S.) SARAH LESE (L. S.) |