chairman signing as chairman, but the others not signing. Execution by the trustees is not essential to the operation or validity of the conveyance.

It is recommended that, whenever practicable, congregations obtain the services of careful solicitors, to see that their deeds are properly filled up, executed, and proved for registering.

WILLS.

GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR EXECUTING WILLS.

State as simply and concisely as possible, the manner in which you desire to dispose of your property. Attention must be paid to the formalities required in the execution of the will, as expressed in the attestation clause at the end.

All property may be disposed of by will. No person under the age of twenty-one years can make a will.

Every will should be signed at the foot or end thereof by the person making it, or by some other person, in his presence and by his direction, he making his mark thus X, and such signature must be in the presence of two witnesses, at least, who must sign their names under the attestation clause before leaving the testator's presence, in his presence, and in the presence of each other.

Against every alteration and interlineation, made before the will is executed, the testator and the witnesses must put their names, or initials, or which is better, enumerate them in the attestation clause. Nothing should be scratched out, or erased, or the will might be held incapable of proof.

No legatee under the will, should be a witness. Though the will would not be affected thereby, the gift to such person, or to the wife or husband of such person is void.

An executor is a good witness, but any legacy to him is thereby made void. It is better he should not be one. A legacy to a friend is made void or "lapses" by his death before the testator's.

A legacy to a testator's child, or other issue, does not lapse by his death, if he has any issue living at the testator's death; but the legacy takes effect as if he had died immediately after the death of the testator.

A soldier in actual military service, and a mariner at sea, may dispose of his personal property by any written paper signed by him, though not attested.

A will is revoked by the marriage of the person making it; except by marriage, it can only be revoked by another will, or by destruction. After the will has been duly executed, no addition or alteration may be made except by a fresh will, or codicil, which must be attested in the same manner as the original will.

After acquired property passes by the will.

WILL GIVING PROPERTY TO WIFE AND APPOINTING HER EXECUTRIX.

I, A. B., of, &c., declare this to be my last will and testament. I do hereby give unto my dear wife all my real and personal estate whatever and wheresoever, to hold unto her, her heirs, executors and administrators, according to the respective natures and qualities of the said premises, absolutely and forever. And

I hereby appoint my said wife sole executrix of this my will, at the same time revoking all former and other wills, codicils, testamentary dispositions and appointments whatsoever by me at any time heretofore made. In witness whereof I, the said A. B., the testator, have to this my last will and testament contained in this and the preceding sheets of paper, set my hand and A.D. 18

seal this

day of

Signed by the said testator, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, present at the same time, who, at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses.

WILL, C.VING TO ONE PERSON ALL TESTATOR'S REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me [testator's name and description]. I devise and bequeath all the real and personal estate to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, unto [devisee's name, description and addition], absolutely, and I appoint the said

sole executor of this my will; hereby revoking all former testamentary writings.

In witness, &c., (as before) this day of A.D. 18 Signed, &c., as before.

WILL, GIVING INCOME TO WIFE FOR LIFE, AND AFTERWARDS CAPITAL TO

CHILDREN.

I, A. B., of, &c., hereby declare this to be

my
last will

and testament. I give all my real and personal estate unto C. D. and E. F., their heirs, executors and administrators, upon trust, to sell and convert into money such real and personal estate, and to invest the sum or sums of money thus arising in the names of my said trustees in or upon the public stocks, funds or securities, or any real securities, and to vary the investment from time to time for any other of like nature. annual income thereof to my dear wife life, if she shall so long continue my widow; and after her decease or second marriage, then, as to the said trust fund and the yearly produce thereof, upon trust for all my children who, being sons, shall attain the age of twenty-one years, or, being daughters, shall attain that age or marry, in equal shares.

And to pay the

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during her

And I authorize my said trustees or trustee, at any time after the decease or second marriage of my said wife, to apply the whole or part of the income of the presumptive share or shares of any child or children of mine who, being a son or sons, shall be under the age of twenty-one years, or, being a daughter or daughters, shall be under that age and unmarried, towards his, her or their maintenance and education. And also to advance any part of such presumptive shares (not exceeding one-half thereof) towards the advancement in life of any such children respectively.

And I hereby authorize my said trustees or trustee to release or compound any debts owing to me or to my estate, or to give time for payment, or to take such security for payment, and to adjust and pay all claims made upon my estate, whether the same shall be supported

by legal evidence or not, and also to refer to arbitration any dispute respecting any debt claimed to be owing to or from me, and generally to act in the premises as my said trustees or trustee shall in their or his discretion think fit; and all receipts given by my said trustees or trustee, acting in the execution of the trusts herein contained, shall exonerate the parties taking the same from all responsibility with respect to the application of the moneys therein expressed to be received.

And I hereby authorize the acting trustees or trustee of this my will, and the executors or administrators of the last acting trustee, by any instrument in writing, to substitute any person to be a trustee in the stead of any trustee who shall die, continue to reside abroad, disclaim, neglect, refuse, or become incapable to act in the trusts aforesaid, and all the said trust estates or premises shall forthwith be transferred, so as to vest the same in such new trustee or trustees, either jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee or trustees, or solely, as the case may be, and such new trustee, as well before as after such transfer, shall have the same powers as if originally appointed a trustee by this my will.

And I declare that the trustees for the time being of this my will shall respectively be chargeable only with such moneys as they respectively shall actually receive, and shall not be answerable for each other, nor for any banker, broker, or other person in whose hands any of the trust funds shall be placed, nor for the insufficiency or deficiency of any stocks, funds, shares or securities, nor otherwise, for involuntary losses. And I appoint the said C. D. and E. F. to be executors of this my will.