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ii Mi <br />is in due form of law. <br />IN TESTIMONY 7SEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court,at <br />Grand Island,this 8th day of August 1925 <br />J. H. Mullin <br />( SEAL) County Judge. <br />By Agnes Matthews <br />Clerk County Court. <br />Filed for record this 11 day of August 1925,at 2:30 o'clock P.M. <br />Register of Deeds <br />- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0 -0 -0 -0 -0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0 -0 -0 -0 - 0- 0 -0 -0 -0 <br />WILL_CERTIFICATE AND FINAL DECREE <br />COPY <br />OF <br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES LEE. <br />I,James Lee,of Newton,Jasper County,Iowa,being of sound and disposing mind and memory do <br />make,publish and declare this to be my last will and testament,hereby revoking any and all former <br />wills by me at any time made. <br />FIRST: I give,devise and bequeath to my son,Chaucer $. Lee,of Ames,Iowa,the <br />Northwest one- quarter (NWJ) m dnd the South one -half (Sj) of the North -east one - quarter (NZJ) <br />of Section No.27,in Township No 11 North,Range 12 West in Hall County,Nebraska. <br />SECOND: I give devise and bequeath to my daughtertMary Etta Rose,of Grand Island, Nebraska. the <br />Southoasir one- quarter (SE +) of Section 27,in Township 11 North,Range 12 Westin Hall County, <br />Nebraska. _ <br />THIRD: I hereby give,devise and bequeath the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) in trust <br />to Chaucer G.Lee,of Ames,Iowa,and to Morton L.Rose,of Grand Island,Nebraska,to beheld in trust <br />for the following uses and purposes in relation to the same: <br />Said trustees are to hold,invest,re- invest,and in all respects generally handle,manage and oper- <br />ate the said trust estate is such securities,properties or investments as they may deem most <br />advisable,and they are vested with the sole discretion and power to determine what shall con- <br />stitute the principal of the trust estate or net income available for distribution under the <br />terms of this trust. <br />Said trustees are to hold said trust fund during the term of the natural life of my daughter, <br />Orpha Fantle Daly,of Newton,Iowa,and from the income received or derived from the trust estate <br />there shall first be paid and discharged all taxes,costs and charges incurred in the care <br />of the trust estate,including a compensation for the trustees of a sum not to exceed one -half <br />of one per cent of the principal sum of said trust fund,and the entire net income received or <br />derived from the trust estate shall,at least semi- annually,go and be paid to my daughter <br />Orpha Fantle Daly,during her life. <br />Wpon and at the time of the death of said Orpha Fantle Daly this trust shall cease and the <br />entire trust estate shall go and be by said trustees.eonveyed,transfemred and delivered in fee <br />to my son,Chaotr GAse,of Ames,Iowa,and to my daughter.Mary Etta Rose,of Grand Island,Nebraska, <br />in equal portions,share and share alike,and if at the time of distribution either of said <br />parties shall have died,then the share or portion which wogld have gone to said deceased child <br />shall go to and be distributed to his or her heirs. The said Chaucer G.Lee and Morton L.Rose <br />named herein as trustees v e totaot without being required to give bond. <br />FOURTH: I hereby give,devise and bequeath the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) to Chaucer <br />G. Lee and Morton L. Rose to be held by them in trust for the following purposes and uses in re= <br />lation to the same; <br />Said Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) is to be held by them,invested and re- invested during <br />the life time of my son,James E.Lee,who is now confined in a hospital at Mt.Pleasant,Iawa,and <br />