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<br />WILL.CERTIFICATE AND FINAL DECREE
<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RICHARD MANKIN.
<br />I,Richard Mankin,of Wood River,Hall County,Nebraska,being of sound mind and disposing
<br />ory,do make,publish,and declare this,my last will and testament,hereby revoking all former
<br />s willgby me made.
<br />FIRST.
<br />I direct that all of my just debts,including the expenses of my last sickness and burial,
<br />be first paid out of my estate not hereinafter specifically devised.
<br />SECOND.
<br />I give and bequeath to my grand- daughter,Madge Likes (formerly Mankin) all of my househo
<br />and kitchen furniture of every kind and nature,also my piano,all situate and used in and a
<br />my present dwelling house.
<br />THIRD.
<br />T give,bequeath, and devise unto my two sons,William P.Mankin and John A.Mankin,in equal
<br />shares,as tenants in common,for their sole useand benefit during their natural life- times,as
<br />hereinafter defined,the following described real estate and lands,to -wit: The south half of
<br />the south'-of Section Nine;and the West Half of the southeast quarter of Section Eleven,and
<br />the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section Fourteen,andthe southwest quarter of the
<br />northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section Twenty -six,
<br />all in Township Ten,North,Range Eleven West,in said Hall County,Nebraska,and I direct that
<br />life estates in said lands given to my said sons shall begin and become operative at my
<br />death and vest in them,as tenants in common in equal shares during the lifetime of both,and
<br />in the survivor and in the heirs at law of the first deceased,until the death of such survivo ,
<br />and that they shall haveArent s,issues,and profits therefrom during said lice tenures,without
<br />power or right,in any event,of sale,alienation,assignment,or incum- grance in any- form,either
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<br />by themselves or by or through execution or other legal prooeedings.Nor shall any debts or of
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<br />obligations contracted by ther;,or either of them,be liens thereon,nor subject same to sale,
<br />disposition,or transfer,and I further direct that the heirs at law`(name.d as remaindermen her
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<br />of the first deceased of my said sons shall have the share in the rents and profits of said 1
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<br />given to my said son who shall first die,without power of sale,partition,alienation,or ineumb
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<br />in any form or in any event,until the death of the survivor of my said sons.
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<br />The purpose and intent being to give to them along the use of said lands for the terms her
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<br />e ecified.Provided however > that my said two sons ma Y,and are hereby empowered to.by mutual
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<br />agreement,partition said lands between themselves,by a division of said in kind in equal shar
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<br />j! as to value,as nearly as can be done in reference to the Government sub - division and surveys t
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<br />of,and such division,if made by the,shall be binding upon the remaindermen named herein,but tb
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<br />shall not be construed to give to theWor either of therg,either before or after division,any
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<br />power of sale,alienation,or incumbrance,in any manner,the restrictions and prohibitions relati
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<br />a, thereto to apply to such lands after a.,.mutual division,if ma.deby them,as well as before same i�
<br />made. Provided further that if partition is made of said lands between my two sons,as in this
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<br />p g p provided ,then after the death of the first deceased of the%his share therein shall
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<br />;pass and descend to the remaindermen named herein,without further restriction.as to alienation
<br />of that share,said restrictions however,to remain as to the share of the survivor until his de
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<br />After the death of my said sons as hereinabove stated,I give,devise,and bequeath the remain
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<br />mover in said lands and premises, either in severalty or as a whole,as they may then exist,to t
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<br />;heirs at law of my said two sons such heirs at law to take per stirpes and not per capita,the
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<br />same to be c�6termined by the law of descent now in force in the state of Nebraska.
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