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oo WILL AND DECREE RECORD 20081 —The Augustine Co., Grand Island, Nebr. parsonage or rectory owned by or connected with the said church, as provided in Paragraph 6 of said will and testament. And the Court further finds that said executrices have paid to the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Grand Island, Nebraska, the sum of One Hundred Dollars, "for the purpose of continuing said practice for a time, I give and bequeath to the Trustees of said church and to their successors in trust, the sum of One Hundred Dollars, and direct that they shall use the in- terest and income therefrom, and so much of the principal as they deem necessary, for the purposes her -in expressed, to annually decorate with flowers the said church (at or about Decoration Day of each year) in commemoration of said Daniel Morgan and his family, said practive to continue for the period of ten years after my death, and at the end of ten years any of said fund not so expended shall be paid to and used by said church for its general support," as provided in Paragraph 7 of said will and testament, and said Trustees have filed a written acceptance for the performance and discharge of said trust. The Court further finds that said executrices have paid all legacies and bequests in said will and testament provided. The Court further finds that said Executrices have paid an inheritance tax to the state of Nebraska in the sum of $541.67 and have paid a Federal inheritance tax in the sum of $72.02 and have paid the funeral expenses, the debts against said estate, and the costs of this proceeding, and after the payment thereof there remained in their-hands personal property,eash,mortgages, bonds, etc., in the amount of 0 , and the real estate described aforesaid, all of which constituted the residuary estate of the said Oscar Wells, deceased, and that in accordance with the terms and provisions of the residuary clause in said last will and testament of said Oscar Wells, deceased, and of the laws of the state of Nebraska in such cases made and provided, said Execu- trices have duly transferred, assigned, and delivered all of said residuary estate to Florence A.Kelso, and receipt whereof is herein filed, and nothing further belonging to said estate remains in the hands of said executrices. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT, that the final report of said Florence A.Kelso, executrix; and William J.Kelso, executor, of the Last Will and Testament of Oscar Wells, deceased, be, and the same is hereby approved and allowed as and for their final report, said estate is hereby settled and closed and said Executrices are discharged and their bond as such is hereby released. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that under and by virtue of the said last will and testament of said Oscar Wells, deceased, and the residuary clause therein, the absolute title to the following described real estate, to -wit: All of Lot One (1) in Block Seventy -seven (77), in the Original Town of Grand Island, now City of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, and All of Lot Eight (9) in Block seventy -seven (77), in the Original Town of Grand Island, now City of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, excepting the northerly 42 feet of said Lot 8, Block 77. passed and descended to Florence A.Kelso, the residuary legatee of said last will and testament of said Oscar Wells, deceased. J.H. Mullin COUNTY JUDGY. LAST 14ILL OF OSCAR WELLS I, Oscar Wells, of Grand Island, ffall County, Nebraska, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do nnke, publish, afid declare this, my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. FIRST. I direct that all of my just debts, including the expenses of my last sickness and burial, be first paid. SECOND. I give and bequeath to The Equitable Trust Company, of Omaha, Nebraska, as - trustee, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, to be by it held in trust and invested and re!?invested in good safe interest - bearing securities,-and the net interest and income derived therefrom to be paid by said Trustee semi - annually, to my grand - daughter Ruth Kelso, until she arrives at the age of twenty -one years, when the principal sum of Five 'Thousand Dollars, and all unexpended income therefrom shall be paid by said Trustee to her. Should said Ruth Kelso the before reaching the age of twenty -one years leaving a child or children surviving her, then the said principal sum of Five Thousand Dollars, and all unexpended income therefrom, shall be paid to such child or children, in the poEportion provided by the law of descent In Nebraska. In case of her death before she reaches the age of twenty -one years, t,�Tithout leaving child or children her surviving, then said principal sum with all unexpended interest, shall-be paid to my daughter Florence A.Kelso, if living, and in case of her death prior to the period when said payment would be made to her, then said principal sum, and all unexpended interest, shall be paid to my son -in -law William J.Kelso, husband of said Florence- A.Kelso, and father of said Ruth Kelso. Provided, however, if said Ruth Kelso is twenty - one years of age at the time of my death, the said Five Thousand Dollars shall be paid to her direct in the due course of the administration of myestate. THIRD. I give and bequeath to The Equitable Trust Company, of Omaha, Nebraska, as trustee, the sum of One Thousand Dollars, to be by it held in trust for the following uses and purposes; To invest and reinvest the same in good, safe, interest - bearing securities, and the interest and accumulation thereon to be added to the principal and held intact until the First Presbyterian Church of Grand Island; Nebraska, shall build a new church edifice, when said sum, and all accumulations thereon, shall be paid to the Trustees of said church, to be used solely for such building purposes, and none other. FOURTH. I give and bequeath to the Home Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, with headquarters in New York City, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, and to the Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, with headquarters in New York City, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, for the use of said respective societies in their home and foreign missionary work. The same to be paid to the proper trustees or authorized officers of said societies in the due course of the administration of my estate. FIFTH. I give and bequeath-to the Trustees of the Hastings College, of Hastings, Nebraska, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, and to the Trustees of the Grand Island Baptist College, of Grand Island, Nebraska, the sum of Five-Hundred Dollars, for the general use of said respective colleges, the same to be used and expended at the discretion of the Trustees thereof in the conduct and support of said respective colleges. Said amounts to be paid to the proper Trustees or authorized officers of said colleges in the due course of the administration of my estate. SIXTH. I give and bequeath to the Trustees or other authorized officers of the First Baptist Church of Elizabeth, West Virginia, the sum of One Hundred Dollars, to be by them used in furnishing a room in the parsonage or rectory owned by or connected with the said church. 1 I� �J u 11