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APPENDIX E

CHAPTER 85.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TILDEN TRUST, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A FREE LIBRARY AND READING-ROOM IN THE CITY OF NEW

YORK.

Passed March 26, 1887; three-fifths being present.

WHEREAS, John Bigelow, Andrew H. Green, and George W. Smith, the executors and trustees of the last will and testament of Samuel J. Tilden, deceased, have, in pursuance of provisions of said will and testament, made application to the Legislature for the enactment of the following act; and, WHEREAS, The said executors and trustees deem it inexpedient to designate any purposes of the corporation herein and hereby created other than the establishment and maintenance of a free library and reading-room in the city of New York, in accordance with the purpose and intention of said testator; therefore

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The said John Bigelow, of Highland Falls, in Orange county, and Andrew H. Green and George W. Smith, of the city of New York, and such other persons as they may associate with themselves, and their successors are hereby created a body corporate and politic under the name and title of the Tilden Trust.

SECT. 2. The said John Bigelow, Andrew H. Green, and George W. Smith shall be permanent trustees of such corporation in accordance with the intention of the said will in that behalf. Within ninety days from the passage of this act they shall designate and appoint, in writing, other trustees, so that the number of trustees shall be not less than five.

SECT. 3. One-half of the other trustees so designated and appointed shall hold office for the term of one year and the other half thereof for the term of two years. After such designation and appointment shall have been made, every trustee appointed to fill any vacancy in the board of trustees shall hold office for the term of two years. Any vacancy which may at any time occur in said board through death, resignation, incapacity, expiration of term, or otherwise, shall be filled by the remaining trustees.

SECT. 4. All the powers of the said corporation shall be vested in the trustees. They shall have the power to appoint a president and vice-president, secretary and treasurer, of whom the secretary and treasurer need not

be members of said board. Such officers shall hold their offices upon such tenure, and shall receive such compensation as the by-laws may prescribe. Said trustees shall also have power to appoint such other officers and agents as the proper conduct of the affairs of said corporation shall require, removable at the pleasure of the board, and to fix their compensation.

SECT. 5. The said corporation shall have, in addition to the powers now conferred by law upon all corporations as such, the capacity and power to establish and maintain a free library and reading room in the city of New York, and for these purposes it shall have power to demand, recover, accept, and receive all such money and other property, real or personal, as is given to it by virtue of the will of Samuel J. Tilden, or shall be conveyed or transferred to, or in any manner bestowed upon, it by the aforesaid executors and trustees by virtue of the powers therein conferred upon them; and the said corporation shall have power to hold, manage, improve, dispose of, and convey all property at any time received or acquired by it in such manner as may be best calculated to carry out its objects and purposes.

SECT. 6. The said corporation shall accept and receive all such money or other property as is given to it by the said will of Samuel J. Tilden, or shall be conveyed or transferred to, or in any manner bestowed upon, it as aforesaid by the aforesaid executors and trustees, subject to the terms and conditions expressed in and imposed by the said will of Samuel J. Tilden, in respect to the gift or gifts therein and thereby made or provided for, to a corporation to be formed and to be known as the Tilder. Trust, and the said corporation shall have power to make and enter into any obligation or obligations to secure due compliance with such terms and conditions.

SECT. 7. The said corporation shall possess the powers and, except as may be otherwise provided by this act, be subject to the provisions, liabilities, and restrictions contained in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes, but nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of any parties to any action now pending or of any heir-atlaw of said Samuel J. Tilden, deceased.

SECT. 8. This act shall take effect immediately.

INDEX

ABBOTT, Josiah Gardiner, address of
the minority of the Electoral Com-
mission, II., 105, Appendix A.
ABOMINATIONS, bill of, I., 33.
ADAMS, Charles Francis, nominated for
Vice-President, I., 125; letter to Tilden
on the inauguration of Hayes, II., 107.
ADAMS, Henry, Tilden's letter about the
biography of John Randolph, II., 277.
ALBANY, early history of, II., 344-353.
ANDERSON, Thomas C., member of the
Louisiana Returning Board, II., 39.
ANTI-MASONS, scheme to secure their
vote for Van Buren, I., 50.
ANTI-RENTISM, I., 112.
APPENDIX to Supplement No. 1, Vol. I.,
367; No. 2, 370, 384; No. 3, 371; No.
4, 380; No. 5, 385; No. 6, 386; No. 7,
392; No. 8, 399; Appendix A, origin
of the Tweed ring, 402; Appendix B,
Democratic national platform of 1876,
411.

"ARGUS," Albany, Edwin Croswell, edi-
tor of, I., 68; early history of Albany,
II., 344.

BANCROFT, George, letter to, I., 115.
BANK, the United States, bill for
re-charter of, vetoed, I., 28.
BANKS, suspensions of, 1837, I., 62;
Tilden censures the legalizing their
suspension, 63.

BAR Association of New York formed,
I., 186.

"recog-

BARLOW, Gen. Francis C., interview
with Cowgill, II., 28; not
nized" by Hayes, 31.
BARNBURNERS, I., 3.

BARNUM, Scnator, inquiry for news at
the "Times" office, II., 9.
BENEDICT, Judge Charles L., orders the
income-tax suit discontinued, II., 259.
BIDDLE, Nicholas, I., 55.
BIGELOW, John, letter to, from W. C.
Bryant, I., 301; executor and trustee,
II., 361.

BLAINE, James G., surprised that the
Democrats voted for the Electoral Com-
mission, II., 74.

BLANC, Louis, dines with Tilden; his
visit to Louis Napoleon in prison, II.,
138; queer experience as a lecturer
in London, 140; Cavaignac and his
mother, 141.

BLATCHFORD, Judge, II., 229.

BOLINGBROKE quoted, I., 16.
BOUTON, J. W., books purchased for
Tilden, II., 349.

BRADLEY, Judge, sustains the validity of
the Tilden Trust, II., 364.
BRADY, Justice, II., 362.
BRECKINRIDGE, John C., nominated for
President, I., 152.
BREWSTER, Elder, I., 6.
BROADWAY railroad,

Jacob Sharp's
charter, II., 331; repealability of, 332,
334, 336.

BROWN, Judge, declares the Tilden
Trust invalid, II., 364.

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BRYANT, William Cullen, I., 98; enter-
tained by Governor Tilden and re-
ceived by the Legislature, 264; The
"Evening Post on the opponents of
Tilden; attends Fifth-avenue Hotel
conference, 297; declines a place on
the Tilden electoral ticket, 301.
BUFFALO, Tilden addresses Board of
Trade of, I., 269.

BURDELL, Dr. Harvey, murder of, I.,
135; Tilden's defence of his heirs,
135.

BUTLER, William Allen, on the expos-

ure of the Tweed ring, I., 207; ap-
pointed on Municipal-Reform Com-
mission, 266.

CAHILL, John, a clerk of Mr. Tilden,
II., 318; books read by him to Mr.
Tilden, 348, note.

CALHOUN, John C., leader of the Nulli-
fiers, I., 33; his attitude toward the
Anti-Masons, 50.

CAMBRELING, C. C., I., 114.
CAMERON, J. D., Secretary of War,
orders troops into "doubtful States,"
II., 17.

CAMPBELL, Hon. John, urges renomi-
nation of Tilden for President in 1881,
II., 407.

CANALS, Tilden opposes the enlarge-
ment, I., 177; special message in re-
lation to mismanagement of, 258;
appoints a canal investigating commis-
sion, 259; Tilden to Hill against their
enlargement, II., 338, 339.
CANTERBURY, Tilden visits the home of
his ancestors, II., 130.
CARLISLE, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, letter to, from Tilden,
about coast defences, II., 306.

CARTER, James C., about Tilden, I., 148;
appointed on Municipal-Reform Com-
mission, 266, 307; counsel for the
Tilden Trust, II., 362, 361; Tilden's
reputed indecision, 386.

CASS, Lewis, nominated for the presi-
dency, I., 123.

CASSANAVE, G., member of Louisiana
Returning Board, II., 39.
CASSANDRA'S lover, II., 94.
CAVAIGNAC, brother of General, II., 141.
CHAILLÉ, Professor, the number of law-
ful voters in New Orleans, II., 52.
CHANDLER, William E., calls at the
Fifth-avenue Hotel the morning after
the presidential election of 1876, II.,
11; telegraphs governors of doubtful
States, 13; goes to Florida, 17; sends
for more money, 21.

CHANDLER, Zachariah, visited at Fifth-
avenue Hotel the morning after the
presidential election of 1876, II., 11 ;

takes charge" of Florida, 17.
CHESTER, Joseph Samuel, I., 3.
CHILDS, George W., reports Grant to
have said Tilden was elected, II., 69;
that General Grant originated the
Electoral Commission, 61.
CHURCH, Sanford E., candidate for gov-
ernor, I., 225; John Kelly's opinion of,
I., 226.

CIPHER despatches, II., 170; Tilden's
letter about, to the "Herald," 175;
examination before congressional com-
mittee, 182.

CIVIL service, first practical example
of, in this country, I., 303; Tilden's
views on, 304.

CLAY, Henry, introduces the compromise
tariff, I., 31; candidate for the presi-
dency, 109.

CLEVELAND, Grover, nominated for
President, II., 277, 280, 281, 285.
CLEWS, Henry, & Co., financial agents
of government, II., 2.
COBDEN Club, Tilden elected a member
of, I., 37, note; II., 129.
COLUMBIA County fair, Tilden's address
at, I., 277.

"COLUMBIA Sentinel," Tilden on the pro-
tective system, I., 31; favors Van
Buren for President, 37.
CONFERENCE, the Fifth-avenue, I., 296.
CONKLING, Senator Roscoe, excluded

from the Electoral Commission, II.,
83, 336.

CONNOLLY, the comptroller, resigns, I.,
190.

CONSTITUTIONAL convention of 1815,
Tilden elected to, I., 113.
CONSTITUTIONAL convention of 1867,
Tilden a delegate, opposes enlargement
of the Erie canal, I., 177; reply to
Waldo Hutchins, 180.
CONVENTION, Democratic State, of 1876,
recommends Tilden for President, I.,

295; convention, national, at St. Louis
nominates Tilden for President, 305.
CONVERSE, George S., urges renomina-
tion of Tilden in 1884, II., 408.
COOPER, Edward, Municipal-Reform
Commission, I., 266.

COOPER, Peter, vote of a Louisiana
clector for President cast for, II., 101.
COWEN, Judge Esek, I., 67.
CROSWELL, Edwin, editor of “ Albany
Argus," I., 68.

CUMBERLAND Coal Co., Tilden's argu-
ment for, I., 143.
CUNNINGHAM, Mrs., vs. the heirs of Dr.
Burdell, 1., 135; Tilden' defence of the
heirs, 135.

CURTIS, George William, abandons the
Civil Service Commission, II., 3.
CUTLER, G. Albert, urges renomination
of Tilden for President in 1884, II.,
408.

DAVIS, J. Bancroft, I., 147.

DAVIS, Judge, reckoned upon as
one of the Electoral Commission, II.,
63; chosen U.S. Senator, 64.
DENNIS, S. G., testimony before con-
gressional committee, II., 23.
DERBY, J. C., letter from W. C. Bryant
to, I., 302.

DICKENS, Charles, II., 105.
Dix, Governor John A., his administra-
tion a disappointment, I., 219; renomi-
nated for Governor, 232; Horatio Sey-
mour on Dix, 232, 233; address at
the inauguration of Tilden, 239.
DORSHEIMER, William, correspondence
with Tilden, II., 381.
DOUBLEDAY, Abner, I., 7.
DOUGLAS, Stephen A., nominated for
President, I., 152.

EAST INDIA Company, Elisha Yale,

Governor of, I., 8.

EATON, Ann, grandmother of Elisha
Yale, who gave its name to Yale Col-
lege, I., 9.

EATON, Theophilus, Deputy Governor of
Merchant Adventurers, I., 8; called
the "Father of New Haven," married
Anne, widow of David Yale and
daughter of the Bishop of Chester, ib.
ELECTORAL Commission, II., 62;

Tilden's view of, 79; Watterson's
view of, 87; action on the Florida
case, 89; action in case of Louisiana,
92; on the Oregon case, 92; for sale,
95, 97; Abbott's address of the minority
of, 397.

ELECTORAL Vote, the mode of counting
prior to 1865, II., 58; Tilden's history
of, 260.

ELLIS, John W., II., 220, 222.
"ENCYCLOPEDIA Heraldica," I., 4.
EATON Hall visited, II. 126.
EVARTS, William M., appointed on the

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