slaves now on said settlement, and their increase, in trust, however, and subject to the following reservations:

I desire, that no part of the said estate or property, or the slaves thereon, or their increase, shall be disposed of or sold for the term of twenty years from and after my decease, should the said Judge Henry Bree survive me and live so long, but that the said settlement shall be kept up by the said Judge Henry Bree, for and during said terin of twenty years, as if it was his own; that is, it shall remain under his sole care and control, he shall improve the same by raising such produce as he may deem most advisable, and, after paying taxes, and all expenses in keeping up the settlement, by clothing the slaves and otherwise, he shall have and enjoy for his own use all the nett profits of said settlement. Provided, however, and I desire that the said Judge Henry Bree shall render annually to the Corporation of the City of New Orleans, a report of the state of the settlement, the income and expenditure thereof, the number and increase of the slaves, and the nett result of the whole. I desire that, at the expiration of the said term of twenty years, or on the decease of the said Judge Henry Bree, should he not live so long, the land and improvements forming said settlement, the slaves thereon, or thereto belonging, and all other appurtenant personal property, shall be sold, as soon as the said Corporation shall deem it advisable to do so, and the proceeds of the said sale or sales shall be applied by the said Corporation to such uses and purposes as they shall consider most likely to promote the health and the general prosperity of the inhabitants of the City of New Orleans. But, until the said sale shall be made, the said Corporation shall pay all taxes, prevent waste or intrusion, and so manage the said settlement and the slaves, and their increase thereon, as to derive an income, and the said income shall be applied from time to time, to the same uses and purposes for the health and general prosperity of the said inhabitants.

2. I give, devise, and bequeath to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia, their successors and assigns, two undivided third parts of all the rest and residue of my said real estate, being the lands unimproved near Washita, in the said State of Louisiana, in trust, that, in common with the Corporation of the City of New Orleans, they shall pay the taxes on the said lands, and preserve them from waste or intrusion, for the term of ten years from and after my decease, and at the end of the said term, when they shall deem it advisable to do so, shall sell and dispose of their interest in said lands gradually from time to time, and apply the proceeds of such sales to the same uses and purposes hereinafter declared and directed, of and concerning the residue of my personal estate.

orphan children, as can be trained in one institution, a better education, as well as a more comfortable maintenance than they usually receive from the application of the public funds: And whereas, together with the object just adverted to, I have sincerely at heart the welfare of the City of Philadelphia, and, as a part of it, am desirous to improve the neighborhood of the river Delaware, so that the health of the citizens may be promoted and preserved, and that the eastern part of the city may be made to correspond better with the interior: Now, I do give,devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my Real and Personal Estate of every sort and kind wheresoever situate, (the real estate in Pennsylvania charged as aforesaid) unto "the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia," their successors and assigns, in trust, to and for the several uses, intents, and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say: So far as regards my real estate in Pennsylvania, in trust, that no part thereof shall ever be sold or alienated by the said "The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia," or their successors, but the same shall for ever thereafter be let from time to time, to good tenants, at yearly, or other rents, and upon leases in possession not exceeding five years from the commencement thereof, and that the rents, issues,and profits arising therefrom shall be applied towards keeping that part of the said real estate situate in the city and liberties of Philadelphia constantly in good repair, (parts elsewhere situate to be kept in repair by the tenants thereof respectively) and towards improving the same, whenever necessary, by erecting new buildings, and that the nett residue (after paying the several annuities herein before provided for) be applied to the same uses and purposes as are herein declared of and concerning the residue of my personal estate: And so far as regards my real estate in Kentucky, now under the care of Messrs Triplett and Burmley, in trust, to sell and dispose of the same, whenever it may be expedient to do so, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the same uses and purposes as are herein declared of concerning the residue of my personal estate.

COLLEGE FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR. XXI. And so far as regards the residue of my personal estate, in trust, as to Two Millions of Dollars, part thereof, to apply and expend so much of that sum as may be necessary-in erecting, as soon as practicable may be, in the centre of my square of ground between High and Chesnut Streets, and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, in the City of Philadelphia, (which square of ground I hereby devote for the purposes hereinafter stated, and for no other, for ever,) a permanent college, with suitable out-buildings, sufficiently spacious for the residence 3. And I give, devise, and bequeath to the Corpora- and accommodation of at least three hundred scholars, tion of the City of New Orleans, their successors and and the requisite teachers and other persons necessary assigns, the remaining one undivided third part of the in such an institution as I direct to be established: and said lands, in trust, in common with the Mayor, Alder-in supplying the said college and out-buildings with de men and Citizens of Philadelphia, to pay the taxes on the said lands, and preserve them from waste and intrusion, for the term of ten years from and after my decease, and, at the end of the said term when they shall deem it advisable to do so, to sell and dispose of their interest in said lands gradually from time to time, and apply the proceeds of such sales to such uses and purposes as the said Corporation may consider most likely to promote the health and general prosperity of the inhabitants of the City of New Orleans.

FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR-BEQUEST TO THE
MAYOR, ALDERMEN, &C. OF PHILADELPHIA.
XX. And whereas, I have been for a long time im-
pressed with the importance of educating the poor, and
of placing them by the early cultivation of their minds
and the developement of their moral principles above
the many temptations, to which, through poverty and
ignorance they are exposed; and I am particularly desi-
rous to provide for such a number of poor male white

cent and suitable furniture, as well as books and all things needful to carry into effect my general design.*

The said college shall be constructed with the most durable materials, and in the most permanent manner, avoiding needless ornament, and attending chiefly to the strength, convenience, and neatness of the whole: It shall be at least one hundred and ten feet east and west, and one hundred and sixty feet north and south, and shall be built on lines parallel with High and Chesnut Streets and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, provided those lines shall constitute at their junction right angles: It shall be three stories in height, each story at least fifteen feet high in the clear from the floor to the cornice: It shall be fire-proof inside and outside. The floors and the roof to be formed of solid materials, on arches turned on proper centres, so that no wood may be used, except for doors, windows and shutters: Cellars shall be made under the whole building, solely for

See Codicil, Peel Hall,

the purposes of the institution; the doors to them from the outside shall be on the east and west of the building; and access to them from the inside shall be had by steps, descending to the cellar floor from each of the entries or halls hereinafter mentioned; and the inside cellar doors to open under the stairs on the north-east and north-west corners of the northern entry, and under the stairs on the south-east and south-west corners of the southern entry; there should be a cellar window under and in a line with each window in the first story-they should be built one half below, the other half above the surface of the ground, and the ground outside each window should be supported by stout walls; the sashes should open inside, on hinges, like doors, and there should be strong iron bars outside each window; the windows inside and outside should not be less than four feet wide in the clear: There shall be in each story four rooms, each room not less than fifty feet square in the clear; the four rooms on each floor to occupy the whole space east and west on such floor or story, and the middle of the building north and south; so that in the north of the building, and in the south thereof, there may remain a space of equal dimensions, for an entry or hall in each, for stairs and landings: In the north-east and in the north-west corners of the northern entry or hall on the first floor, stairs shall be inade so as to form a double stair-case, which shall be carried up through the several stories; and, in like manner, in the south-east and south-west corners of the southern entry or hall, stairs shall be made, on the first floor, so as to form a double stair-case, to be carried up through the several stories; the steps of the stairs to be made of smooth white marble, with plain square edges, each step not to exceed nine inches in the rise, nor to be less than ten inches in the tread; the outside and inside foundation walls shall be at least ten feet high in the clear from the ground to the ceiling; the first floor shall be at least three feet above the level of the ground around the building, after that ground shall have been so regulated as that there shall be a gradual descent from the centre to the sides of the square formed by High and Chesnut, and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets: all the outside foundation walls, forming the cellars, shall be three feet six inches thick up to the first floor, or as high as may be necessary to fix the centres for the first floor; and the inside foundation wall, running north and south, and the three inside foundation walls running east and west (intended to receive the interior walls for the four - rooms, each not less than fifty feet square in the clear, above mentioned,) shall be three feet thick up to the first floor, or as high as may be necessary to fix the centres for the first floor when carried so far up, the outside walls shall be reduced to two feet in thickness, leaving a recess outside of one foot, and inside, of six inches-and when carried so far up, the inside foundation walls shall also be reduced, six inches on each side, to the thickness of two feet; centres shall then be fixed on the various recesses of six inches throughout, left for the purpose, the proper arches shall be turned, and the first floor laid; the outside and the inside walls shall then be carried up of the thickness of two feet throughout, as high as may be necessary to begin the recess intended to fix the centres for the second floor, that is, the floor for the four rooms, each not less than fifty feet square in the clear, and for the landing in the north, and the landing in the south of the building, where the stairs are to go up-at this stage of the work, a chain, composed of bars of inch square iron, each bar about ten feet long, and linked together by hooks formed of the ends of the bars, shall be laid straightly and horizontally along the several walls, and shall be as tightly as possible worked into the centre of them throughout, and shall be secured wherever necessary, especially at all the angles, by iron clamps solidly fastened, so as to preyent cracking or swerving in any part; centres shall then be laid, the proper arches turned for the second floor and landings, and the second floor and landings

shall be laid; the outside and the inside walls shall
then be carried up of the same thickness of two feet
throughout, as high as may be necessary to begin in the
recess intended to fix the centres for the third floor and
landings; and, when so far carried up, another chain
similar in all respects to that used at the second story,
shall be in like manner worked into the walls throughout
as tightly as possible, and clamped in the same way
with equal care; centres shall be formed, the proper
arches turned, and the third floor and landings shall be
laid: the outside and inside walls shall then be car-
ried up, of the same thickness of two feet throughout,
as high as may be necessary to begin the recess intend-
ed to fix the centres for the roof; and, when so carried
up, a third chain, in all respects like those used at the
second and third stories, shall in the manner before de-
scribed, be worked as tightly as possible into the walls
throughout, and shall be clamped with equal care; cen-
tres shall now be fixed in the manner best adapted for
the roof, which is to form the ceiling for the third story,
the proper arches shall be turned, and the roof shall be
laid as nearly horizontally as may be, consistently with
the easy passage of water to the eaves: the outside walls
still of the thickness of two feet throughout, shall then
be carried up about two feet above the level of the
platform, and shall have marble capping, with a strong
and neat iron railing thereon: The outside walls shall be
faced with slabs or blocks of marble or granite, not less
than two feet thick, and fastened together with clamps
securely sunk therein,-they shall be carried up flush
from the recess of one foot formed at the first floor
where the foundation outside wall is reduced to two
feet: The floors and landings as well as the roof shall
be covered with marble slabs, securely laid in mortar;
the slabs on the roof to be twice as thick as those on
the floors. In constructing the walls, as well as in
turning the arches, and laying the floors, landings, and
roof, good and strong mortar and grout, shall be used,
so that no cavity whatever may any where remain. Α
furnace or furnaces for the generation of heated air
shall be placed in the cellar, and the heated air shall be
introduced in adequate quantity wherever wanted by
means of pipes and flues inserted and made for the pur-
pose in the walls, and as those walls shall be con-
structed. In case it shall be found expedient for the
purposes of a library, or otherwise, to increase the num-
ber of rooms, by dividing any of those directed to be
not less than fifty feet square in the clear, into parts,
the partition walls to be of solid materials. A room
most suitable for the purpose, shall be set apart for the
reception, and preservation of my books and papers,
and I direct that they shall be placed there by my exe-
cutors, and carefully preserved therein. There shall be
two principle doors of entrance into the college, one
into the entry or hall on the first floor, in the north of
the building, and in the centre between the east and
west walls; the other into the entry or hall in the south
of the building, and in the centre between the east and
west walls; the dimensions to be determined by a due
regard to the size of the entire building, to that of the
entry, and to the purposes of the doors. The necessity
for, as well as the position and size of, other doors, in-
ternal or external, and also the position and size of the
windows, to be, in like manner, decided on by a con-
sideration of the uses to which the building is to be ap-
plied, the size of the building itself, and of the several
rooms, and of the advantages of light and air: there
should in each instance be double doors, those opening
into the rooms to be what are termed glass doors, so as
to increase the quantity of light for each room, and
those opening outward to be of substantial wood work
well lined and secured; the windows of the second and
third stories I recommend to be made in the style of
those in the first and second stories of my present
dwelling house, North Water Street, on the eastern
front thereof; and outside each window I recommend
that a substantial and neat iron balcony be placed suffi,

ciently wide, to admit the opening of the shutters against the walls; the windows of the lower story to be in the same style except that they are not to descend to the floor, but so far as the surbase, up to which the wall is to be carried, as is the case in the lower story of my house at my place in Passyunk Township. In minute particulars, not here noticed, utility and good taste should determine. There should be at least four outbuildings, detached from the main edifice and from each other, and in such positions as shall at once answer the purposes of the institution, and be consistent with the symmetry of the whole establishment: each building should be, as far as practicable, devoted to a distinct purpose; in that one or more of those buildings, in which they may be most useful, I direct my executors to place my plate and furniture of every sort.

The entire square, formed by High and Chesnut Streets, and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, shall be enclosed with a solid wall, at least fourteen inches thick. and ten feet high, capped with marble and guarded with irons on the top, so as to prevent persons from getting over; there shall be two places of entrance into the square, one in the centre of the wall facing High Street, and the other in the centre of the wall facing Chesnut Street; at each place of entrance there shall be two gates, one opening inward, and the other outward; those opening inward to be of iron, and in the style of the gates north and south of my Banking house; and those opening outward to be of substantial wood work well lined and secured on the faces thereof with sheet iron. The messuages now erected on the south-east corner of High and Twelfth Streets, and on Twelfth Street to be taken down and removed as soon as the college and out-buildings shall have been erected, so that the establishment may be rendered secure and private.

competent authority, shall have given, by indenture, relinquishment, or otherwise, adequate power to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia, or to directors, or others by them appointed, to enforce, in relation to each orphan, every proper restraint, and to prevent relatives or others from interfering with, or withdrawing such orphan from the institution.

6. Those orphans, for whose admission application shall first be made, shall be first introduced, all other things concurring and at all future times, priority of application shall entitle the applicant to preference in admission, all other things concurring; but if there shall be at any time, more applicants than vacancies, and the applying orphans shall have been born in different places, a preference shall be given-first, to orphans born in the city of Philadelphia; secondly, to those born in any other part of Pennsylvania; thirdly, to those born in the city of New York (that being the first port on the continent of North America at which I arrived;) and lastly, to those born in the city of New Orleans, being the first port on the said continent at which I first traded, in the first instance as first officer, and subsequently as master and part owner of a vessel and cargo. 7. The orphans admitted into the college, shall be there fed with plain but wholesome food, clothed with plain but decent apparel, (no distinctive dress ever to be worn) and lodged in a plain but safe manner; Due regard shall be paid to their health, and to this end their persons and clothes shall be kept clean, and they shall have suitable and rational exercise and recreation; They shall be instructed in the various branches of a sound education, comprehending reading, writing, grammar, arithmetic, geography, navigation, surveying, practical mathematics, astronomy, natural, chemical, and experimental philosophy, the French and Spanish languages, (I do not forbid, but I do not recommend When the college and appurtenances shall have been the Greek and Latin languages)-and such other learnconstructed, and supplied with plain and suitable furni-ing and science as the capacities of the several scholars ture and books, philosophical and experimental instruments and apparatus, and all other matters needful to carry my general design into execution; the income, issues and profits of so much of the said sum of two millions of dollars as shall remain unexpended, shall be applied to maintain the said college according to my directions.

PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE COLLEGE.

1. The institution shall be organized as soon as practicable, and to accomplish that purpose more effectually, due public notice of the intended opening of the college shall be given-so that there may be an opportunity to make selections of competent instructors, and other agents, and those who may have the charge of orphans, may be aware of the provisions intended for them.

2. A competent number of instructors, teachers, assistants, and other necessary agents, shall be selected, and when needful, their places from time to time supplied: they shall receive adequate compensation for their services: but no person shall be employed, who shall not be of tried skill in his or her proper department, of established moral character, and in all cases persons shall be chosen on account of their merit, and not through favour or intrigue.

3. As many poor white male orphans, between the ages of six and ten years, as the said income shall be adequate to maintain, shall be introduced into the college as soon as possible; and from time to time as there may be vacancies, or as increased ability from income may warrant, others shall be introduced.

4. On the application for admission, an accurate statement should be taken in a book prepared for the purpose, of the name, birthplace, age, health, condition, as to relatives, and other particulars useful to be known of each orphan.

5. No orphan should be admitted until the guardians ar directors of the poor, or a proper guardian or other

may merit or warrant: I would have them taught facts and things, rather than words or signs: And, especially, I desire, that by every proper means a pure attachment to our republican institutions, and to the sacred rights of conscience, as guaranteed by our happy constitutions, shall be formed and fostered in the minds of

the scholars.

8. Should it unfortunately happen, that any of the orphans admitted into the college, shall, from mal-conduct, have become unfit companions for the rest, and mild means of reformation prove abortive, they should no longer remain therein.

9. Those scholars, who shall merit it, shall remain in the college until they shall respectively arrive at between fourteen and eighteen years of age; they shall then be bound out by the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, or under their direction, to suitable occupations, as those of agriculture, navigation, arts, mechanical trades, and manufactures, according to the capacities and acquirements of the scholars respectively, consulting, as far as prudence shall justify it, the inclinations of the several scholars, as to the occupation, art, or trade, to be learned.

In relation to the organization of the college and its appendages, I leave, necessarily, many details to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, and their successors; and I do so, with the more confidence, as, from the nature of my bequests and the benefit to result from them, I trust that my fellow citizens of Philadelphia, will observe and evince especial care and anxiety in selecting members for their city councils, and other agents.

There are, however, some restrictions, which I consider it my duty to prescribe, and to be, amongst others, conditions on which my bequest for said college is made and to be enjoyed, namely: first, I enjoin and require, that, if, at the close of any year, the income of the fund devoted to the purposes of the said college shall be more than sufficient for the mainte

REMOVAL OF WOODEN BUILDINGS.

2. To pull down and remove all wooden buildings, as well those made of wood and other combustible materials, as those called brick-paned, or frame buildings filled in with bricks, that are erected within the limits of the city of Philadelphia, and also to prohibit the erection of any such building, within the said city's limits at any future time.

WIDENING WATER STREET.

nance of the institution during that year, then the ba-city, fronting on the Delaware; and to pull down all lance of the said income, after defraying such mainte- platforms carried out, from the east part of the city over nance, shall be forthwith invested in good securities, the river Delaware on piles or pillars. thereafter to be and remain a part of the capital; but, in no event, shall any part of the said capital be sold, disposed of, or pledged, to meet the current expenses of the said institution, to which I devote the interest, income, and dividends thereof, exclusively; Secondly, I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said college; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visiter within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college:-In making this restriction, I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever; but, as there is. such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement, which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce; my desire is, that all the instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may from inclination and habit evince benevolence towards their fellow creatures and a love of truth, sobriety and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer.-If the income, arising from that part of the said sum of two million of dollars, remaining after the construction and furnishing of the college and outbuildings, shall, owing to the increase of the number of orphans applying for admission, or other cause, be inadequate to the construction of new buildings, or the maintenance and education of as many orphans as may apply for admission, then such further sum as may be necessary for the construction of new buildings, and the maintenance and education of such further number of orphans as can be maintained and instructed within such buildings as the said square of ground shall be adequate to, shall be taken from the final residuary fund here inafter expressly referred to for the purpose, comprehending the income of my real estate in the city and county of Philadelphia, and the dividends of my stock in the Schuylkill Navigation Company; my design and desire being, that the benefits of said institution shall be extended to as great a number of orphans as the limits of the said square and buildings therein can accommodate.

3. To regulate, widen, pave and curb Water Street, and to distribute the Schuylkill water therein upon the following plan, that is to say-that Water Street be widened east and west from Vine Street all the way to South Street, in like manner as it is from the front of my dwelling to the front of my stores on the west side of Water Street, and the regulation of the curb-stones continued at the same distance from one another, as they are at present opposite to the said dwelling and stores, so that the regulation of the said street be not less than thirty-nine feet wide, and afford a large and convenient footway, clear of obstructions and incumbrances of every nature, and the cellar doors on which, if any shall be permitted, not to extend from the buildings on to the footway more than four feet; the said width to be increased gradually, as the fund shall permit, and as the capacity to remove impediments shall increase, until there shall be a correct and permanent regulation of Water Street, on the principles above stated, so that it may run north and south as straight as possible. That the ten feet middle Alley, belonging to the public, and running from the centre of the east squares to Front Street all the way down across Water Street to the river Delaware, be kept open and cleaned as city property, all the way from Vine to South Street; that such part of each centre or middle Alley as runs from Front to Water Street, be arched over with bricks or stone, in` so strong a manner as to facilitate the building of plain and permanent stone steps and plat-forms, so that they may be washed and kept constantly clean; and that the continuance of the said Alleys,from the east side of Water Street be curbed all the way to the river Delaware, and kept open for ever. (I understand that those middle or centre Alleys, were left open in the first plan of the lots, on the east front of the city, which were granted from the east side of Front Street to the river Delaware, and that each lot on said east front has contributed to make those Alleys by giving a part of their ground in proportion to the size of each lot; those Alleys were in the first instance, and still are, considered public property, intended for the convenience of the inhabitants residing in Front Street to go down to the river for water and other purposes; but, owing to neglect or to some 1: To lay out, regulate, curb, light and pave a pas- other cause, on the part of those who have had the care sage or street, on the east part of the city of Philadel- of the city property, several encroachments have been phia, fronting the river Delaware, not less than twenty-made on them by fndividuals, by wholly occupying, or one feet wide, and to be called Delaware Avenue, ex- building over them, or otherwise, and in that way the tending from South or Cedar Street, all along the east inhabitants, more particularly those who reside in the part of Water Street squares, and the west side of the neighbourhood, are deprived of the benefit of that logs, which form the heads of the docks, or thereabouts; wholesome air, which their opening and cleansing and to this intent to obtain such Acts of Assembly, and throughout would afford.) That the iron pipes, in Wato make such purchases or agreements, as will enable ter Street, which, by being of smaller size than those in the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia to the other streets, and too near the surface of the ground, remove or pull down all the buildings, fences and ob- cause constant leaks, particularly in the winter season, structions which may be in the way, and to prohibit all which in many places render the street impassable, be buildings, fences, or erections of any kind to the east- taken up and replaced by pipes of the same size, qualward of said Avenue; to fill up the heads of such of the ity and dimensions in every respect, and laid down as docks as may not afford sufficient room for the said deeply from the surface of the ground, as the iron pipes, street; to compel the owners of wharves to keep them which are laid in the main streets of the city; and as it clean and covered completely with gravel or other hard respects pumps for Schuylkill water and fire-plugs in materials, and to be so levelled that water will not re- Water Street, that one of each be fixed at the southmain thereon after a shower of rain; to completely clean west corner of Vine and Water Streets, and so running and keep clean all the docks within the limits of the southward, one of each near the steps of the centre

IMPROVEMENTS ON THE DELAWARE.

XXII. And as to the further sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, part of the residue of my personal estate, in trust, to invest the same securely, and to keep the same so invested, and to apply the income thereof exclusively to the following purposes: that is to say

Alley, going up to Front Street; One of each at the south-west corner of Sassafras and Water Streets, one of each near the steps of the centre Alley going up to Front Street, and so on at every south-west corner of all the main streets and Water Street, and of the centre Alleys of every square, as far as South or Cedar Street; and when the same shall have been completed, that all Water Street shall be repaved by the best workmen, in the most complete manner, with the best paving water-stones, after the height of the curb-stones shall have been regulated throughout, as well as the ascent and descent of the street, in such manner as to conduct the water through the main streets and the Centre Alleys to the river Delaware, as far as practicable; and whenever any part of the street shall want to be raised, to use nothing but good paving gravel for that purpose, so as to make the paving as permanent as possible. By all which improvements, it is my intention to place and mintain the section of the city above referred to, in a condition which will correspond better with the general cleanliness and appearance of the whole city, and be more consistent with the safety, health and comfort of the citizens. And my mind and will are, that all the income, interest, and dividends of the said capital sum of five hundred thousand dollars, shall be yearly, and every year, expended upon the said objects, in the order in which I have stated them as closely as possible, and upon no other objects until those enumerated shall have been attained; and, when those objects shall have been accomplished, I authorize and direct the said The Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens, to apply such part of the income of the said capital sum of five hundred thousand dolars, as they may think proper to the further improvement, from time to time, of the eastern or Delaware front of the city.

BEQUEST TO THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. XXIII. I give and bequeath to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars, for the purpose of internal improvement by canal navigation, to be paid into the State treasury by my executors, as soon as such laws shall have been enacted by the constituted authorities of the said Common. wealth as shall be necessary, and amply sufficient to carry into effect, or to enable the constituted authorities of the city of Philadelphia, to carry into effect the several improvements above specified; namely,

LAWS TO BE ENACTED.

1. Laws, to cause Delaware Avenue, as above described, to be made, paved, curbed, and lighted; to cause the buildings, fences, and other obstructions now existing to be abated and removed; and to prohibit the creation of any such obstructions to the eastward of said Delaware Avenue; 2. Laws, to cause all wooden buildings as above described to be removed, and to prohibit their future erection within the limits of the city of Philadelphia; 3. Laws, providing for the gradual widening, regulating, paving, and curbing Water Street, as herein before described, and also for the repairing the middle alleys, and introducing the Schuylkill water, and pumps, as before specified-all which objects may, I persuade myself, be accomplished on principles at once just in relation to individuals, and highly beneficial to the publie: the said sum, however, not to be paid, unless said laws he passed within one year after my decease.

XXIV And as it regards the remainder of said residue of my personal estate in trust, to invest the same in good securities, and in like manner to invest the interterest and income thereof from time to time, so that the whole shall form a permanent fund; and to apply the income of the said fund,

1st. To the further improvement and maintenance of the aforesaid College, as directed in the last paragraph of the XXIst clause of this Will:

2d. To enable the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia to provide more effectually than they now do, for the security of the 'persons and property of the in

hahitants of the said City, by a competent police, in-
cluding a sufficient number of watchmen, really suited
to the purpose; and to this end, I recommend a division
of the City, into watch districts, or four parts, each un-
der a proper head, and that, at least two watchmen
shall, in each round or station, patrole together.
3d. To enable the said Corporation to improve the
City property, and the general appearance of the City
itself, and, in effect, to diminish the burden of taxation,
now most oppressive, especially on those who are the
least able to bear it:-

To all which objects, the prosperity of the City, and the health and comfort of its inhabitants, I devote the said fund as aforesaid, and direct the income thereof to be applied yearly and every year for ever. after providing for the College as hereinbefore directed, as my primary object. But, if the said City shall knowingly and wilfully violate any of the conditions hereinbefore and hereinafter mentioned, then I give and bequeath the said remainder and accumulations to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the purposes of internal navigation; excepting, however, the rents, issues, and profits of my real estate in the City and County of Philadel phia, which shall for ever be reserved and applied to maintain the aforesaid College, in the manner specified in the last paragraph of the XXIst clause of this Will: And if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall fail to apply this or the preceding bequest to the purposes before mentioned, or shall apply any part thereof to any other use, or shall, for the term of one year, from the time of my decease, fail or omit to pass the laws herein before specified for promoting the improvement of the City of Philadelphia, then I give, devise and bequeath the said remainder and accumulations (the rents aforesaid always excepted and reserved for the College as aforesaid) to the United States of America, for the purposes of internal navigation, and no other.

CONDITIONS OF THE BEQUEST TO THE CITY. Provided, nevertheless, and I do hereby declare, that all the preceding bequests and devises of the residue of my estate to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia, are made upon the following express conditions, that is to say:-First, That none of the monies, principal, interest, dividends, or rents, arising from the said residuary devise and bequest, shall at any time be applied to any other purpose or purposes whatever, than those herein mentioned and appointed:-Second, counts of the Corporation, shall be kept by the said That separate accounts, distinct from the other acCorporation, concerning the said devise, bequest, College, and funds: and of the investment and application thereof; and that a separate account or accounts of the same shall be kept in bank, not blended with account, so that it may at all times appear on examiany other nation by a committee of the Legislature as hereinafter mentioned, that my intentions had been fully complied with:-Third, That the said Corporation render a detailed account annually, in duplicate, to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at the commencement of the session, one copy for the Senate, and the other for the House of Representatives, concerning the said devised and bequeathed estate, and the investment and application of the same, and also a report in like manner of the state of the said college, and shall submit all their books, papers, and accounts touching the same, to a committee or committees of the Legislature for examination, when the same shall be required.

Fourth, the said Corporation shall also cause to be published in the month of January, annually, in two or a concise but plain account of the state of the trusts, more newspapers, printed in the City of Philadelphia, devises and bequests herein declared and made, comber of scholars, and other particulars needful to be prehending the condition of the said college, the numpublicly known, for the year next preceding the said month of January, annually.