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self, for the purpose of providing an agricultural home for poor boys, in con-
nection with an industrial school.
•* Witness my hand and seal this fourth day of February, A. D. 1879.
[Signed] “MICHAEL Knnolm. [Seal.]"
And underneath this instrument is written an acceptance by Bishop
Ireland, of the following tenor: ·
·· 1 hereby accept the above trusts for the purposes above specified. V `
[Signed •‘ J om: Im1:LAm>."
Upon the back of this instrument is written the following letter
from Keegan to Bishop Ireland:
•‘ Right Reverend John Ireland, D. D., Condjutor Bishop of St. Paul, Minne-
sota :
"Rrenr Rnvsiumvn Sm-—To what is written on the other I add further
that if my child should refuse to comply with your orders and wishes, and go V
from under your control, then while she so remains she is not to receive a dol-
lar from you, either towards her support or education; but in case of her sick-
ness do as your heart suggests. If she should become a religious, which God
grant, before coming of age, place $10,000 at her disposal when fully professed, ,
and the balance when she is 21 years old. Should she marry before becoming
of age, she can have $5,000 on her marriage, to be placed at interest, and have
the yearly interest of it until she is of age; the yearly interest or rent is to be _
put in staple coupon stocks, and as it falls due. But 10 per cent. of the interest
or rent is to be regularly deducted from the income and devoted to such char-
ities as your lordship thinks proper; but one-third of this 10 per cent. is to be
given for masses for my soul, in union with-the souls in purgatory, and the
masses are to be said by priests in poor missions, or who need a little help.
Regarding my wife, I will hereafter make a separate statement, which must
be satisfactory to your approval. But ifI should die suddenly, then let her
havea decent supportwhile she remains unmarried. These conditions are to
. apply tomy property in your hands at the time and after my death,
‘* I remain, my lord, most respectfully, your most obedient servant,
**M1onAnL RQ KE1:oAN."
The proof shows that the deed to Bishop Ireland, and the decla-
ration of the trusts upon which the deed was made and the personal I
property delivered to him, were both prepared at the same time by
the same attorney, and after consultation between Keegan and his
attorney as to the best mode of creating the trust, so as to probably
cause the least trouble to the bishop, and, if possible, to avoid litiga-
tion with any prospect of success; and whether the declaration or
lstatement of the trusts was signed and delivered simultaneously with
flthe deed, or at a subsequent date, in my estimation is of but little
fx; consequence. It may be, as I have already suggested, that the