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who refuse or withdraw.

And I also declare my will and mind to be, that and gains of the in case any of my said sons W., F., T., and G. shall auswering the depart this life under the age of 21 years, or shall objects aforesaid, refuse to become a partner in the said trade within survivors of the time aforesaid, or withdraw himself therefrom those dying un- after his admission as a partner therein, then and in such ing in the busi- case the survivors and survivor of them my said sons W., as elect to be in F., T., and G., who shall elect to become such partand continue in ner or partners in the said trade, in the manner and clusively of those upon the terms aforesaid, shall have and be entitled in equal shares and proportions, to the whole of the share or shares to which such son or sons, so dying under the age of 21 years, or declining to become a partner or partners in the said trade, or withdrawing himself therefrom, would either originally or by survivorship or accruer have been entitled, of the profits and gains which, after deducting such interests as aforesaid, shall arise or be made in the said trade or business, after their respective admission as partners therein. And in case all my said sons but one shall in the business, happen to depart this life under the age of 21 years, or he is to pay one shall refuse to become partners in the said trade, then sixteenth of the and in such case, such one son who shall elect to come others refusing into the said trade in order to carry on the same in taining-years, partnership as aforesaid, shall have and be entitled or dying, provid- to the whole of the profits and gains which shall arise ed they do not carry on the same or be made in the said trade, after his admission to trade within the the same, (after answering and paying thereout interest upon the net amount of the capital employed in the said trade and also paying unto such of his brothers as shall refuse or decline to carry on the said trade in partnership, or shall withdraw himself from the said trade after his admission as a partner therein, one-sixteenth part of such profits and gains, until such brother shall attain the age of years, or depart this life, provided such brother shall not carry on the same trade within the weekly bills of mortality as hereinafter is mentioned;) and such one son who shall elect to come into the

If only one son shall elect to be

profits to the

until their at

weekly bills of mortality.

said trade in order to carry on the same in partner-
ship, and shall continue therein, shall and may
thenceforth, and subject as aforesaid, carry on the
said trade to and for his own use and benefit. And Future stile or
my will is, and I do hereby direct, that the firm or firm of the part-
stile by which the said trade shall be carried on,
until one or more of my said sons shall be admitted
therein, shall be "
-," and after the ad-

mission of one or more of my said sons therein the
same shall be "
and Son," or "

and Sons," as the case may be,

nership.

are to have each

And my will is, and I do hereby direct, that in If all refuse or case all or any of my said sons shall refuse or decline withdraw, they (within the respective times before limited) to carry one-sixteenth on the said trade or business in partnership, upon till of the age the terms and in the manner hereinbefore men- dead. tioned, then I do hereby direct, that every such son, so refusing or declining to carry on the said trade or business, shall have and be entitled to one-sixteenth part or share of the clear profits or gains thereof, until they shall respectively attain the age of years, or depart this life, which shall first happen; and in case any of my said sons, who shall become a partner or partners in the said trade or business, shall at any time after his or their admission into the same, and before his or their attaining the age of years, be desirous of withdrawing himself or themselves therefrom, then and in such case such son or sons, so withdrawing himself or themselves from the said trade or business, shall have and be entitled to onesixteenth part or share of the clear profits and gains thereof, until he or they shall attain the age of years, or depart this life, which shall first happen.

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Provided always, that no such son or sons, so re- The sixteenth fusing, declining, or withdrawing himself or them- share to cease, selves, shall afterwards carry on the same trade them carrying within the weekly bills of mortality; but in case such trade within the

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upon any of

on the same

bills of mortality.

When all the children, being

in the partnership, shall have

reached 28, or be dead under

that age, whilst in partnership,

the trustees are to make up a general account

of all the effects,

and invest

20,000/. in the

distribute the

of shares that

son or sons, so refusing, declining, or withdrawing as
aforesaid, shall carry on or be concerned in the same
trade within the bills of mortality, then and from thence-
forth the said one-sixteenth part or share, so directed
to be paid to him, shall cease and determine, and he
or they shall not, at any time thereafter, have or be
entitled to any share of the profits and gains of the
said trade or business to be carried on by the other
son or sons, in pursuance of this
my will.

And my will is, and I do hereby direct, that when all my said sons W., F., T., and G. shall have attained the age of 28 years, in case they shall all of them have elected to become partners in the said trade, and none of them shall have withdrawn himself from the same, or in case any of my said sons shall have declined or refused to become partners or a partner in the said trade, or withdrawn themselves or himself therefrom, and have departed this life under the age funds, and then of 28 years, and I shall have any other son or sons residue into dou- hereafter born who shall live to attain the age of 21 ble the number years, in which case such after-born son or sons shall have the election of coming into the said trade, and being admitted a partner or partners therein, if he or they shall think proper, in the place of his brother or brothers who shall so decline or refuse to become a partner or partners therein, or withdraw himself therefrom, or die under the age share to the fa- 28 years, then when such after-born son or sons, as mily of each son shall so elect to come into and be a partner or partso dying under 28, in the businers in the said trade, shall have attained the age of ness, and the 28 years, or have departed this life under that age, equally among and being in partnership as aforesaid at the time of those who have such death, my said trustees, or the survivors or sur28, in the part-vivor of them, or the executors or administrators of nership business. such survivor, do and shall make up, state, and settle a full and general account, in writing, of all the stock, monies, debts, and effects, which shall be in or belonging, or due or owing to the said trade or

there are children living to 28 years in the partnership, or dying in the Dartnership and leaving widows and children, and to give one

remaining shares

lived to attain

of

business, and shall and do cause a just valuation and appraisement to be made of all the particulars thereof, and do and shall in the first place (after raising and paying thereout the sum or sums of money hereinbefore mentioned, to each of my said sons and daughters, or such of them as shall have lived to become entitled thereto) raise thereout the sum of 20,000l., and lay out and invest the same in the purchase of a competent share or competent shares of the parliamentary stocks or funds of Great Britain, in their, or his, or her own names or name, and do and shall stand and be possessed of, and interested in, the said stocks, funds, and securities to be purchased with the said sum of 20,000l., upon the trusts, and to and for the intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned, expressed, and declared of and concerning the same; and after the said several sums so to be raised shall have been raised as aforesaid, and all the legacies hereby given and bequeathed shall be answered and paid, and subject thereto, then upon trust, that they my said trustees, or the survivors or survivor of them, and the executors or administrators of such survivor, do and shall part and divide all the residue and remainder of the said capital, stock, debts, and effects which shall be in or belonging, or due or owing, to the said trade or business, into double the number of shares as there shall be sons of my body now born, or hereafter to be born, who shall attain the age of 28 years and be then living, or who, while in partnership as aforesaid, shall have attained the age of 28 years, or die under that age, leaving a widow and a child or children living at his decease, or born in due time after, or a widow only living at his decease, or a child or children living at his decease but no widow; and if all my said sons, so electing to be and remaining partners, shall attain the age of 28 years, the whole of the said capital, stocks, debts, and effects shall be, in trust, for such my said sons,

in equal shares and proportions; and if I shall have but one son electing to be and continuing a partner, who shall attain the age of 28 years, and no son who, being and continuing a partner as aforesaid, shall depart this life under that age, leaving a widow and a child or children living at his decease, or born in due time after, or leaving a widow only, or a child or children then living but no widow, then the whole of the said capital, stock, debts, and effects to be in trust for that one son; and if I shall have one or more son or sons who, being a partner or partners, shall attain the age of 28 years, and one or more son or sons who, being and continuing a partner as aforesaid, shall die, leaving a widow and a child or children living at his or their decease or respective deceases, or born in due time after, or leaving a widow only, or a child or children living at his or their decease or respective deceases but no widow, then if only one of my sons, being and continuing a partner as aforesaid, shall have left a widow and children or a child living at his decease, or born in due time after, or have left a widow only, or a child or children only living at his decease and no widow, one of the said shares shall be laid out and invested in the public funds, upon the trusts hereinafter expressed and declared, for the use and benefit of the widow and child or children of such one son, dying while such partner as aforesaid, and leaving such widow, child or children as aforesaid; and if more than one of my said sons, being and continuing a partner as aforesaid, at the time of his death, shall have left a widow and a child or children living at their respective deceases, or born in due time after, or a widow only, or a child or children living at his or their respective deceases and no widow, then as many of the said shares shall be so laid out and invested, upon the trusts hereinafter expressed, as I shall have sons, being or continuing a partner as aforesaid, at the time of their deaths, who shall have respectively left a widow and a child or children living at their respective de

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