over the principal, together with all accumulations of net income thereon, absolutely to such person; or the Trustees may, if they so elect, pay such principal or income, or both, to a parent or any legally appointed guardian of the property of such minor entitled to the same, and upon making such payment the Trustees may obtain from such parent or guardian receipts for such principal or income, or both, as the case may be, and the Trustees shall thereupon be relieved from all responsibility in regard to such principal and income and shall not be accountable for the application that the parent or guardian may make thereof. The foregoing authority shall be construed as a power only and shall not operate to suspend the absolute ownership of such property by such minor or to prevent the absolute vesting thereof in him or her. Ninth: The provisions herein contained for the benefit of my wife, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, are and shall be in lieu of dower and of all other right, title and interest of any kind whatsoever in and to my estate. Tenth: I authorize and empower my Executors and Trustees as follows: I. To sell at public or private sale or sales and to lease, mortgage or exchange all or any part of my estate, wheresoever situate, at such times and upon such terms and conditions as they, in their sole discretion, may deem advisable, and to execute and deliver proper conveyances and transfers thereof. II.At the risk of my estate and without responsibility to my Executors, to retain and in their sole discretion to turn over to my Trustees in the erection of the trust herein created, any property, stocks, bonds or other investments in which at the time of my death all or any portion of my estate shall be invested. III. At the risk of the trust funds and without responsibility to my Trustees, to retain all or any part of the property, stocks, bonds or other investments in which, at the time of my death, any portion of my estate shall be invested and which shall be turned over by my Executors to my Trustees in the erection of the trust herein created, although not of the character author- FDR (MORE) |