# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S181
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13. Delegatenſynode von Miſſouri, Ohio u. a. St. 1911. 181

Dem Sekretär ſind ſeither zugeſtellt worden eine Kopie der über⸗
tragungsurkunde und eine „Declaration of Trust“, wie folgt:

Whereas, Gerhard E. Nieman, of the City of Allegheny (now
Pittsburg), State of Pennsylvania, in and by his will, since his death
duly probated and recorded in the Register's Office of Allegheny
County in said State, did, inter alia, give, devise, and bequeath his
estate to his wife Johanna M. Nieman, since deceased, upon condition
that she pay certain legacies, and gave direction that, after her death
and upon payment of certain bequests, the estate remaining be dis-
posed of as follows: —

"Sixth — That all the remainder of her estate, be it real, personal,
or mixed, of which she may die seized of, shall be given and be-
queathed to erect or support an Orphan Asylum of the Evangelical
Church confessing and practicing the doctrines of the Unaltered
Augsburg Confession and the other symbols of said Church contained
in the Book of Concord, of A. D. 1580, and as I deem the Evangelic
Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States to be a body holding and
practicing said doctrine faithfully at present, I desire that Synod to
use said property for the stated purpose. Provided, nevertheless, and
on condition that said Synod remains faithful, professing and prac-
ticing said Evangelical Lutheran doctrine as it does at the present
time. Should, however, in any future time said Synod fall from
said doctrine or practice, then and in such case any truly Evangelic
Lutheran body corporate by its legal trustees shall be hereby author-
ized to claim all said Property and use it as originally designed, as
afore said;"

And whereas, "The Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Home," in
Butler County, in said State of Pennsylvania, is an Orphan Asylum
under the control and management of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church specified in said will, and the testator's wish was that his
estate be used for the support of said Home, — therefore

RESOLVED, That the said residuary Estate, as specified in said
will, be and is hereby set apart, transferred, and assigned to the said
"The Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Home" to be by it applied to
the uses and purposes designated in and by said will.

RESOLVED, That the Trustees of said Home be, and they are
hereby, authorized and empowered, in the name of this Synod, to
take such proceedings as may be necessary to obtain possession of,
and transfer said estate, and personal, to the said "The Evangelical
Lutheran Concordia Home."

That before said Estate is transferred the said "The Evangelical
Lutheran Concordia Home" shall execute and file with the President
of Synod a declaration of trust in which it shall be recited that said
Estate is received and held in trust for, and subject at all times to
the authority of, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio,
and other States, and that upon any breach of said trust the said