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 142 FEDBBAL BEFOBTKS. �duties I request my friend Alexander Montgomery to advise freely with him, with my family whenever called on, and in case of the death of said Ballard before the full execution of the trusts herein I appoint him my executor, with like powers as are given to said Ballard, �"10. I appoint my beloved wife guardian to my chiidren, and direct that she give no bond as such guardian; nor shall said Ballard, as execufor or surviving partner, nor said Mont- gomery, should he become my executor, be required to give any bond or security. �"11. As I now have, and expect to have, property in several states, and bave made my will in a spirit of impartial justice and equal kindness to ail interested in my estate, I direct that if my wife or my chiidren, or either of them, refuse to abide by said will, then such one or more refusing shall have no part of my estate, except what is in the state of Louisiana, and such share in that estate as the law will give them alone, and the final division of my estate is to be made accordingly, and the provisions of my will carried out in ail respects. �"12. Three years after my decease I give to my wife the Bum of $50,000, if she desire it, which is to be invested by my executor for her sole and separate estate forever, land and Bla.ve8 preferred, and thenceforth the aUowance of $2,000 provided for her annually in the second clause of this will is to cease, and the amount herein given is to corne out of the income and profits of my estates, �"13, By way of exception to the sixth clause of this will I give to my brothers Edward and Walter my lands on which they reside in Minnesota territory ; and to my brother E. S. Boyd I give my interest in the estate of my father belonging to me to assist him in purchasing the family mansion in Portland, Maine, now occupied by Mrs. Merrill; and to my sister, Mrs. Merrill, of said Portland, I give the sum of $250 �a year during her life, I direct my in Woodville, and �my wild lands in Warren, Washington, Yazoo counties, to be sold and the proceeds re-invested. �"14. As I have acted for several years as agent for my sisters Ann and Maria Wilkins in managing their aflfairs, it ����