. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. J. A. DOWLING, ESQ. 19th August, 1904,. DR, J. FRED, WATSON. 22nd October, 1910. 58 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF constituted, the Board had neither legal status, rights, nor powers. It couldnot acquire, hold, or dispose of property of any kind. Immediately expressed his intention of bequeathing his collection to the Trustees,steps were taken to remo\e these disabilities ; and, in 1899, an Act of Parlia-ment was passed, entitled the Library and Art Gallery Act, by which theTrustees were constituted a body corporate, with perpe
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. J. A. DOWLING, ESQ. 19th August, 1904,. DR, J. FRED, WATSON. 22nd October, 1910. 58 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF constituted, the Board had neither legal status, rights, nor powers. It couldnot acquire, hold, or dispose of property of any kind. Immediately expressed his intention of bequeathing his collection to the Trustees,steps were taken to remo\e these disabilities ; and, in 1899, an Act of Parlia-ment was passed, entitled the Library and Art Gallery Act, by which theTrustees were constituted a body corporate, with perpetual succession and acommon seal. The Act exempts from stamp duty donations or bequests ofany kind whatsoever. There is, consequently, no longer any reason whythis noble Institution should not participate in the testamentar\- benefactionsof public-spirited citizens. On the morning of Julv 18, 1906, the Library lost, by death, the servicesof the President of the Trustees, the Honorable James Norton, , Dr. Nortons association with the Library dated back to theseventies; for nearly
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