Principles and observations on many and various subjects, for the health of nations and individuals / by John Moodie.

  • Moodie, John
Date:
1848
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Credit: Principles and observations on many and various subjects, for the health of nations and individuals / by John Moodie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ried but two, or whether any are married or not,—say two are unmar- ried, these two get L.50 a-year each at his death, thus making their joint incomes amount to L.400 a-year, with a house and furniture. If the third sister marries, she gets L.75 a-year at her marriage, and the other two married sisters get L.25 a-year more each, making their yearly incomes amount to L.75 a-year each, and the fourth sister has L.275 a-year, with furnitme ; and at her marriage her sisters get L.50 a-year more each, making the annual income of each of the four sisters amount to L.125, which they may bequeath at their death as they please, but cannot give it away until then. If they do not use it, it must be used by their family if they require it; and if they do not, it can be saved, and the savings spent as the sister chooses. Any of the sisters that are married ought to have a right if their husbands die, and they are without children, and if nothing can be said against their conduct, and by depositing the money they got at their marriage into the original bequeathed sums of the other unmarried sisters, she may reside with them, as before marriage, if she is so inclined ; and any sum that is saved from the yearly ge- neral fund, is to be equally distributed amongst the unmarried sisters, to do with it as they please. A parent bequeathes L.500 a-year to a wife, four girls, and a boy. Will of L.500, A parent with an income of this amount ought to save at the least fo.r a wife'four L.100 a-year, and ought to suit his society and expenditure accord-j^s' an a ingly, and he will have this for any sudden want, or amusement, or *' pleasure that may require it, or for a life insurance. To the son he bequeathes L.150 a-year, and to the mother and four sisters L.350 a-year, with a house and furniture, or only the rent of the house. At the mother's death, the son gets L.50 a-year more, making his Distribution income L.200 a-year, and the four sisters have L.300 a-year, withat ti]G m0~ a house or rent, and the furniture. If one sister marries she gets j's d<;atn> T Af\ .^ ,i . , &. and on the or L.4U a-year, and the three sisters L.260 a-year; a second marriesa sister mar- and she gets L.40 a-year, and two have L.220 a-year; a third rying. marries and she gets L.40 a-year, and the fourth sister has L.150 a-year, with the furniture, and the son gets L.12 a-year more, and the three sisters get L.6 a-year more, which makes the income of each of the three amount to L.46 each a-year. If the third and fourth sisters are married, all the sisters have L.50 a-year each, and the furniture is divided amongst them, and the son gets another L.100 a-year, which makes his income amount to L.300 a-year, and a house. If a sister dies before being married, the brother gets L.50 a-year; Distribution if a second dies he gets L.50 a-year more, and his income now™^sister1*11 amounts to L.300 a-year, and the two sisters to L.200 a-year, with° a S1S er' rent of house and furniture; a third dies, and the son gets L.50 more, making his yearly income amount to L.350 a-year, with the house; and the fourth sister has L.150 a-year, with the furniture; if she dies, the brother gets L.50 more, and the sister can bequeath the L.100 as she pleases ; if she survives and marries, the division is the same. We give an example of a father bequeathing L.300 a-year. In his rank in life, he ought easily to save L.50 a-year, for emer- gencies and for a life assurance. He bequeathes to a son and mother and four sisters L.300 a-year. The son gets L.50 a-year, and the mother and girls have
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