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FOURTH: RESIDUE.
A. I make the following charitable gifts from
the residue of my estate after payment of taxes, costs,
and expenses of administration:
1. To EMERSON BAPTIST CHURCH located in
Emerson, Missouri, to be used for historical
preservation and maintenance, I give a sum equal to
twenty percent (20%) of the residue of my estate, but
not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000);
2. To the BAKERSFIELD SOCIETY FOR
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (SPCA) located in
Bakersfield, California, to be used for its general
charitable purposes, I give a sum equal to two and one-
half percent (2.5%) of the residue of my estate, but
not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000).
3. To the EMERSON CEMETARY [sic] located in
Emerson, Missouri, to be used for historical
preservation and maintenance, I give a sum equal to
five percent (5%) of the residue of my estate, but not
to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000);
4. To THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER
OF ELKS NUMBER 266 (B.P.O.E. No. 266) in Bakersfield,
California, I give a sum equal to two and one-half
percent (2.5%) of the residue of my estate, but not to
exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000).
On Schedule O of Form 706, United States Estate (and
Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return, McPike deducted the
gifts to the cemetery and the Elks from the gross estate as
charitable bequests.
The Emerson Baptist Church was established on July 18, 1846.
It has a long history in the community, and several generations
have worshiped there.
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