Testatrix bequeathed the residue of her estate to the accounting executor, in trust, to erect a "suitable monument on my grave, and to pay, annually, such amount as may be necessary for the proper care and maintenance of our family plot". The executor requests a construction of the above provision and permission to transfer sufficient funds to a named religious corporation to have it provide such perpetual care.
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