TAXIS, P. J., March 29, 1956.
The question is whether a collateral inheritance tax is to be imposed upon the bequest to trustees of a colonial mansion and furnishings to be maintained by them as a museum "for the enjoyment and education of the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and others" where testatrix conferred a discretionary power "to charge admission". This appeal by the trustees from appraisement of such tax raises this issue.
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