The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-02-09
ACCEPT THE GIFT.
CITY COUNCIL FORMALLY ACCEPTS
THE PARK GIVEN BY Mr.. Balm.
RE-DIsTRIcTING is POPULAR
The Petition Was Presented and Had Been
Signed by Twelve Hundred and Ntnty-
Three voters-It Was Referred
to a Special Committee.

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| KenOsha is today in possession of a
NV City Park, for at the Council
meeting Monday evening the aldermen
voted to formally accept the gift re-
Gently preferred the city by the late
| Edward Balm and Block 10 in the
Third ward is now the property of the
| city. ~f'he formal announcement that
Mr.. Balm had made the city present
of the Park was made by James Cav
anagh as attorney for the executrix OF
the viii In order to properly accept
the gift the following resolution was
unanimously adopted by the Council
Whereas. Edward Balm, late of the
City of Kenosha, Kenosha County
Wisconsin, now deceased, did in and
| by his last will and testament give tC
the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Block
ten (l0) in the Third Ward of said city
in the language following:
Eighth hereby give, devise and
bequea*h. unto the City of Kenosha,
Wiscolain, Block ten (l0) in the Third
Ward Of the City of Kenosha, WiscOn
sin, to be occupied and used by said
City Of Kenosha as and for Public
Park and grounds, and for no other
purpose or use."
And, Whereas, the last will and tes-
lament of said deceased was duly
proven md admitted to probate in and
by the County Court of Kenosha
County Wisconsin, on the 10th day of
January, A. D. 1897;
And, Whereas, in and by the final
judgment assigning and distributing
the estate of said deceased, duly rem
dered If and by said Court on the 10th
day of January, A. D.<l899, the said
premises herein before described were
duly assigned to the City of KenOsha,
Wisconsin, in accordance with the
terms and conditions of said Will:
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the
Common Council of said City of Keno
sha, that said devise and bequest and
the res estate therein mentioned and
herelnbefore described, be in all things
accepted by said city, and that said
Block ten (10) be accepted by said city
for the uses and purposes and upon the
conditions in said Will expressed, and
the same is hereby so accepted.
Be it further resolved, that said de
wise be and the same is hereby accept
ed in grateful appreciation of the kind
and generous act of our departed
friend and citizen, the late Edward
Balm.
No recommendation we're made az
to what disposition should be made O.
the property thus secured, but it will
probably be fenced in and fitted up al
a public play ground for the boys an(
girls.
Another matter of interest which
came up was the presentation of thu
petitions asking for the re-districtiDG
of the city into eight wards. The pc
tition was the most peculiar ever pre-
sented to a Council in Kenosha; it wa
more than twenty one feet long anC
contained the signatures of 1898 vot
ers, headed by the firm of Eichelmal
Brothers. The petition contains many
we'll known names and seemed to b.
signed regardless of politics by al
right seeing voters.
The petition was referred to specia
committee consisting of an alderman
from each ward with the President anC
City Attorney added. The committee
was appointed by President Calkins as
follows: Aid. Gonnermann, Brister
German and FRANKIE, but later in the
evening Aid. FRANKIE asked to be re-
leased from the committee and Aid
Weier was placed on in his stead. The
committee will get together this week
and make report at special meeting
next Monday night.
Neither of the two railway franchise
ordinances were in any way consid-
cred.