Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-02-23
G. H. HACKLEY'S WILL
The Michigan Trust Co., of Grand
Rapids, and Thomas Hume, OF
Muskcgon, named rs Co-Exe-
cutors and Co-Trustees.

MuskcgOn, named rs Co-Exe-
cutors and Co-Trustees.
The will of Charles III. Haekley was
filed in the Muskegon Probate Court
today by Knappep, Kleinhans & KNAPP
pen, counsel for the executors and
trustees. 1t was executed in Grand
Rapids November IA, 1903, and con-
sists of II pages of typewriting and is
divided into AZ clauses. The Michigan
Trust Company of Grand Rapids, and
Thomas Hume of Muskegon, are APP
pointed executors and trustees, and
concerning them Mr.. Hackley says
that having unbounded confidence in
their integrity and business capacity,
he valves their giving bonds.
Mr.. Hackley directs that the part
nership of Hackley & hume shall not
be dissolved by his death, and author
ICES his co-partner, Thomas Hume. to
carry on the business of that firm If
Mr.. Hume so elects, for period not
exceeding ten years.
The estate is disposed of as follows:
He gives to his wife, Julia +. Hackley
his homestead and all its belongings,
and horses and carriages, and also the
sum of $4,000 year while the estate
is being settled; to his adopted son,
Charles Moore Hackley. $50, 900; to his
grand-neice, Eva Louise Giraffe, $l0,-
900; TO his niece, Helen Fl Brachvogel
800; TO his cousin Helen G. Clark.
S. 900; to Benjamin f. Deming of Chi
cago, $1,000 to his aunt, Mary A..
Clark, of Crown Point, Ind, $500 a
year during her life, TO his aunt Mar
tia Fuller of Kalamazoo, Mich a
house and lot in Kalamazoo and $1,000
and to each of her FIVE children $500;
to Mary Jane Heron for her faithful
services in his family, $1,000, to his
coachman, Taylor Bulls, $500; to Mrs
Kate B Nellis of New York City 81
900, to Julia S. Wood of Muskegon
81 900; to Susie Nj. Wood OF Muskegon
81, 200! to Charles Henry Hackley Lee
of Muskegon, $1,000 and If he changes
his name within two years to Charles
Henry Hackley, an additional sum of
$4,000; to Thomas Hackley Hume OF
Muskegon 81 900; to Julia Hackley
Deming of Chicago 800; to Ethel
Hackley Smith, Helen Smith and
Leigh Hackley Smith, children of his
adopted daughter, Erie l.. Smith. each
81 900; TO Julia Hackley Rainbow of
Muskegon 800; to his cousin Mary
Citerly of San Diego, Cal, $500; to
Kittie M. Lee of Muskeeon, $25, 900;
to the Muskegon Humane Union, 49,
coo; to the Congregational church of
Muskegon of which his wife was a
member, $1,000; to the Michigan Trust
Company as trustee, $250,000, to hold
and invest the same and pay the net
income in each year, perpetually to
the Public Schools of the city of Mus
kegon, which income is to be expend-
ed forever by the Board of Education
of said iPublic Schools in providing
suitable instruction, free of charge,
to the boys and girls of Muskegon in
the Hackley Manual Training School.
and for maintaining, charging and
equipping the building of the Manual
Training School. The will declares
that the testator has already given
the sum of $500, 600 as an endowment
fund for the Manual Training School
and the $780, given by the will is to
be in addition thereto, making the
total endowment fund for this school
100000 The will directs that what
ever sums shall have been paid by the
testator during his lifetime and after
the date of the will, on account OF
this endowment fund, shall be credit.
ed on the bequest of $3.50, 600 and de.
Quoted therefrom. To the Hackley
Hospital $500, 900, for the purpose of
erecting and equipping hospital
building and the further sum of $780,
900 as on endowment fund for the
Hackley Hospital. If the cost of
erecting and equipping the hospital
shall be less than 5000, 900 the differ.
ence between the cost and the sum of
5000 900 is TO be added to and become
part of the hospital endowment
fund. Whatever sums were paid by
the testator in his lifetime to the
Hackley Hospital for these several
purposes are to be credited on these
respective requests and deducted
therefrom. To the Michigan Trust
Company as trustee, $500, 900 the in
come of which is to be paid in each
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