The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-17
ORDINANCE NUMBER

An ordinance for the annexation to the City
OF kenosha, Wisconsin, of certain territory and
real estate lying adjacentto the said City of
Kenosha, Wisconsin,.
Be 1t Ordained, By the Common Council of the
City of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
SecIlon L ~ hereas, petition in writing,
signed Dy all OF the owners of the land. prem
ises, real estate and territory described as fol-
| lows, to-wit:
Block number two % of Strongss subdivision
IN the south half Is ~ of section FIVE M in town,
one a. north of range twenty-tlree (231 east If
the fourth principal meridian. in the town of
Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County. Wisconsin.
as PEI plaI thereot dated July 9Th, 1902, and re-
corded same day III Book SO of Plats on pace
q, kenosha County Registry; and also part Of
the southwest quarter Is w Il of section five ~
| III TOWN one - north of range twenty-three 1881
east, lying and being iii the town of Pleasant
! sPralTte, IN the County of Kenosha and State of
! Wisconsin,, and particularly described as COM
menclng at the point in the center line of Dur
kee avenues extended south which is four hum
dred twelve and tive-tenths (4I25( feet south of
the north line of said quarter section and being
the southwest corner of Strong's subdivision
aforesaid; thence south along the center line of
said Dprxee avenue, if extended south. dis
lance OF three hundred sixty-eght and twenty
eight one hundred tbs (S6823) feet: thence east
parallel Wit he north line Of said quarter sec
ton, i've hundred and eighty-seven (5S7) feet TO
Y he shore of Lake Michigan: thence northerly
A along the shore and shore line of Lake Michi-
gan to the southeast corner of said Strong's
subdivision: thence west along the sout11 line
of said Strong's subdivision to the point of be-
ginning, was heretofore presented to the Com
mon Council of the City of Kenosha, and filed
with the Clerk thereof; and,
Whereas, Said petition i'll writing is Signed
by the actual bona fide owners, in fee simple
absolute Of ali Of the land, premises, real estate
| and territory hereiubefore described; and.
Whereas, Said territory and real estate. and
each and every parcel thereof, is taxable prop
efty, except small portion thereof which Is
exempt by law from taxation, and is now stu
ated and located in tile Town of Pleasant
Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin; and,
Whereas, There are no electors whatever re
siding upon said territory; and
Whereas, The said zeal estate, land, premises
and territory hereinbefore described and the
whole thereof lies Immediately south of and adj
Jacent to the said City of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
I and,
Whereas, The said City of Kenosha is n1u-
nlcIpal corporation, and is Incorporated under
Special Charter granted by the Legislature O
the State OF Wisconsin, to-Wit:-Chapter 1873 of
the Private and Local Laws of the State of
Wisconsin for the year 1887 and the several acts
amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto,
and.
Whereas, Said petitioners and each and all of
them desire that said territory and real estate
hereinbefore described be annexed to and made
a part Of the City of Kenosha, Kenosha Ccunty.
State Of Wisconsin, in the manner provided by
law.
Secton2 Therefore, Be It Ordained by the
Common Council OF the City of Kenosha, That
the prayer of said petition be and the same is
hereby granted, and the said land, real estate
and territory hereinbefore described is hereby
annexed to and made part of the said City of
Kenosf1as III the County of Kenosha and State
/ of Wisconsin.
Section 3. That ali of the real estate and
territory 1ereinbefore described shall be- be-
come and constitute and is hereby made a part
OF the Second Ward Of the said City of Keno
Sha, WISCONSIN.
Section 4. Final action on this ordinance
shall not be taken except at a regular meeting
of the Common Council, and not earlier than
thirty days after the same is introduced, and iii
the meantime the same shall be published once
in each week for four successive weeks in THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, a newspaper printed and
published in said City of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect
and be i'll full force from and after the date of
its passage and publication.