Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-07-13

ten thousand dollars, / direct that the
time of investment or accumulation be
extended until that cum is realized,
as do not want the work undertaken
short Of that amount At the end of
SAID five years. if the total sum is
then ten thousand dollars or more, or
subsequently, when it shall have
reached the sum named, the entire
sum, principal and interest accumula
! tions shall be used by said trustees in
the purchase and erection of said
statue and base, including such actual
expenses as the tt ustees may be put to
in connection with said trust. I
request my friends to employ first
class artist, to see that the work is
executed with fidelity. and that the
statue is placed in the most salient or
conspicuous place in said Park: all Of
which [ leave to the best judgment of
my said friends and their successors,
to be chosen by those remaining in
case of vacancy for any reason.
In case the city of Lancaster decline
to accept the gift OF the park as here
inbefore provided, or having accepted
the same shall forfeit it by reason of
non compliance with any of the condi-
tions contained in this my last will
and testament prior to the expenditure
of said fund, then this legacy shall
revert to nay estate.
Fifteenth. In case the city of Ian
caster shall decline the gift of the
park, or should forfeit the same
whereby cetain legacles above provid-
create residuarv fund, then I give,
devise and bequeath said fund and the
whole thereof. share and share alike
to Mrs. Malinda Kelley, g. b.
Ryland, William FL. Ryiand. Lille
Bell Younkin, Mrs. Nelson B. Bailey
and Lewis Hayward, their heirs and
assigns forever
Sixteenth. In view Of the fact that
I have given my home place to the
city of Lancaster, reserving only a
life estate therein for my wife. I
think, considering the virtual owner
ship of said city, that if it does not
waive or remit the taxes on said
premises from and after my death it
should at least reduce the assessed
valuation to correspond to my wife's
interest therein. [ accordingly in
struct my executor to bring the
matter to the attention of the
proper city officials.
Seventeenth. In order to prevent
uncertainty, I hereby, expressly de-
clare it to be my intention that all
legacies hereinbefore mentioned shall
lapse and revert to my estate where
the legatee departs this life before me,
except where I have specifically
provided otherwise.
Eighteenth. It is to be distinctly
understood that no legacy shall b.
paid to the city until after the work
and Improvements for which said
legacy is given has been fully com
pleted and approved, and in no event
until after the death of my wife.
If after my death, and upon an in
ventory of my estate being taken, it
shall be discovered that payment of
the legacies hereinbefore provided to
be paid prior to the death of my wife
will so diminish my estate that the
residue will not yield the one thou
sand dollars provided as an annuity
or my wife and taxes and other charges
and expenses. then the payment of
all such legacies shall be deferred
without interest until after Mrs.
Ryland's death.
Nineteenth. In making this my
last will and testament, I have tried
to be fair with my wlfe's kindred,
while carrying out the plans formed
years ago by my wife and myself.
Save that have enlarged the provi-
sions in favor of my wife. and chang
ed somewhat the gifts to the city.
this will is substantially the same as
the one made by me November 21st.
1902. with which my wife was familiar
and which met her approval. Should
circumstances bring about an election
on the part of my wife to take under
the law instead of under this will, a
course which I am sure my wife
would not approve and which I most
earnestly protect against, then and in
that event, since her kindred would
perhaps inherit from her probably as
much as have bequeathed to them,
it would be unfair to other interest to |
let the legacies I have given them
stand. It is therefore my will that,
in case an election taken under the |
law instead of under this will is made |
by or on behalf of my wife, then all
the legacies or requests herein con-
tanned to Mrs. Lucy M. Barber. Mrs.