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

friends may incur in and about said
main entrance, I do not want to stint
them to that sum provided in their
Judgment, a reasonable addition to
| said legacy would be advantageous or
necessary to carry out their plans.
therefore direct my executor to pay
them not to exceed five hundred dol
lars additional should they notify him
that in their Judgment such further
sum is needed for said purpose.
When said main entrance shall
have been completed and approved by
said trustees, direct my executor to
pay the total cost Of the same upon
| their warrant or order but the expenses
which said trustees may be put to in
procuring design and specifications, or
other necessary expenses incurred by
them in relation to said matter shall
be paid by my executor from time to
time as same may be incurred, prUvid-
I'd, however, that all such expen ses
and the purchase price of all materials
and the cosu of all labor of said main
entrance shall not exceed the sum Of
three thousand five hundred dollars.
I direct that steps be taken i'm
mediately after the city takes actual
possession of said premises for the
erection of said Main Entrance and
that the work be pressed vigorously
to completion.
Third. I also give and bequeath
to E. B. Goodsell, Allan D. Conover
and S. Fl. Taylor in trust, with
power to FIJI vacancies as provided
III the preceding clause, the sum of
one thousand dollars to be used for
or toward the purchase of a fountain
and drinking stand for said park.
The selection, erection and location
of same leave wholly to said trustees
or their successors.
Fourth. I also give to E. B. Good.
sell, s. Fl. Taylor and the Mayor of
the city of Lancaster, Wisconsin, and
their successors eight thousand dol
lars. to be paid over to them by
my executor as soon as practicable
after the death of my wife, in trust
for the following purposes
I. The sum Of five thousand dol
lars and all accommodations thereon
shall be applied solely to help defray
the cost of the library building above
provided for. I direct said trustees
TO invest said sum of five thousand
dollars aa separate fund, to re-invest
it as occasion may require; and to
| likewise invest the income so as to
accumulate as large a sum as may
safely be done. Upon the completion
of said library building, I direct said
trustees to pay over said fund includ
ing Accommodations to the said city of
Lancaster for the purpose aforesaid
II. The remaining sum OF three
thousand dollars direct said trustees
to keep prepetually invested and the
income, less actual expenses, to be
paid over annually to the Directors
or other officials having charge of the
Library, for the purchase of instructive
books for the public library of said
city. l authorize and empower said
trustees, however, if they deem it
best, at any time or from time to
time to suspend the payment of the
yearly income and to add the same to
the principal in order to accumulate
and enlarge said fund; but such
suspension shall not exceed three
years at any one time.
The trustees shall cause a book
plate to be prepared containing an
appropriate memorial inscription to
be renewed as needed. and that an
impression of this plate be placed in
each volume purchased with the in
come of said fund.
This gift of three thousand dollars
is made upon the condition that the
said city Of Lancaster shall forever
annually appropriate and expend not
less than to hundred and fifty dollars
for the purchase of books for said
library. Provided further, that this
entire legacy of eight thousand dollars
shall also be null and void and of no
effect in case the city Of Lancaster
declines to accept the gift of the PARK
as herein before provided or shall
forfeit the same by reason of non COM
pliance with any of the conditions in
this instrument contained, IN which
event this legacy shall revert to my
estate.
The mayor of the city of Lancaster
shall always be, ex-officio, one of said
trustees. In case the said E. B.
Goodsell or S. Fl. Taylor or any of
their successors shall at any time
resign. become incapable of disoharg-
ing his duty, remove from Grant
County or if from any reason what.
ever a vacancy occur. it shall be filled
by any court having jurisdiction in