The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-26
PETER PRICA.
ORDINANCE 215.
AN ORDNANCE FOR THE VACATIN,
OF WHITING CEMETERY.

AN ORDNANCE FOR THE VACATING
OF WHITING CEMETERY.
WHEREAS. a petition has been pre-
scented to this Council by seven resi-
dent free holders of this city, which
petition is in words and figures as
follows, to-wit:
ITO the Honorable Common Council
Of the city of Whiting, Lake County
Indiana:
THE undersigned. resident free hold
ers of the said City of Whiting. do
hereby respectfully petition your Hon
orable Council, to vacate the cemetery
commonly known as whiting Cemetery
and including the following described
real estate in said County of Lake and
State of Indiana, to-wit
"a tract of LAID known as the
whiting Cemetery. being that part
of the southwest quarter IS w. "a
of the northwest quarter IN. W.
~ of section eight go, township
thirty-seven (37), range nine (9),
west of the Second F. NJ. described
as follows:
"CommenciEg at the southeast
corner of said tract and running
thence north eight (S) chains and
fifty 500 links to the right of way
of the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad Company. run
ming thence northwesterly along
the southwesterly line Of said right
of way, five 80 chains and sixty
six (66) links. thence southwest
erly at right angles to said right
| of way, two C2) chains seventy
| (70) links; thence southeasterIy
twelve (12) chains. nineteen Ge)
links to a point in the southerly
line of said southwest quarter IS.
/ w. ~ of the northwest quarter
| IN. ". ~ of said section eight
| go; thence east ninety-six and
one-half (e6h) links to the place
| of beginning, containing four (D
/ acres, more or less, Whiting, In
diana
THE undersigned respectfully rep
resent in support of such petition tina
it is common information in this Cit,
| Of Whiting that the said cemetery hal
long since fallen into neglect and dis
| use; that the remains of deceased per
| sons buried In said cemetery have beer
! from time to time exhumed and re
moved therefrom on account of sucl
neglect. that such cemetery hinder
| and obstructs the growth of this cit,
and that said cemetery Is injurious t
| the health Of the neigh borhood Il
which it Is located
| Names. Addresses.
FRED J. SMITH Whiting, Ind
FRANK N GAVIT Whiting. Ind
A. J. LAUER Whiting, Ind
Com'r of Health.
CHARLES r. KLOSE Whiting. IND
JNO NJ THIELE Whiting. Ind
GALLUS J. BADER whiting, IND
JAMES j. NEJDL whiting. Ind
And whereas, upon consideration o
such petition this council finds tina
said real estate was for many year
used as a cemetery, commonly know
as the Whiting Cemetery, and sue
cemetery has long since fallen into ne
glect and disuse. the remains of de
ceased persons buried therein hav
been from time to time exhumed an
removed therefrom on account OF sue
neglect, and said cemetery binders an
obstructs the growth of this city, an
said cemetery is injurious to tn
| health of the neighborhood in which
/ is located
NOW THEREFORE,. BE IT OR
DAMNED by the Common Council c
the City of Whiting, Lake County. II
. / diana, that the said cemetery be va
, Gated; that the City Clerk be and h
I
of this council. to prepare as nearl
as may be. a complete list of tn
names of the deceased persons who's
bodies remain inferred in said GENE
terry and that the same be puh1ishe
for two weeks successfully. once eac
week In some newspaper of gener;
: circulation printed and published j
this county, together with a notice
' all persons interested that on and af
, er the first day of February, 1913. tn
] ! Common Council Will cause any bodit
I in said cemetery to be exhumed. all
r provided by Section 1851 of Volume
/ of Burns Annotated Statutes. Revisic
of 1908
: That the remains of all persons r,
e naming unclaimed after the abol
e mentioned date, be removed and pre-
|. erly reinterred under the direction az
: subject to the approval of this Con