The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-09-25
CITY BEAUTIFUL
/ PLANS DISCUSSED
E. Ell. Bennett Entertains
Kenosha Chamber Of Com
merce On Subject of Beau
tifying Home Town.
BODY AMENDS ITS BYLAWS
Annual Membership Dues Increased TO
S25 and Mayor of Kenosha Made Elk
officio Member Of Board
Of Directors.
BODY AMENDS ITS BYLAWS

Two amendments to the bylaws, one
of which increased the annual member
ship dues from twelve dollars to twenty
five dollars, and the other which made
the mayor Of the city Of Kenosha a
member of the board Of directors ex-
offcio, were adopted unanimously by the
Chamber of Commerce at its semi
monthly meeting at the Elks Club
on Tuesday night.
The adoption Of these amendments
was the only matter Of business con
siaered by the chamber, and after they
had been disposed Of the members
present listened to most interesting
and Instructive lecture on Planning for
tne City Beautiful by E. H. Rennett,
of Chicago, one of the greatest city
planners Of America, and the man who
has had a large share in the plans
which Chicago has recently adopted.
When the hour for meeting arrived
the members sat down to dinner in one
Of the dining rooms Of the club and
after they had disposed of the excel
lent reflection, President Dan @. Head
called on Prof. Otis E. Trenary to pre-
side. III opening the business session
Prof Trenary said: am sure voice
the sentiments Of Secretary Francis
when I say / am glad the faithful are
still faithful. We expect certain
personnel at these meetings and we are
not usually disappointed
President Head then took the floor
and spoke in regard to some changes in
the bylaws which had been proposed
and which had been sent to every one
lof the eight hundred and eighty mem
bers Of the Chamber. He then offered
this resolution:
Whereas, The activities of the Ke-
nosha Chamber Of Commerce are 50
closely allied with the municipal af-
fairs Of the city Of Kenosha, and
| Whereas, 1t is the purpose Of the
| Chamber of Commerce to cooperate
with the officials Of the city of Ke-
nosha in all public matters which will
be Of benefit to the people Of the city
Of Kenosha, and
Whereas, Tt is the sense Of the
board Of directors of the Kenosha
Chamber Of Commerce that the mayor
Of the city Of Kenosha during his term
of office of the city should be ex-officio
a member of the board Of directors.
| Therefore, Be It Resolved, That
therebe and hereby is added new by
law to be known as Section six Of Arti-
Gle four, and to read as follows, to-wit:
1.-THE mayor Of the city of Kenosha
shall be ex-oficio a member Of the board
Of directors Of the Kenosha Chamber Of
Commerce, and the duration Of his Office
as such ex-oficio members of the board
| of directors shall commence with the
| term of his Office and expire with
the term of his office as mayor Of said
! city of Kenosha.
| The resolution was adopted unani-
mously. President Head then offered
this resolution:
Whereas, The cost Of maintenance
of the Chamber Of Commerce has ma
terially increased both during and since
the war and thereby necessitates q
similar increase in the income of the
Chamber of Commerce, and
| Whereas, 1t is impossible without
more financial aid properly to care for
the increasing demands made upon the
Chamber of Commerce.
| Therefore, Be 1t Resolved, That
Section one of Article two of the by-
laws of the Kenosha Chamber of Com
merce, be amended so that the same as
amended shall read as follows, to-wit:
s. Each member shall pay twenty five
dollars annually as dues toward the
maintenance Of the Chamber. The paw
ment of dues shall commence with the
date of his election and he shall, with
in thirty days after election, pay to the
treasurer his membership dues.
Be Tt Further Resolved, That this
amendment shall take effect on the date
of its adoption. =
In speaking Of this resolution Presi.
dent Head read a list of about fifty
cities in Wisconsin and Michigan, all
neighbors of Kenosha and ranging from
the size. of Kenosha on down to those
having a population of twelve thous.
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