Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-08
TAX lDh MRS. IRWINE'S
ESTATE CONSIDERED
Question AS to Where Owner
ship May Go Before City
Coanel-Other Business.

beth Irvine that hes inside city
limits received consideration at
the regular meeting at the city
council Thursday night.
City Attorney H. c. Rice
brought up the matter, stating
that Executor John w. Crooke
had declined to pay taxes on 'Ir-
vinton," the homestead on Ian
caster avenue. His grounds are
that under her will the property
either goes to the Kentucky Med
ical society or the City of Rich
mond, and in either event it is
non-taXable. 1t was said that the
Kentucky Medical society has so
far done nothing to assume OWL
ership of the property under the
terms of Mrs. Irvine's will, but on
the other hand has resisted the
city taking possession Of the pro-
perty for a public park or child
ren'S playground by filing an ans
wer in court denying that it has
declined to accept Mrs. Irvine's
bequeSt.
As the Medical society has, al
lowed over a year to elapse with
out any affirmative action TAX
ing possession of the property,
the city council some time ago,
passed an ordinance accepting, the
property on behalf of the city and
it is evidently this action that the
medical society is seeking to re-
sist. .
Local physicians say that there
seems no inclination whatever on
the part of the medical society to
accept the property. They point
ont that acceptance on its part
will mean the expenditure of a
large sum of money to carry into
effect the terms of the bequest,
They say there is no money in
the medical society treasury
which might be available for
such purpose. The city Of Rich
,nond has waited patiently for a
long time to see what the medi-
cal society might do. and it is un-
derstood that sentiment is very
favorable toward the city pressing
its title as alternate beneficiary
under Mrs. Irvine's will. and
making a playground and public
park of the handsome grounds.
Anyway, there is some $458.25
due the city in taxes that is in
dispute. Former City Attorney
Joe P Chenault, who was at pres
ent at the meeting sad that it
was entirely possible that neither
the medical society nor the city
might take the property, in which
event it would revert to the heirs
at law of Mrs. Irvine and in such
all event, taxes would certainly be
due the city. The council decided
not to accept any offer Of taxes
on the estate without payment in
full, and to await final decision as
to the ultimate ownership Of the
property.
Another interesting feature of
the councilmanic session was a
colloquy between Councilman !
w. Hamilton and City Health Of
ficer J. G. Bosley over remarks
the latter made at a recent meet
ing of the, Rotary club. Council
man Hamilton arising, as he said
to sort of personal privilege, de
clared that he thought the coun-
Gil ought to know what DR.. Bos-
ley had said about Richmond be-
ing the filthiest city he knew of,
and that he could not get Coop
Grafton from the city council to
clean up the city. and would ap-
preciate the help Of the Rotary
he had been member CT the cOun-
Gil he had always found the mem
bers willing to cooperate in every
possible way for the improvement
OF the city and he felt that DR..
Bosley's remarks did both the
CITY and the council an injustice.
DR.. Bosley, who was present,
said that he had attended the
meeting of the council when
Councilman Hamilton had told
him that he proposed to tell what
he had said before the Rotary
club and give ME the devil" He
sad that he had been invited to
the Rotary club to repeat short
statement he had made before the
Chamber of Commerce about san
itary conditions in Richmond. DR..
Bosley said that what he did say
was that Richmond was a very
filthy city, and he reiterated that
statement. He further said that
he had not received the co-opera-
tion from the council that he
should have had as city officer.
He declared he reiterated that
statement, too, and in support Of