Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-02-01

pointed to take into Consideration the sub
stance of said statements and report thereon.
After careful examination of the grievances
therein complained Of, and the present 81 ia
ton Of the county in regard te taxation, the
committee would
REPORT:
That they consider any alteration or amend
ment Of he tax levied at the annual session
of this Board as beyond the control of this
Board, and that the same would operate IN
justly and uneqHally upon the taxpayers of
! this county, aud especially upon those who
4 have shown their Willingness to comply with
/ the law by paying their taxes Gas many have
/ done) even ifthis Board had right to DO SO
/ That upon careful examination of the es-
/ Inmates Of expenditures and debts Of said Co.
! they do not consider the amount Of tax levied
! for county purposes as enormous and unnec-
4 essary, but only such as prudent men, des-
rous Of placing me financial affairs Of their
/ county in healthy and prosperous condition,
would be forced 70 adopt;
+ That over seven thousand dollars of the tax
/ levied upon the people ofihe county (the state
/ tax and school taxi was levied by the State
/ Legislature and was not in any way subject to
! the control Of this Board and at least three
! thousand dollars ct the tax levied for county
! purposes will not be available in the current
+ year, owing to the large amount Of non-resi-
I sold for taxes and upon which taN-titles are
4 occurring year after year, and to the amount of
resident lands upon which the tax cannot be
collected from personal property. Both of
| which facts (the amount Of tax ordered to be
raised by the State Legislature, and the tax
/ levied upon nonresident lands) were disre-
/ garded by the committee at the meeting in
+ Willow Springs by reason OF which they have
asserted that the sum Of ten thousand dollars
was levied by the Beard more than was nee
essary to defTay the expenses of the county,
which Investigation Of the facts would have
convinced that committee was either false
hood or an obvious error;
i That a committee upon the equalization of
4 the assessment roll was appointed at the an
nuaI session of this Board, and after a long
and careful examination Of heassess1nent rolls
said committee reported ''that they are salts
\ fed that the assessments Of the several towns
! as returned, bear just relation to each other
and need no alteration The facts that led
/ TO this result upon the part Of the committee,
/ were the great difference in value of real es-
tate In different parts Of the county, and. in
deed, Of lands lying side by side. by reason
/ Of mineral soil, timber and other intrinsic
qualities, and the fact that the assessors in the
( different towns were better qualified to fudoe
I Of the real value of property in their several
towns and OF all the circumstances alfectinu il
land also that no reduction could be made
under the law of the assessment in anv town
| without increasing theassessnent of some 9TH
or town, which would work unjustlv and I'M
| equally and would produce greater dissatisfac-
ton among the tax payers of the county at
large; ana that the law has expressly provi-
ded remedy for cases Of improper or excess
size assessment, by directing that any person
aggrieved thereby,may procure a remittance of
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OF County Supervisors within two years there
after;
That the mistake of nine thousand dollars
asserted to have been made in summing IN
the assessment rolls Of the town Of Willow
! Springs by this board. was in fact mistake
| OF the assessors Ct said town in including that
amount Of double assessments in his roll
which this board had no power to exclude
under thelaw, but which the treasurer of that
town had the power Of regulating IN his set
| Element with the county treasurer;
That the assertion that this board have no
power to assist the several towns in the erec-
ton OF bridges, is incorrect and false. as the
| law does expressly give to this Board such a
power, and the exercise Of it is absolutely
necessary to relieve the poorer towns from the
bnTthen OF erecting expensive bridges for the
public convenience and relying upon exces-
slFe taxation upon their citizens and the VOL
ui'ai5 eltdiil3 OF me nei9bDoTlng towns for
their relief;
That the burthen of taxation in the town Of
Willow Springs is principally owing to the
excessive assessment Of personal pronertv and
Improvements of real estate in said town:
/ hat ali bills allowed BY this Board clerks
attorneys and sheritfs. have been submitted to
the proper taxing officer and allowed by him.
OF have been such as were expressly reoula
ted by statute, and no refusal of this board
could have prevented the final adjustment of
such claims by the county with costs;
That the depression of county orders. and
their sale az discount, is hard and oppressive
upon the farmer and laboring men OF the county.
| though an advantage to the Spectator. as it
forces the mechanic and the farmer from his
labor to attend as Juror or witness in the
courts, or perform other service Cor the conn
y, ana receive IN pay paper deprecated to add
70 me pfohts OF the speculator, and that it is
! me ouly OF honest eonservators Of the public
interest 70 endeavor to relieve their county Of