Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-05-20
AN ACW'
For the quieting of (the) Tax Titles.

For the quieting of (the) Tax Titles.
The People of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
senfsd an Senate and assembly, do enact as fol-
lOlos:
Section |. When any deed OF land here
after executed by any officers authorized by
the laws of this state to execute deeds OF LANDS
sold for the non payment of taxes, shall con-
tain recital that the lands therein specified
as conveyed have been sold, and said deed
executed on account of the non-payment of
any tax, said deed shall be conclusive in all
courts that the proceedings have been regular
from the valuation of the land up to the exc
cution of the deed and of the existence of all
conditions precedent in any way affecting the
/ validity of said deed, except as follows, to-
wit:
! Sec. 2 Said deeds shall be prima facie
/ evidence only: ] st. OF the liability of said
/ land to taxation; ID. OF the non-payment of
+ the tax for which the same were sold Sd.
/ OF the non-redemption of said land after sale
/ of said lands and before the recording of the
/ tax deeds.
/ Sec. 3. In case of lands sold for the non
/ payment of taxes previous to the passage of
( this act and the deed thereof executed suisse
quent to said passage, it shall be in the pow
er of the original patentee, or his assignee, to
/ redeem said land within one year after record
/ ing of said tax deed, oy paving or rendering
/ to the devisee under the said deed, or his as
4 signess. all taxes, costs and fees disbursed on
account of said land by the holder of said tax
title, up to the time of said redemption, with
twenty-five per cent interest per annum there
on; and the holder Of said tax title shall, af-
/ ter such redemption or tender thereof release
4 said tax lille in the same manner and subject
TO the same liabilities, in case Of refusal to do
/ so, as is now provided in case Of satisfaction
( of mortgages.
/ Sec 4. If the land is not redeemed in the
/ class of cases mentioned in the preceding sec
ton, in one year after the recording Of the
deeds, said deed shall have all the effect Civ
en- under section one and two of this act.
Sec. 5. All deeds hereafter executed up
on sale for taxes, shall be substantially in the
following form:
4 "Whereas. has depos-
tied in my Office a certii-
cate of the collector of taxes. or county treas
urer Tor as the case may be) Of the county
whereby it appears that
the said or (in case Of assign
ment) c. d. Of whom the said
is assignee. did purchase of said
( (officers) the there describe the land) at
a tax sale held BY said at
in said county on the
day of \. D. IS for the
. sum Of being the amount then
due the said county for taxes
and charges on said land, and whereas, it ap-
pears from an examination Of the records of
my Office that said land is now unredeemed
from such sale. Now, therefore, know all
men by these presents, that in consideration
Of the said sum of and
of the premises, the said county does hereby
grant and convey unto the said
the above described premises, with all the
hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto
belonging, to him and his heirs and assigns,
to their sole use and benefit forever.
In witness whereof, | have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this day of
A. D. Is
A. B. official designation,} LIS.
Sec. 7. Ii shall be the duty of the county
treasurer to sell any certificates he may hold
for lands struck off to his county, under the
provisions Of the Revised Statutes, to any per
son wishing to purchase the same, and to as
sign the same by endorsing his name Official
ly on the back thereof; Provided, said treas
urer shall not sell any certificate for a less
sum than the face and its legal interest, I'M
less so ordered by the board of supervisors o.
his county, and that said applicant shall pur-
chase all the certificates in the hands of said
treasurer against said land.
Sec. s. All certificates of the sale of lands
by the county treasurer shall be transferable
by endorsement.
Sec. 9. All acts and parts of acts contra
vening the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed.
Approved, April Is, 1852.