Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-01-13

visors of Kenosha County at their an.
nual session in November last.
r. H. DEMING, County Clerk.
To the Honorable the Senate d Assen1.
bly,, ofthe State Of Wisconsin -
The memorial of the Board of County
Supervisors Of the County of Kenosha
would respectfully represent =
That in conformity with Law, the
Secretary of State during the month OF
October 1858 transmitted to the Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors of the Coun-
ty of Kenosha, the proceedings of the
State Board of Equalization at its sew
eral sessions held Sep. 20, Sep. %, and
September 29th 1853, together with a
printed statement setting forth in words
and figures the aggregate number Of
acres of land; the average valuation per
acre ofsuch land; the aggregate valua-
ton thereof; the aggregate valua-
ton of village and city lots; the
aggregate value of personal property :;
the aggregate valuation of all property
IN the State of Wisconsin as assessed in
the year 1857 and returned to the office
of the Secretary of State; and the ag-
gregate valuation of all the property as
equalized in the year 1858 as provi-
ded by sec. 20 of chapter lis of the
general laws Of 1858, together with the
amount of State tax for the year 1853"
Which communication and accompany
ing Statement was by said Clerk presen-
ted to the Board OF Supervisors at a
regular session of said Board begun and
held at the Court House in said County
OF henosha on the ninth day of Novem.
Der A. ID. 1858, and was by said Board
at that time referred to a Committee of
It's body to report upon the fact of al
legged inequalities of glaring character
said to exist in said Statement, and the
apportlonment of tax based upon the
same; and particularly with reference to
the sum set down in said statement as
the amount asse Ssed to said Kenosha
County, which was reported to be un-
reasonable in amount, and out of all
proportion to the real value of the prop
erty forming the basis of assessment; and
unequal In comparison with other por-
tons of the State.
This Committee having carefully ex-
amlned the statement before referred to
and diligently compared the several re-
turns made to the office of the Secretary
OF State embraced in said statement,
made report on the 18th day of No
vember A. D. 1864 copy of which
is appended and marked A.
The same Committee also made, on
the sixteenth day of the same month, O.
supplementary report to said Board
copy of which is appended and marked
"B," containing a statement of the facts
IN the case and their reasons for believ-
ing that said equalization was unequal,
and AS to the County of Kenosha partic-
ularly oppressive in character; which
reports were severally adopted by the
Board Of Supervisors of said County, and
copies of the same, and of the subse-
quent proceedings of the Board therein
directed to be attached to this memorial
for the consideration of the Legislature.
The Board of Supervisors of the
County OF Kenosha, without designating
the particular character of the remedy
sought for, would pray the Legislature
to examine the subject upon this their
complaint and report, and that the
County may have such relief as the
nature of the case demands, and as shall
be in conformity to equity and reason,
and your memoralists as in duty bound
will ever pray Sc. &c.
H. S. THORP, Chairman.
JAMES RUPRLL.
J. ii. WILDER,
JOSEPH V. QUARLEs,
J. W. WHIPPLE,
DENNIS MURRY,
S. Y. BRANDE,
B. Y. HATCH,
REUBEN r. BAssETT,
Z. r. HUGUN1N.
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The Special Committee of the Board