The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-17
Annual Meeting Of the County Board
u Of Supervisors, Nov. 18th, 1851
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The petition Of T. G. 0lms,ed complains
of an illegal assessment on the iown Fiat
known as the Wells 4 Gilman plat IN the
town of Manito.oc Rapids, and il is the
,,;aion Of The Committee that the assess
ment Is illegal, and recommend that the
said Olms,ed shall pay TO the County Trea
sursr the sum Of fifteen 5o-l00 dollars, tax
on said plyt for the year $50, and upon
tue payment of this sum, the Couaty Trea
surer be authorized 10 deliver to him all
the tax certificates in his hands for that
year and that the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors be authorized not to advertise
the tax certificates on the above named
plat for the year 1860. .
Your Committee have had under con-
sideration the memorial Of Fayette Arms
by, askin for relief from this Board The
memorial shows that he was the purcha
ser and now holds large proportion Of
tho tax certificates issued from the Treas
ursr's Office on lands sold in the towns of
Franklin and Cato, known as the lands
belonging to Lee & Cain and others, and
that in consequence Of legal action having
been taken by the owners Of said lands,
restraining the Clerk of your Board from
Issuing tax Deeds, for the taxes Of 1856
H 1859, be asks of this Board liberty to
exchange said certificates for others paw
ing the full amount of such tax certificates
for the face thereof, aad twenty FIVE pei
cent interest from the time they were is
sued, and the memorial again asks that
If the Board cannot accede to this part o
his request, that you will instruct your
Clerk and chairman to issue county or
ders for the amount Of his certificates an
ciuding principal and inferes. Your
Committee beg here 10 represent that pri
or to the asking for the withdrawal of the
memorial of the said Favette Armsby by
his Attorney S. A. Wood, to wit: on the
23d day of November, instant, yolr Com
mttee had the subject under advisement
and bod arrived at the unanimous conclu
sion tina. it WAS impossible to comply with
the first request, which which was refer
red TO your Committee. and bears date
the l4th Of November, inst from the fac
that this Board, in its official capacity
had passed over to the towns of Franklin
and Cato, and other towns in the county
oil Of the certificates then and now in tht
possession Of the county treasurer. Con
sequently you bad no certificates on hand
for the two important years for which The
exchange was asked. Under such cir.
cumstances your committee abandoned
the first proposition, in the memorial, anc
adopted the second, whic is. as before re
cited that ysu settle with him by issuing
county orders.
Your committee would therefore recon
mend that you settle with the said Fay
ette Armsby by paying all of his demand
which have grown out Of the purchase o
tsx certificates issued bv the county treas
ursr, for the years 1856 and forward, fo
the principal Of the same. and the interes
on oil such sums as shall be found due th
said Armsby at the rate Of seven per cen
per annum. the same app lying to the land
Of Lee & Cain for the yeers before men
toned
In aiming AT the foregoing conclusion
your committee feel that they are doin
no Injustice To Mr.. Arm>by but on III
contrary, fully complying with the tern
of his memorial, and further. placing hi
in a position to get redress Ter his moue
and interest on tie same.
Here, perhaps, our duties end, br
your Committee beg leave to introduce,
further resolution expressive of the view
generally, as follows:
R,solued. That the assessment rolls
the county afford good evidence that til
law governing assessments has been dis
regardee, first, in not assessing the re;
estate in the several towns and village
high enough. in consequence of which
is believed the State Board Of equaizauo
regards US as seeking to evade our ju
proportion Of the State taxes, and in el
deavorng to correct this delinquency the
have assessed our county above its vaIu
and we are thereby made to pay create
proportion Of the State taxes than equit;
bly, belongs to US.
Second, in not making a sufficient di:
tinction between improved and unmpro'
ed lands in the towns, By which lnjustie
is sometimes done TO non residents An
others; thereby laying foundation f
complaints and litigation, and by whie
the advantage designed to be taken
more than doubly counterbalanced
costs and charges incident to efforts
obtain redress and to establish equity.
Third, the assessment rolls betray
some instances particularly among tt
residents themselves, and in some 9TH
respects, All evident disregard of the r
quirement. Of the law. We thereto
recommend TO the several towns to go
ern themselves strictly by the law rela,i'
to assessments.
All Of which is respectfully submitte
H. H. SMITH,
H. w. TUCKER.
LYMAN EMERSON.
Memorial Of Fayefte ArmsJy referred
an tie foregoing report.