Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-03-18


it shall deem sufficient TO pay the cost and
expense of such action or partition or sale,
including reasonable attorney, counsel
aud commissioner fees; and the said
court is hereby authorized and directed to
allow the plaintiff in such action per
centage or sum AS it shat. deem sufficient
to pay the costs and expenses of such act.
ion or partition or sale, including attorney
and counsel feas, and shall also allow such
commissioner such per centage or sum as
it shall deem sufficient to pay his costs
and expenses and for his services.
Sec. g. If any such lands should remain
unsoid for want of bidders either in law.
full money or for such certificates, and all
of such certificates shon!d not be cancelled,
the court may in its judgment 10 such
action, or by further subsequent judg
ment or order, make provision for The dis.
posal thereof, as shall discharge the sa,I
railroad company from its trust Or relation
thereto, as shall seem meet for the benefit
of the persons interested therein, aud may,
as it seems advisable, place the same 10
the hands of commissioner or trustee or
trustees, for division, sale or disposal, or
otherwise, as shall seem to the court equit-
able to the parties 10 interest, and to give
authority to make all necessary transfers
or conveyance thereof. .....
Sec, 7. The person or persons purchas-
ing any of said lands and surrenderiug anv
OF such certificates in payment thereof,
shall be seized in fee of the premises so
purchased in severalty, and the said con-
pany shall be forever discharged from any
trust or liability in reference thereto. and
such commissioner may give TO said pur-
chaser or purchasers certificate or certi6c
ates of such sale or sales, and of such pur-
chase or purchases, which shall be recev-
ed in evidence in any Of the courts Of this
state, and shall be prima .tacie evidence
of the facts therein contained, and shall be
pranaa tacae evidence Of title 10 fee OF the
lands therein described in the person or
persons therein named as his or their as
signs. -~-..-4..~. co4..a- F.
Sec. g. It shall NOT be necessary ia any
advertisement or notice of sale OF said lands
to describe them by their legal subdivisions
into sections or parts Of sections, but it
shall be sufficient to describe them as two
hundred and forty sections or 1853 600
acres of land more or less, granted by
Congress to aid in the construction of a
railroad from Fond du Lac northe.ly to
the state line, being the lands first selected
by the Chicago d. Northwestern railway
company under such grant; tut such lands
shall not be sold in larger tracts than one
section at a time; and prouided further,
at his opinion, such co mmissioner may
offer and sell at the same time all the
tracts Of land in any one section.
| Sec. 9. The general provisions Of the
laws of Wise onsne affecting court of equi,
ty or law in partition cases. shall apply
to the action authorized by this chapter
so far as the same is applicable and not
inconsistent with the provisions hereof
Sec. 10. All laws inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed so far as they
ontravene the provision of this act and
no further. This actlshall take effectand
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved March 2, 1868