Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-04-18
Published April g, 1881
CEA DTED O0-

AN ACT relating to tract indexes. and arnendatory
OF chapter 2 OF the general laws of 1854 entitled,
An act TO provide for a tract index"
The people OF the state Of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as fOOIUS:
Section Section one of said chapter 952 is here
by amended so as to read as follows: Section The
register OF deeds of each county in this state shall
D. l5Is OF whenever directed so TO do by the coun-
" board OF supervisors. as hereinafter provided.
his Office suitable book or books. substantially
bound and so ruled and arranged that opposite TO
curding to the government subdivision of sections
fractional lots and town. city village lots (Which
shall be blank space of about forty square inches
in which he shall enter in red ink the letter or let
ters numeral numerals indicating the volume
and In black blue ink the class of records refer
deeds by the letter D. and miscellaneous by the alb
breyiation Mis-. J. together with the page of said
volume upon which each and every deed, mortgage
other Instrument affecting the title TO incum-
bering the whole or any part or subdivision there
of shall heretofore have been may hereafter be
recorded and shall be entitled to demand and re-
ceive of the grantee or grantees. mortgage or
mortgages in each instrument thereafter record
ed the sum of three cents for each entry in said in
deX, made necessary by the recording of such in
Section ?. In all cases in which any county has
now in the Office of the register OF deeds tract in
deX OF lands and lots in which the same are enter
ed and indeXed by quarter section descriptions on
Il except In case OF fractional ana plated LOTS
the register OF deeds OF Such county Is hereby I'll
rected as soon as practicable after the passage of
visions of section of this act all lands so
dexed by greater than forty acre subdivisions, and
demand and receive from said county the sum of
cents for each necessary enter i'll said index of
records herein provided for unless the price shall
be otherwise fixed by contract, as hereinafter pro-
Yided.
Section g. Section of said chapter 3d. is hereby
amended to read follows The provisions
of this act shall not extend nor apply to the regis
ter of deeds of any county which now has in the
Office of the register of deeds general tract index
of records made substantially i'll accordance with
the provisions of this act nor to any county whose
county board of supervisors. or majority thereof
shall fail to accept and ratify the same, by order
ing the register of deeds to comply with its re-
quirementS.
Section T. The county board of supervisors of
each organized county in this state is hereby
tAOriZed and empowered to provide the necessary
books and direct and employ the register of deeds
perform the work of indeXing and re-indeXng
such records, as herenbefore provided for, at the
expense of the county, so far as the same should
he done by the county, at price therefor not eX-
ceeding the figures above. given; provided that
any such county board may enter into contract
with the register of deeds for the doing of such
work, at such price compensation, not exceed
ing the sum above mentioned, may be agreed
upon.
Section s. The index provided for in this act
shall be open to the free inspection of all persons
during reasonable business hours.
Section Is. All acts and parts of acts inconSiSt-
ent with the provisions of this act hereby re-
pealed.
Section . This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after Its passage and publication.
Approved March 10, 1873