Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-11-18

Mr. John g, Clark, chairman of the com.
mittee, made minority report as follows
To TIE board ofsaperrisors 81 Graat eoan.y Fs,oo.
sia
The undersigned minority of the spsei.l con
miitee to which was referred the resolution OF Nr
Her. of Jamestown, on the sutjsct of the legality n
the publication OF notice Of sale of lands fpy non
payment Of taxes in 1850 respectfully reports
The hrst publication Of said notice was on ~
18th day Of April. 1850 The sale took place ca the
18th day OF May. 1850.
The statutes rseo Ilso Of r. ). ofls4s, nro,5o.
that notice shan all Be p.bltsasd o~es h
each reck for four successive ess rior 20 tss scorS
Tuesday Of Iy"-the day Of sale.
Including the day Of sale, the notice OF ssls was
published only 70 days.
The supreme court In SO Wis psga 81, he,d in a
case precisely similar that sueh notice 9 rrb-
hshed only 70 days-that such = publication 10 in
sale. invalid.
There be no question but that the s.le wa,
iliegsl snd all certificates issued thereon invalid
and that all deeds isaced on those certificates will
be void
And that the county is liable to the holders 81
those certificates for the amount paid wit i.setest
al ths rate OF seven per Ssassper snnum; Nov, rs
ing certificates now held BY the eountyf
Under section lls4 OF the r S. It ia sai1e stive
that the county board shall order the n = pail
for these certificates TO be refunded TO the has
their assigns
Section 1856 provides for the certifyinSc sasunt
tha
towns as special assessment against the fAr.s -
enormously sold.
would therefore recommend the adept Of tie
following order:
It is hereby ordered, that. whereas The is sold
May II, 1850. by the county treasurer etc com
~ for the non payment OF the taxes IL les enc
assessed thereon fer the year 1879 wers 81. srfseS
70 be sold only 26 days before the day o. J and
such sales and the certlfeates issued til. N are
for that reason invalid; therefore. in ~, ispcs
With the imperative requirements the - etss %
wisconsin said treasurer is h.rshy kiree''
fuud any and all money paid for each aud certjn-
Gates issued on such sales to the purchss, ~ HE
assigns with interest thereon at the rste sven
per cent. per snnum, upon the delivery + thr
same to him to be cancelled. and this b. j hsipx
Satisfied that the lands described 10 eac; ard sil
such certificates were justly taxable for Oh t.a
for which they were so sold. they hereby tx tbs
amount ~ such tax Justly charge able the ~ On
each parcel thereof respectively, at the cast fer
which the returned delinquet 10 The
said county treasurer and they hereby di-ecG the
same TO be assessed thereon respectively n tho
next assessment ofcounty taxes with intert.t there
on at the rate Of ten per cent per annum f.ui tho
time when the same was due and payable - the
All of which is respectfully submitted.
November ~, 1850. JOHN g. CLARK
OF the Committee.
and made motion that It be substituted for
the majority report. Messrs Robbins. W b.
Clark ard Watson spoke at length against
the motion. Nr John G. Clark spoke al
length in favor Of its passage, after which Up,
on call of the aye, and nays Tie motion was
defeated by the following vote
Ave. Messrs Harris Boerner, Bark Hier Van
Buren,. Hartford, J @ Clark
Nsy-Nessrs Hutchinson ". B Clark Gore Wat.
son. shuttleworih, NcO1rmick j Kid Mona
hon. Rruel. Ryland, Knapp, /. Kidd. Musus Ar
mold, Doibrava, Foshay, billiard MeArthnr Hama
ton, wilson, Brown, Scott, Paris, Hubbol. Robbins,
Brodrick-26.
Mr.. Gilliard made motion that The mi.
jority report be adopted. Ayes and nays we're
called for and report adopted BY following
vote;
Ays-Hutchinson Gore, Watson, Mccormick Shut
tleworth. ". B. CLARK, J. s. Kidd, Mcmahon, Ry,
land. Kreul. Knapp. Mum. Il /, Kidd, Arnold, Gil
lard Doubravs, Poshay, Macarthur. Hampton. vii
son. Brown, Scott, Faris Hubbell, Brodrick Robbins
Nays-Harris, HER, Boerner. Bark, VA Buren,
HarfoTd, John G. Clark.
Mr.. Hubbe'l presented the following reso,
luton and moved its adoption:
Resolpsd, That the thanks Of this board are due
to and rendered TO the chairman county clerk sstr.
If and clerk Of the board pro tenn for the GENT, ma
and efficient manner in which they have tiscbsrgtd
the duties of their respective positions during the
sessions Of ihis board.
Unanimously adopted.
On molten the board adjourned until A.
NJ. tomorrow
SATURDAY-FIFFH DAY
MORNING SESSION.
Board called to order at A. N by The
thaman Roll was omitted. Journal OF
preceding day was read and approved.
Ga notion If Mr. Robbins the boar1 ad.
journed ~ lie G. w RYLAND,
4. |. ,, Chlimen.
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