The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-12-07
Was on motion referred to the COM
mittee on Improvement.
The tax commissioners report as fol-

| 10 the Honorable Board of Super.
| risors of MGnito,ooc County: GENTLEMEN
| On the 25th day of November last the
| following resolution was unanimously
adopted by the county board of super
| yisors:
| Pesolued Thar the chairman of this oeard. the
| county treasurer and the county clerk S. be and
| the same are hereby authorized and In tructed
| 70 give due and legal notice to- the owners or
occupants of all city lots upon which the taxes
| en- in unpaid for the las past ive years or
more. ard when such notice is duly given 20
4 '9uSe tay deeds TO be taken thereon in favor of
| the county"
| In accordance with the instructions
| contained in the foregoing resolution
! your committee made careful examina
| tion of the certificates and sale books in
| the county treasurer's Office. The law
| requires that ninety days must intervene
| from the serving of the notice to the is.
| suing of the tax deed 'where the prop.
erty is occupied" aud that such notice
| must be served on the owner or occu-
| pant.
| In compliance With this law and under
the instructions of the resolution quoted,
| your committee caused notices to be is.
| sued to and served upon all owners or
| occupants of lots upon which the taxes
remained unpaid for the last past five
years or more with the following result:
| OF the Jacob Lueps estate 81 lots have
| been decided to the county wi h total
] one years tax, that of 1871, of $16I 68;
| of the A. W. Stark estate decd has been
| taken on 94 lots with a total one years
tax, that of 1871, of $262. 95. Deeds
| have also been taken on about 140 other
| lots in the city of Manitowoc and owned
| by several different persons, the tax of
| which lots for one year only amounts in
| the aggregate to S10Sl.44. Of the Ben
| iamin Jones estate deed has been taken
on At unoccupied lots with total tax for
| 1871 of $135 80. There are about 60
occupied lots belonging to this estate
| upon which a deed can not be taken
| until about the middle of the month of
August next.
| been taken on % lots with an aggregate
| one years tax of S26. SO.
Richard Klingholz owns the 81 of Nj
| of lots 7 and in block 231 on this
| property the taxes for the year 1871 we're
SlS6. 72. for 1872, S179, for 1873, S163. 70,
| for 1874, $l30 &c, for 1875, SOL 70 and
| for 1876, $93 63-total taxes scr the six
years mentioned, SS44. 5S. Mr.. King
| II and 70, to be excessive and rather
than pay it was willing to seek redress in
| the courts. He offered as compromise,
| however, the sum of $3.50 in full pay
ment for the taxes cited. This your COM
| mittee had not power to accept, but they
in connection with the district attorney
| agreed to recommend the acceptance of
the proposition to your honorable body
IL a1>
The said sum of $3.50 is in the hands of
the treasurer awaiting your action in the
premises
During the ninety days intervening
from the service of the notice until the
issuing of the deeds many holders and
owners of lots redeemed them completely
of all taxes.
Since the 26th day of November last
(the day after the passage Of the resolu,
tion quoted in this report about S5. 200.
excluding the Klingholz $3.50, has been
paid to the county treasurer for tax GER
tIficates. This is certainly most graft.
flying result and shows the wisdom of the
experiment. The fees for serving the
notices referred to In this report are one
dollar for each notice and 10 cents Der
mile necessary travel i'll serving the same.
A copy of this notice must be served
upon the owners or occupants of the lots.
In the case of the Stark estate where
"a lots were occupied, your committee
deemed it much cheaper to send the
sheriff to Sauk county where the owner
resides than to serve each and all of the
occupants here. Your committee accor-
dinghy did so end on the same trip he
served the notice on Peter Van Vechten.
in Milwaukee, who owned Is lots here
upon which taxes remain unpaid. For
this, viz: the service of notices ON the
heirs of the Stark estate in Sank county
and on Peter Van Vechten in Milwaukee
the sheriff will charge $50 according to
agreement with committee, which sum
we recommend to be paid.
Many of the lots now owned by the
county are used, occupied and cultivated
by parties who pay nothing for such pcs
session and who have no legal claim
upon said lots. Steps ought to be i'm
mediately taken by yonr honorable BODY
to dispossess these holders or occupants.
for as long as they are permitted to use
such lots free of cost there will be but
very little prospect of selling them.
Your committee therefore would ear.
nestly recommend that measures be at
once adopted for the dispossession of
snch occupants and then, in the opinion
of your committee, the lots will be speed
lily sold.
County orders have been issued to tbe
county treasurer for tax certificates upon
which deeds were taken and which certi-
ficates were cancelled to the amount of
81, S41.2 S183.37 of this sum was paid
to the city treasurer for taxes due upon
discovered by some of such certificates.
Under the advice of the district attorney
the certificates of but one year were can
celled-those of the year upon which
the deeds were taken-as in case of liti-
cations, If the county should be the los
ing party, the remainder of the certifi-
Gates would remain valid claim against
the property that they covered.
Ali of which is respectfully submitted.
Manitowoo, May %, 1882.
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The report was on motion of Peter
Johnston accepted and unanimously
adopted.
Committee on public improvements
offered the following report through Mr.,
Ostenfeldt, chairman:
To the Hon. Board Of Supervisors of
Md'aitOaCOc County: Your committee on
public improvements, authorized to erect
an iron picket fence around the court
house grounds and to plant treee on the
vacant lots of said premises, would re-
spectfully report as follows: By close
examination your committee found that
the two lots west of the court house were
In such shope that any improvements
of the same as far as identifying the lots
were concerned, wonld be useless unless
the lots were filed up, which required
1850 cubic yards of ground and which
job was given by contract to the lowest
bidder as required. After this was done
we proceeded with the execution Of the
resolution of the county board End vour
honorable body Will find tha