Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-26
County Board Proceedings.

To the Hon Board of Supervisors of
Wood Ceunty-Gentlemen under
signed petitioner is DESTROYS purchasing
the following land in the town of Rem
ington, to-wit: The SW4 of NWt of Sec.
No. 80, Township q n of Range East
The same being county land. The tax
upon said land for the years mentioned
are as follows.
See Co. Clerks Record for listl
| further represent that the land is of
little value, there being no timber upon
said forty. For the purpose Of obtain
ing title to the said forty I hereby
tender the sum of thirty-fve dollars
therefor.
Yours Respectfully,
PETER HACKNEY.
The committee reccomend that the
offer be accepted. Motion made to
adopt the recommendation of the
committee. Carried.
To the Hon the County Board of
Supervisors of the County of Wood.
The undersigned would respectfully ask
your Honorable body to refund him the
amount of the attached certificate of
taxes, together with the interest there
on at the rate of per cent. per annum
from the 10Th day of May 1885, for the
reason following:
Said certificate was issued persuant
TO the erroneous return of said delin-
quent tax for the year 1884, it being a
double assessment. The tax on the lot
against which said attached tax certifi-
Gates was issued has been paid by Mrs.
Mary Peterson, of Centralia. The
description of said lot is recorded in
Book "K'' of Deeds page 535 of Wood
Co. records. While the certificate
herewith attached should have been
issued against certain lot as recorded
in Vol ''2'' of Deeds page 367 which is
the property of one S. II. Harrison,
but is now worthless.
Yours Respectfully
E. B. RossIER
The committee recommended that the
petition be granted and Oh motion the
reccome ndation of the committee was
adopted.
To the Board Of Supervisors of the
County of Wood. The petition of the
undersigned resident and freebooter of
the town Of Remington formerly the
~ NIL
show to your Honorable body, that he
is now and for the last Ten Years has
been the owner and occupant of the
following described lands IN thai terri
tory formerly known as the town of
Dexter, in said Wood County. upon
which the taxes were returned to the
County Treasurer for the non payment
of taxes and charges for the years as
follows: in Township % Range 3 east.
See Co. Clerks Record for list.
And that said lands were taxed
wholly out of proportion and much in
excess with other hands in said town,
for an example Of this the SCI OF SW{
of Section IA and NEl Of NWf Section
%, all in 223 east, upon which the
entire village of Dexterville is situated
| have only yielded tax for the year
1876. The NEk of NW2 Ses. % for
years 1882, taxed at "a cents and for
| other years in the same proportion,
while the latter were at least of ten
times more value then those of
your petitioner. Wherefore petitioner
prays that he may be allowed to pay
into the County Treasurer Two dol
lars per forty for each year, for which
the said lands were sold for nonpay-
ment of taxes rs aforesaid And upon
such payment the County Clerk be
instructed to CANCEL and release all
claims the said County Of Wood may
have against said lands of your petition
er on account of such illegal taxation.
Dated at Grand Rapids, Wood Co.
Wis. this 10Th day of Nov. 1887.
r. A. KRUGER.
The committee reccomend that the
offer be accepted provided that the
petitioner also. pays to County Clerk
advertising fees on said lands. Motion
made that the recommendation of the
committeesbe adopted.
l. A. l.