Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-02
County Board Proceedings.

| 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
town Of Dexter; would respectfully
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 that ter
ritory 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 the taxes, and charges for the years
as follows:-In township q Range 8
East:
[See County Clerks record for list.
and that said lands were taxed wholly
out of proportion and much in excess
with other lands in said town, for an
example of this the Sci of SWf Section
IA, and NE4 of NW4 Section %, all in
q, East, upon which the entire vii
lage of Dexterville is situated have
only yielded tax for the years 1873-76.
The Me- of NWt Sec %, for year 1882
taxed at 81 cents and for other years in
the same proportion, while the latter
were at least of ten times more value
than those of your petition. Where
fore your petitioner prays that he may
be allowed to pay into the County
Treasury $500 per forty for each year
for which the said lands were sold for
non-payment of taxes as 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 18th day of Nov 1887.
r. A. KRUGER.
The committee reccomened that the
offer be accepted provided that the pc
titioner also pays to County Clerk ad
verifying fees on said lands.
Motion made that the Recommendation
Of the committee be adopted. Carried.
To the Board of Supervisors of Wood
County petition of the undersign-
ed resident and freeholder of Wood
County would respectfully show to your
honorable body, that he has been, and
is now, the following described lands
formerly situated in town of Dexter, in
said county of Wood, in township %
North of Range East, which of said
lands were returned by the town treas
urer OF the said town of Dexter, for the
non payment of taxes and charges for
the several years and amounts as here
matter stated, to-wit:
FSee Co. Clerks record for list.
That said lands were sold by the
County Treasurer for the non payment
of taxes for the several years as stated,
and the certificates and other encum-
brances thereon are now held by the
said county of Wood. Your petitioner
further prays that said certificate and
deeds thereon issued may be cancelled
upon his paying into the County Treas
ury the sum of two dollars per forty
acres for each year that said lands were
sold for the taxes as aforesaid and that
the County Clerk be authorized upon
the payment Of said sum to cancel all
such tax certificates remaining in his
possession and execute the proper re-
lease of all claims the county may have
on account of such sales for the reasons
that the taxes levied by the authorities
of said town Of Dexter were grossly I'M
Just and out of proportion of the taxes
levied upon other lands in said town of
Dexter to-wit:
The Set of Swi of Sec 1928, and the