Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-07
Thursday, Nov. II, 1891.

Nine O'Clock A. NJ.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll called. Quorum present.
On motion the reading of minutes of
previous session was dispensed with.
REPORT OF COM. ON ILLEGAL TAXES.
Committee on illegal taxes submit the
following report.
On claim OF g. S. Biron of $500 for
void tax certificates, No. 164b, sale of
May, 1886, which is void for indefinite
and uncertain description the committee
recommend that the same be allowed
and charged back to the town.
On claim of John A. Gaynor of $3.50
for void tax certificate No. 242, sale of
1891, which is void because lands cover
ed by said certificates were state lands
at time OF assessment, committee recon-
mend that same be allowed and charged
back to the town.
Claim of J. E. Ingraham of SLIP on
certificate No. 1870, sale of 1884, which
is void because same description appears
twice on record, committee recommend,
together with the district attorney to
whom it was referred for consideration
that this same be allowed.
The following petition was presented:
To the Honorable County Board OF
Supervisors of Wood County, Wisconsin:
Your petitioner would respectfully repre-
sent that heis the owner of the following
three forties of land, situated in the Town
of Remington, Wood county, Wisconsin,
and as appears from records taxes are
now due as follows:
Eh, SW 4 2O-21-3. 1878, $2O.42;
1874, SAIL; 1875, S4.15; 1876, 1910;
1878, $4.52; 1880, 1897; 1881, $6.S7;
1882, STOP; 1884, $4.S3; 1886, $2.35;
1888, $3.17.
Your petitioner would state that the
taxes above are far above the value of
the land that it is practically worthless,
being sandy ridge, without timber and
valueless for agricultural purposes; that
it was in former years assessed far be-
yond it's value. Your petitioner respect
fully prays that he be allowed to redeem
the same upon the payment OF $40.
Your petitioner would also call at
tentiOn to the following tract and the
taxes thereon:
NEA NV 29-21-3. 1880, So. So;
1881, 500. 95; 1882, $3.41; 1888, $2.72;
1884, 1922.
Your attention is called to the great
discrepancy between the tax of 1881 and
other years. The explanation of this,
doubtless, is that buildings on an
adjoining forty and which were not
owned by your petitioner, were assessed
by mistake as located on this forty.
Your petitioner would ask that the tax
for 1881 be made to equal the average OF
the other years and he be allowed to re-
deem for this sum.
J. E. INGRAHAM.
Dated, January s, 1891.
| The committee recommended that sale
| OF 1878 on eh swA OF Sec. 20-21-3 east
| be reduced to $4.12.
| On the following petition
To the Hon. the County Board OF
Wood County, Wis.-GENTLEMEN: The
undersigned, your petitioner, would re
spectfully represent and say,
| That he is the owner in fee OF all that
portion of of the swA of swA of section
No. fifteen 90 in township p OF
Range east in the town of Seneca,
| Wood county, Wis, not conveyed to the
Green Bay & Minnesota r. r. Co. for
right of way purposes, amounting IN the
whole to about 81 acres and no more,
and has been such owner for many years
last past.
That your petitioner did not in the
year 1882 or at any time previous OIL
subsequent thereto lease or let to Bearss
Brooks & Bean, or consent to the occu