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

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| person or persons whomsoever
! That the officers of the town of Seneca
in the said year 1882 unjustly and
! illegally attempted to divide the land of
your petitioner without his consent or
approval, and to assess portion there
OF together with certain mill buidins s
and machinery which was the property
| OF persons to your petitioner unknown,
| and which mill building and machinery
was not at that time or at any other
time, to the best of the knowledge and
belief OF your petitioner, situated upon
SAID sW4 OF sw4 or any portion thereof.
That IN pursuance of said pretended
assessment OF 1882, sale was made in
May 1888, and a tax certificate was
issued for the sum of S119.26, describing
the premises so attempted to be sold as
follows, tO-wit:
A piece of land near the center on the
north line of sw of sw of Sec. 15-22-4 e
supposed to contain about acres. leas-
ed by Bears, Brooks & Bean as a mill
site
That in the year 1886 the officers of
said town of Seneca again attempted to
divide the lands of your petitioner with
out his consent and to assess and levy
taxes against the same as so divided,
and certificates ereissued in May, 1887.
upon pretended descriptions as follows:
"Pt sw sw 15-22-4, $500.
"Pt sw sw 15-22-4, $780,"
+ That in May, 1888 a pretended sale
was made for taxes alleged to be unpaid
for the year 1887 against said land or a
portion thereof That March 9th, 1883
your petitioner paid the taxes of 1887
levied against said land and the whole
thereof to the town treasurer of said
town, and holds said treasurer's receipt
No. 2OSas evidence Of such payment.
That all of said illegal certificates are
now in the hands of your County Clerk
together with other certificates which
your petitioner is ready and willing to
purchase and redeem, but your said
County Clerk claims to be without
authority TO sell any portion of the tax
certificates appearing against said land
unless the purchaser pay for and take the
whole, including such illegal certificates
hereinbefore mentioned.
Wherefore, your petitioner prays that
such illegal and pretended certificates of
sale of the years 1888, 1897 and 1888 so
issued and held as claim against said
land of your petitioner be ordered can
celled by your said County Clerk and
that your said clerk be authorized and
directed to quit claim and release to
your petitioner all claims which Wood
county may. hold against said swA of
sWA, upon your petitioner paying to
said Clerk the due amount for all other
certificates and fees thereon.
Dated Nov 10th, 1891.
GEO. HILEs, petitioner.
BY C. o. Baker, his attorney.
The comittee recommended that certi-
fcate No. 1901, sale OF 1888, face
S119.26, and certificate No. 624 sale of
1887, face $500 the same being a part of
Sec. 1921 e 6 acres) be Cancelled by
county clerk and the same be charged
back to the town of Seneca.
On the following petition
Wood County-To E. 7. Harmon.
E. T. Harmon would respectfully re-
present that he is the owner of me- me-
1928 and has been for more than
three years last past. That the principal
value of the said tract was in pine timber
which was all cut and removed in 1889, |
leaving it a stump forty and compare
lively valueless, yet Notwithstanding
this the Town Assessor assessed and
valued it in 1890 the same as If the pine
had not been cut and removed and the
tax for said year 1890 (sale of '91) is
$3.50 as well appear from the certif-
cate of sale now in the hands of the
county clerk. That had the assessor not |
made a mistake in valuing said lands |
the tax would not be more than x of |
said amount as will be seen from the |
valuation of adjoining lands. That |
petitioner is willing to pay to county |
clerk the sum of $5.25 in redemption
from said sale and asks that he be al |
lowed to redeem at said sum.
State of Wisconsin, Wood COUnty-sS
E. T. Harmon being duly sworn de-
poses and says that he is the petitioner
above named and that the facts therein |
set forth are true to the best of his
and belief. E. T. HARMON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of Nov. 1891.
JOHN A. GAYNoR, Notary Public,
Wood Co. Wis.
The committee recommend that the
petitioner be allowed to redeem for S.. 25
and the balance of certificate be charged
back.
On the following petition
Wood County-To s. N. WhittleseV, DR..
One-half redemption money due him certi-
cate No. $50, sale Of "a
State of Wisconsin, Wood COunty.-ss.
S. n. Whittlesey being duly sworn says
that he is the owner and holder Of the
certificate hereto attached. That said
certificate has been fully redeemed from,
and but one-half of the redemption mon
ely has been paid to this affiant which
amount is endorsed on said certificate.
That the second half of the redemption
paid in by \. L. Gross, to-wit the sum
of 81 "a has meyer been paid over to
afiant, but was paid over by the Co.
Treas, Dec. 81, 1890, as will appear from
Co. Clerk s records, and that S. n. Whit
tlesey is justly entitled to such amount.
S. n. WHITTLEsEY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 10Th day of Aug. 1891.
JOHN 4. GAYNoR, Notary Public,
Wood Co., Wis.
The committee recommended the same
be allowed.
On the following petition
Thomas Payne, to the Board of Super
VisOrs of Wood Co.
The petition of Thomas Payne would
respectfully represent to the County
Board of Wood County, that he is the
owner of S W 4 of S E Z of Sec. 6, T %,
Range East, and became such owner
by purchase from the United States on
March 10th, 1882. That prior to said