Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-26

herewith report your honorable body the follow
ing statement of the amount jurors, and witness
orders issued from this office during the fiscal year ending
Nov 10th, 1896, to-wit:
Jurors Orders .-s 81 IA
Witness -,-~. ISL 90
Total during the year s251 -
would further respectfully report that of the amount
OF orders reported in my official report for the year 1885,
S6O35 there has been repaid by the county of Marathon
the amount OF orders paid by Wood county for the year
1895, to s., 1S5.S1
have also received and paid over to the County
Treasurer on suits settled in circuit follows
State State Wisconsin Nat 6
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Dated Grand Rapids November 10th 1896
W. ]. SHEA,
Clerk of Circuit Court.
The annual report of the County Clerk, County
Treasurer and Clerk of the Court, were received
and upon motion they We're ordered spread upon
the minutes and placed on file
Geo. L. Williams moved that the Soldiers Re
lief committees report be referred to the Finance
committee for the purpose of checking up the ac-
counts, etc, and that they report upon the same
at this session of the Board. Motion was carried
and the report SO referred.
L. M. Nash, chairman of the Committee upon
Equalization, read the report of that committee
and moved it's adoption.
F. A. Cady moved all amendment, that the re-
until the next days session of the Board. The
amendment carried and the report was laid
over
1t was moved by J. w Cochran and seconded
by Geo. L. Williams, that when the Board adj
ourned that it be the of said body that they
adjourn until Tuesday morning November 9TH
Motion carried
Vim. Hooper, chairman of the Committee on
Illegal Taxes, read the following bills with the
Committees recommendations as follows:
Petition Of the ohm Edwards Mfg Company
asking the County Board to correct an error in
the sale of certificates issued upon some of their
lands, read, showing that the taxes had been
paid for which they held the receipts On recon-
mendation of the committee the prayer of
petitioner granted and the bill of w. D.
Connor for $11 90 for said illegal certificates was
on motion allowed in full.
Bill of E. P. Arpin, $1462 illegal taxes, was
on recommendation Of the committee allowed in
full.
Bill of F. J. Wood, S1527 illegal taxes, was
on recommendation of the committee allowed in
! full.
Bill of O. Myers, 81 % Illegal tax on recon-
mendation of the committee was allowed in full.
Petition of P. N Christensen was read as
follows:
To the HonoroJle Board Of Supervisors Of Wood County
and State Of Wisconsin, Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, it appears from the records now in the
office of the County CLERK and Register Of Deeds for said
county for the NJ of SW4 of Sec in TIP 24 of Range E.
upon tax certificate, dated May 1866 the 22nd day
of July 1869 and recorded January 25 1870 in Vol T
of Deeds, on page l66, and
WHEREAS. said tax deed and certificate upon said
NJ SW "a is illegal for the that said land was
sold to the state of Wisconsin the 18th day of February
1862, for the nonpayment of mortgage to the State
School Fund given by Matilda and Joseph Wood said
land sold and patented by the State Of Wisconsin to
the undersigned Peter N Christensen on the 28th day Of
January 1885,
Now THEREFORE,, your petitioner prays that your
honorable body order the clerk of said Board of Supervisors
Wood county to issue and have recorded free Of cost
your petitioner deed of release quit claim deed to P
n. Christensen in order to vest the title in and
the defects therein said tax title still vests in Wood
county.
Dated at Grand Rapids Wood county, Wisconsin,
Nov. II, 1896
PETER n. CHRISTENSEN
The committee on illegal taxes recommended
that the prayer of petitioner be granted.
l. W. Cochran moved as an amendment that
the prayer be granted at the expense of Mr.
Christensen. Roll was called upon the amendment
which resulted as follows:
Ayes-Mews, Cochran, Schnabel, Sampson
Williams, Wheean, Wood Bartels, Kohe Ever
Lereaux, Brostowitz, Searls. Total, 13-
Navs-Nash, Arpin E. P, Christensen, Kalshed
Cady, McLees, Connor, Juno, Fechhelm, Hooper,
Brown, Bowden, Phillips McKercher, Mullen
Arpn ]. Z. Total, 16.
Amendment was lost.
On motion the committees recommendation
was adopted.
On motion the Board adjourned until Tuesday
November II, 1896, at o'clock a.
PHILIP NJ. KsYCKI,
/ County Clerk.