Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10
Adjourned Session of the County Board.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, I
oDGEVILl.E, Wis, Feb. |. 1897. !

Iowa county met pursuant to adj
iournment aud was called to order
by the chairman.
Roll called-members all present,
except Messrs. H. Bollerud, J. {. Ea-
gan, j. w. Hutchinson and w. j.
Roberts.
4 letter from Mr.. Merrill, Dist
Supt. of the Children's Home society,
in relation to procuring homes for
dependent children, was read and
laid over for the present.
Various petitions for the redemp-
ton of lands, the purchase of tax
certificates and refund of taxes We're
presented and referred to the COM
mittee on tax claims.
The special committee appointed
at the annual meeting to investigate
the value of tax certificates in the
county treasurer's office was pre-
scented rs follows;
To the Honorable BOARD of Supervisors of Iowa
County, Wis.
GENTIEMEN:--N our committee 10 wn0l0 WAS
referred, at the session of your body in Novcm-
| Der last, the matter of examining all the tax
| certificates i'll the hands of county treasurer
| belonging to the county, and selecting there
| from all those certificates clearly void, aud to
| employ the county surveyor to assist them,
hereby report that they met at the office of the
county treasurer ON the 2lst day of December
A. d., 1897, and continued in session four days,
carefully examining all the certificates be-
| longing to the county. and we submit here
with list of certificates which are in our opin
| ion clearly void, either from the fact that more
| than fifteen years will have elapsed before the
| county or anyone purchasing such certificates
| could take deed, or that the description III such
| certificates is so uncertain as to make 1t void
or that the county, by qmt-claim deed upon
| Il subsequent certificate, has made them void
Many certificates refer to some volume and
| page of deeds without mentioning the Office
where such volume may be found. Your com
mittee is unable to decide whether this is Il sut-
| tcent description or not but have treated
such descriptions as sufficiently correct. Should
such descriptions prove to be insufficient, Il
| large amount of delinquent taxes could he
charged back to the towns and cities in this
| county, TO refund taxes which the county has
| paid
| Eighteen of the certificates in the list here
| with submitted, amounting at face to S9S4i.
| are on Il piece of land described IN certain
voumn and page OF deeds A reference to the
record of the deed will show that the descrp-
| ton is there indefinite The county has PAID a
large amount OF delinquent taxes on this land
| which should he charged back TO the city OF
| Mineral Point. so far as possible.
Thirty-four certificates with lace value coz OF
| Sa2 0S have been, 1t is believed, rendered VOID
by the illegal action OF the county, through It's
officers. by making quit-cla'm deeds on SUISSE
Quent certificates, without competing the par
| ties taking such deeds to purchase all certih-
| Gates in the hands OF the county, as the hwdi-
reefs they should do.
There are quite number OF certificates held
by the county which are more than 10 years
old, but upon lands on which the county holds
certificates that are less than 10 years old.
| These older certificates are worthless Tor the
| purpose of taking tax deeds ana need hot pe
| redeemed by the owners OF the lanus. as iheS
are ut.lawed. But under rule adopted by
| this body, no one can purchase any certihcate
| unless they purchase all previous certliieates
held by the county, and sometimes the county
| realizes something for such outlawed certii-
/ Gates so that they are not entirely valueless
and this committee has not listed them.
| The total face value of the certificates which
| your committee finds to be worthless. and
| which we would recommend shall be cancell-
ed and destroyed, is $l.5ll8s.
There are several pieces OF land in the coGnty
which are continually being returned, and up
OIL which no one seems to be willing to pay the
| taxes. Under the law, the county is compelled
| to do so. Ii is ah endless chain, pumping
| money out of the county treasury, The coUnty
| should take deeds on such lands ana stop thls
drain,
Dated at Dodgevilie, Wis, Dec "a, 1897
Respectfully substituted.
| JOHN w. GUM,
j. b. EAGAN,
Committee.
On motion Of Mr.. Rewey, the re-
port of the committee was adopted,
and the clerk instructed to draw an
order in favor of the county treas
urer to reimburse him for the nomi-
nal value of the certificates to be
destroyed.
The schedule Of claims was read
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general claims.
Mr.. Rewey moved that there be
appropriated the sum of 5000 for the
purpose of carrying out the resolu-
tion adopted at the November SEES
sion in relation to homeless children.
The roll being called, the motion
was lost by the following vote: Ayes
-Messr@. Ellingen, Frost. Heathcock,
Horn. Knight, Lewis, Peayy, PAUL,
Rewey, w. J. Thomas 10. Nays
Messrs. p. p Eagan, J. b. Eagan,
Gum, Gorgen. Jones, Murphy, Sal
mon, A. Il. Thomas, Taylor and
Walsh-ll-
On motion of Mr.. Gum, the board
adjourned till O'Clock pm.
EVENING SESSION.
ID. IN. Board met and was called
to order by chairman. Roll called
members all present except .Iessrs.
Bollerud, j. {. Eagan, Hutchinson,
Knight and Roberts. Mr.. knight
was excused.
Petition of +. J.. Hooking for pur-
chase of tax certificates presented
and referred to committe on tax
claims.
The special committee on sheriff's
residence presented the following
report:
To the Board OF Supervisors of Iowa County:
GENTLEMEE:-Your committee to whom was
referred the matter of building shcFifs resi-.
deuce, would report as follows.
We met at the court house on Dec. q, 1897.
and after considering came to the conclusion
that residence could be built on the north
end Of the jail. full width of jail aud TO extend
- feet 10 the north. same height Of jail, brick
veneered and a fire-proof roof. tour rooms
above and three rooms below, With portico AT
east entrance. and kitchen floor 10 be Of hard
wood, two doors to be cut through the jail
wall one above and one below 10 connect
with present rooms in Jail building. We be-
Ieve that said building can be built at cost of
81 .2O0 or less. We therefore recommend that a
building committee be chosen by this board 10
build said residence. provided the total ex-
pense TO Iowa county shall not exceed the