Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-02-10
Adjourned Session of the County Beard
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
oDGEyILLE. Wis, Feb. |. 1897.

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by the chairman.
Roll called-members all present,
except Messrs. II. Bollerud, j. G. Ea-
gan, j. w. Hutchison and w. j..
Roberts.
A 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-
sented as follows:
| To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Iowa
| CoHnty, Wis.
GENTLEMEY: Y:-Your committee to whom was
| referred. at the $ ssion of your body in Novem-
her last the matter of examining all the tax
| certificates in the hands of county treasurer
belonging to the county, aud selecting there
from all those certificates clearly volt. and 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 daNs,
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 beio,e the
county or any one purchasing such certificates
could take deed, or that the description IN sueh
certificates is so uncertain as to make II Nod,
or that the county. by "a qniiclalm deed upon
n subsequent certificate. has made thrm Vold
Many certificates refer to some volume and
page of deeds without meuIonng the Office
| where such volume may be found. Your com
mttee is unable to decide whether TINS Is sur
icient description or not, but have treated
such descriptions rs sufficient, correct. ,houid
such descriptions prove TO DC iilsulncient' u
large amount of delinquent taxes could DC
charged back to the towns and cities III TINS
county. TO refund taxes which the county has
paid.
Eighteen of the certificates in the list here
| with submitted amounting AT face To SOS 4 T.,
| are on a piece of land described i'll certain
| volumn aud page OF deeds. A reference To the
| record of the deed will show that the descrp-
| ton is there indefinite. The county has paid
| large amount OF delinquent taxes ON TINS iann
| which should Le charged bhck 10 the city OF
! Mineral Point. SO far as possible .
Thirty-four certificates with lace value oi
500. .0S have been, IL is believed. rendered Vold
| by the Illegal acrion OF the county through us
officers by making quit-ciaim uteus on euose
uutnt certificates. without competing the par
ties taking such deeds to purchase all c.riIn-
Gates in the hands OF the county, as the la" dl-
reefs they should do.
| There are quite number OF certificates heid
| by the county which are more than 10 years
| old, but upon lands on which the county ho'ns
| certificates that less than ID Years oiu'
| These Older certificates are worthless iof 'he
| nurnosa of TAXI NJ tax deeds and need not be
redeemed by the owners OF the lands. MS tney
| are out lawed. But under rule adopted 10y
this body, no one can purchase any " ,,'.
unless they purchase all previous certlhca'es
held by the county, and sometimes the county
realizes something for such outiawtu ceiiin-
Gates. so that they are not enilreiy na'ueiess'
and this committee has not nsteu lneIi'
| The total face value of the certlncites "hich
| your committee finds TO be worthless, ana
| which we would recommend shaIi pe cahceli'
ed and destroyed. is $l,5ll.3s.
! There are several pieces OF land in the county
which are continually being returned. an up
on which no one seems 10 be Willing 10 pay ,uS
taxes Under the law the county Is lscoinpclleu
| TO do So Ii is all endless chain, pumping
| money out of the comfy treasury. me county
should tax, deeds on such lands aud stop this
Dated at Dodgeville Wis., Dec "a. 1877.
| Respectfully submitted.
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 noinl-
nal value of the certificates 10 De
destroyed.
The schedule OF claims was read
and referred to the committee on
general claims.
Mr.. Rewey moved that there be
appropriated the sum OF ToOOo Tor the
purpose Of carrying out the fesolu-
ton adopted at the November ses-
sion in relation to homeless chlidreh'
The roll being called, the motion
was lost by the following vote; ayes
-Messrs. Ellingen, Frost, n Heathcock'
Horn, Knight, Lewis, Peavy, Pauii'
Rewey, w. j. Thomas 10. Nays
Messrs. 2. p. Eagan, }. b. Eagan'
Gum, Gorgen. Jones, Murphy, oal,
mon, A. II. Thomas, Taylor ana
Walsh--ll.
On motion of Mr.. Gum, the board
adjourned till I o'clock P. IN.
EVENING SESSION.
IN. m. Board met and was called
to order by chairman. Roll called
members all present except Messrs.
Bollerud, J. c. Eagan, Hutchison,
knight aud Roberts. Mr.. hhight
| was excused.
Petition of f.. =. Hooking for pur-
chase of tax certificates presented
and referred to commltte on tax
claims.
The special committee on s3heriifs
residence presented the following
report:
To the Board of Supervisors OF Iowa County;
| GENTIrMEN:-iO committee 10 Wbom was
| raf,rred the matter OF building shetiis resi-
d,,tce would report as follows -
We met at the court house on Dec. NJ, KY.
and after considering came 20 the conclusion
that a r, sidence could be built on the norm
end Of The iil fun width Of jail and 70 extend
- fa,.t 10 the uorin. same height ot lall uriCk
yeneered and hre-proof root iour rooms
sh,ve and three rooms below, Win pOttlco III
ssst entrance and kitchen floor 20 be OF harn
Nnod two doors TO I've cut through the Jdll
wall one above and one below, 70 cpnuect
,yith nresent rooms IN jail building We be-
iiye that said building can he built al a cost OF
q 40 or less We therefore recommend mar
huiIrinv committee be chosen by tins board 10
p1tid said residence provided the total e2-
nemse to Iowa county shall not exceed the
pense .,,o,tnt JOSEPH FhosT.
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