River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-11-30
70 THE HONORABLE. THE COUNTY BOARD OF

10 THE HONORABLE, THE COUNTY BOARD OF
PIERCE CoUNTY:
Your committee, to whom was committed
the questions relating to cancellation of Illegal
tax certificates and illegal taxes, would respect
fully report in addition to the statement of tax
certificates reported for cancellation;
That their attention has been called to the fact
that there is q large number OF tax certificates
now i'll the hands ofthe County Clerk belonging
to the county, issued upon lands in various
parts of the county and more particularly upon
lands in the town OF Isabelle in what is known
as Bay City, which your committee are inform
ed are illegal, the principal reason stated being
that in many instances several independent
tracts of land owned by different individuals
were assessed on one description;
Your committee is informed that taxes assess
ed upon lands so assessed are illegal and that
parties purchasing tax certificates at tax
sales cannot procure deeds on the same of any
value and that they are compelled to re-
turn the certificates to the county in such cases
aud receive the purchase price and interest
thereon;
Your committee would also say that at present
the county has bid in by far the larger number
OF these certificates and is the holder of them;
That in the curSory examination your COM
mittee could give them it is impracticable for
it to determine with certainty how many of
the certificates held by the county are Illegal;
Your committee would therefore suggest that
a committee, one of whom shall be the
County Attorney be appointed to look up the
matter OF the tax certificates held by the county
and if practicable to determine what, If any,
are illegally issued and to report their de-
Board and that II practicable such committee
report to the assessors Of the various towns
where they may find illegal descriptions with a
view of having such descriptions corrected in
the next assessment rolls.
Your committee would especially call atten-
ton to the fact, that where such certificates
are issued year after year and the county be-
comes the purchaser, that the county in fact
pays the tax and that the owners of the lands
viii be relieved from payment of the same
whereas il prompt attention is paid to the
matter, that the taxes so illegally assessed viii
be charged back to the towns and the assess
0rs can then reassess the lands and thereby Sc
cure from the owners the taxes they should
pay A. I. BLEIsNER,
HB BAUERkEMpER, Taxation.
On motion accepted and adopted.
On motion tax certificate No. 29S,
sale of 1897, was destroyed in presence
of the board, as County Treasurer's
receipt shows that taxes on the prop
erty described therein had been paid
before the tax sale.
Report of County Clerk and the re-
officer:
To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF PIERCE COUNTY,:
Your committee to settle with the County
Clerk and to whom his report was referred, do
hereby represent that we have examined the
report, books and vouchers of said clerk and
have carefully compared the same; that we
find his report correct in all respects and rec
ommend that it be adopted by this board.
Respectfully submitted this 18th day OF No
vember, 1899.
v. /; oLTMAx, Committee
ED. CAMPBELL,
o. j. Hohle, County Clerk, in account with
Pierce County from January 2, 1899, to Novem-
Der |, 1899