Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-03-07
Respectfully submitted,

Respectfully submitted.
GEO. w. DAVIS,
County Clerk Wood County. Wisconsin.
Mr.. Hooper moved the report be
accepted. Carried.
Exhibit 3D.
REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
GRAND RAPIDS. WIS. Feb. %, 1905.
To the Honorable. the County Board
of Supervisors of Wood County,
Wisconsin.
GENTLEMEN:-At your annual
meeting, held in November. 1904, a
resolution was adopted authorizing
and Empowering the chairman of the
finance committee to engage such
clerical work done as he might deem
necessary to assist him in checking up
the work of the outgoing county
officers, for the past term of two
years. undeI this authority | wish to
present the following reports for tyour
consideration and approval.
[ employed f. L. Rourke to take
charge of the work, also Henry
Forbes and w. T. Jones to assist the
chairman Of your committee also put
in several days looking over and
assisting in general way.
The report Of this committee is
hereunto attached and forms part of
this report.
l wish to say that they have in
making this report examined, and
compared every item in the county
clerks and county treasurer's office
in detail.
L present to your honorable body
for destruction the following orders
which have been cancelled on the
different books in the several offices:
county orders S62, 64S IS
courts 1910 IL
Training school Orders......... ........ 5,6l2 AZ
Hawk and crow orders ....... - 20 o.
Total amount of orders. .s65 81
We also have caused the county
clerk to make list of all the county
orders two years old and over remain
ing in his offices. Mr.. Rourke and
myself have cancelled the same on
the books and have them to
present the same to you for destruc-
ton, the amount is:s242 O6, the list of
W iC bnr fIo Of
We find that the county treasurer
has cancelled, certificate No. $50 sale
of 1902 amounting to S45.2l and
charged the amount back to the city
of Grand Rapids, the same was put
into the tax roll and collected. This
certificate was for street improvement
in front of Jail and should have been
paid by the county. The city should
either get county order for S45.21 or
get credit on their county tax, for
this amount.
l wish to call the attention of the
county board, to the number of in
definite and illegal descriptions that
is creeping into the different tax rolls
Of the county, Elm some cases it is
impossible for person to know what
land he ought to pay tax on. Here is
one or two samples: SIN the north
east corner" "as described in folio
$50 Wood county records" In the
cities, we find that lands are sold out
of some tracts of land aud then we
find a certificate covering the whole
tract. We also find that tracts are
returned without stating, less r. r,
right of way. Several of these have
not been sold by the. county treasurer
and charged back to the town. These
ought to have been re-assessed, under
proper description, Every member
of this county board Excepting the
village Of Auburndale, Port Edwards
and Nekoosa) are members of the
Board of Review, of the different
cities and towns. They being familiar
with lands in their localities and
making this part of their duty when
on the Board of Review, they would
soon get the tax rolls almost perfect,
The expense of making this settle
ment is as follows:
L Rourke, 10 days @ $500 per day.. IS 81 90
Jones, Is cocoon. as 90
Henry Forbes Is days q $500 per day. As 90
VIM Hooper Is days q $500 per day.. As 90
All of which is respectfully submitted,
VIM. HOOPER,
Chairman Finance Committee.
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, Feb. 10, 1905.
To the Finance Committee of the
County Board of Supervisors OF
Wood County, Wisconsin.
GENTLEMEN:-We the undersigned
having been engaged by VIM. Hooper,
chairman of your committee to check
up the accounts Of the county officers
for the term January 5, 19O3-January
2, 1905, after very careful and
thorough examination, do submit the