The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-05-10

ney of Bayfield, county be, and he is
hereby authorized and empowered
to compromise and settle said action
and the tax for the collection of
which the same was brought. for
the sum of One Thousand dollars
$4,000 to be paid by said Henry L.
Lea, oy or before June 1st, 1906
Dated Washburn, Wis, April %,
1906. Chas. S. Hobbs,
| The following resolution was pre-
sented and upon motion adopted:
Whereas, There was assessed and
taxed in the town of Port Wing,
Bayfield, County, Wisconsin in the
year 1905, personal property tax
against Moore Kepple & Company, a
co-partnership, the members where
of reside in the state of Pennsylva-
MIA, amounting to $l,703; and
Whereas, said tax. was not paid or
collected, and said members of.
Moore, KeppIe - Company being
outside of the jurisdiction of the
courts OF Wisconsin and beyond the
reach OF the process Of the federal
courts in this state, and having no
| property real or personal in this
state at any time while the tax roll
and warrant were in the hands OF
the treasurer of said town; and
Whereas, sad tax was returned
delinquent to the county treasurer
of said county and is now in the
hands of the sheriff of said county
and
Whereas, Said Moore, Kepple &
Company have signified desire to
compromise said tax by the pay
ment OF the sum of $851.50; now
Be it resolved, by the county
board OF said county, assembled IN
special session this 23rd day of April
1906, that the county clerk, treas
urer, and district attorney be and
they are hereby requested to COM
promise and settle said tax fo~ the
said sum of $S51.50 if said Moore,
Kepple & Company shall make ap-
plication to them for such settle
ment within thirty days from the
date thereof; and
| Be It further resolved, that IN case
said Moore, Kepple & Company
shall fail to make such compromise
with said county clerk, treasurer
and district attorney within the
time above limited the district attor-
ney be and he is hereby directed and
instructed to institute an action in
the proper court, either state or fed j
raj, in Pennsylvania, for the collec-
tion of said tax, and the district at
torney is hereby authorized and en-
powered to contract with an attorney
or attorneys for the purpose Of insti-
tuting and carrying out said action,
upon the contingent plan, the sum
to be paid not to exceed one third of
the sum collected, and in no event
to exceed the sum of Five Hundred
dollars. No attorney fees to be
paid if nothing shall be collected.
Erick Johnson.
| Upon motion the sum of $50 was
appropriated FOR the use of the
county superintendent in purchas-
ing record books and for office as
sistant while catalogeing all school
library books in the county.
The following resolution was pre-
sented and was upon motion adopted
by the following vote.
| Aye-Geo. S, Barnes, Frank Robii-
lard, Martin Rogan, Chas. S. Hobbs,
Ben Holm, Mike Hopkins, Andrew
Lauri, Erick Johnson, Luther Bates,
/ E. Bergman, Geo. Mertz, Ole Aune
L. H. Lien, Fred Leroux, A. Pearce
Tomkins ,-No-Henry Wachsmutb,
| l.. P. Anderson, A. Fl. Hosmer, Ed.
Bryan, Geo Diboell--15 Aye and 5
| No.
To the Honorable County Board,
Bayfield, County, Wisconsin.
/ Gentlemen
!. Whereas, at the time of the APP,
pointment Of Geo. f. Morgan as
supervisor of assessment for Bayfield,
County, the time he was to devote
to his work as such supervisor of
assessment was limited to 100 days,
and
Whereas, it has been shown that
it is impossible for him to do justice
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