Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
Published May 20, 1907.
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No. u, 81 Published May 20, 1907.
CHAPTER 143, LAWS or 1907.
AN ACT to create sections 207 to 210, in
elusive, statutes of 1898, relating to the
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section l. There are added to the stat
Section 2O7. All public lands not hereto
fore offered for sale shall, from time to
time in the discretion Of said commits
siorers, be offered for sale at public auc-
ton az hereinafter provided: and no such
lands, except mortgaged lands bid in by
the state, shall be subject to private en-,
for sale at public auction. All such sales
shall be made at such times and public
places as said commissioners shall desig-
nate; and they shall, previously to any
ing the time and place of such sale, to be
published once in each week for six sue
cessive weeks in one newspaper printed IN
the county where such lands are situated
but If there be no such newspaper, then
in the newspaper printed nearest to the
place where such lands are situated. Said
commissioners may, at any time when in
their judgment the public interest can ba
best subserved thereby, withdraw any pub
lie lands from sale and withhold from sale
all or such portions thereof as in their
opinion it may not be advantageous to
sell, and for SO long a time as in their
opinion will be most beneficial to the funds
to be derived from such sale provided that
when reofered the lands so Withdrawn
shall first be offered at public sale in the
manner prescribed by law. The appraisal
of the public lands heretofore provided
for by law is hereby fixed as the minimum
price of said lands, provided, that the com
missioners Of public lands may, by order
In their discretion, whenever said lands or
any part thereof shall have become en-
HANGED in value, or for other cause fix an
increased price upon such lands. No such
change in price shall affect any. bona ide
application for the purchase of lands fled
Immediately prior to such change
Section 208 At the time and place spe
Gifted in such notice said commissioners
shall commence the sale Of such lands as
are then to be sold by them, and shall con-
tinue the sale from day to DAY Sundays
noon and the setting Of the sun, so long
as shall be necessary. The order OF such
sale at auction shall be to begin at the low
est number of the sections, townships ana
ranges in each county and proceed regu-
IarIy to the highest, until all then to be
sold are offered for sale. Each lot or tract
as provided in the preceding section, be
offered separately at the minimum price
as fixed by law, and shall be cried long
enough to enable bic any one to Gd W VINO more Ge
be bid, such lot or tract shall be struck
off to the highest bidder; but If such
price be not bid the same shall be set down
Section 2oe. Sales of all public lands
shall be made for cash only, to be paid
at time of sale.
Section 21O. Every purchaser Of any
lot or tract at any sale as aforesaid shall
pay the amount of the. purchase money
required by the terms Of sale to be paid
in hand Immediately after having bid off
the same; and if he shall refuse or neg,
iect to so pay the lot or tract so bid off
by him shall again be offered for sale
and the purchaser shall, for such refusal
or neglect to pay, forfeit twenty-five dol
lars for each lot or tract so bid off by
him. which the commissioners shall, in
the name Of the state, cause to be imme-
diately sued for and collected, and when
collected paid into the school fund.
acres shall be sold to any one person
Every person having bid in any such lands
at a public sale ,or making application for
the purchase thereof at private sale shall
before such sale is made, make and file
with the commissioners Of public lands, or