Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-12
Resolution No. / was then offered
by supervisor Chas. III. Blohm.u--.-,.
Resolution No

Resolution No 1
Resolution offered by Supervisor
Chas H. Blohm that whereas there are
number of descriptions of land on
the Delinquent Tag Roll, and adver-
lised. which are State Lands and not
subject 10 taxation that the Coanty
Board of Villas Comfy, Wisconsin
authorize the County Treasurer to
withhold these lands from the Tax
Sale and charge back to each Town
| the amount due for these taxes to-
| gether with the costs which have ac-
crued to date.
Dated this 9Th day Of May, 1909
c. II. BLoHM.
| On motion resolution No. ] was
adopted, all members voting aye.
Petition No OF the Ross Lumber
company was then presented and
read. -
Petitiea~No. II
To the Usforable, the County
Board ofsS6pervisors of Villas County.
| Wisconsin,,
/ Ross Lum Der Company
byGeo. +. O'Connor it's attorney,
hereby alleges and prays, that it is
the owner of the northeast quarter Of
the southwest quarter (ne4 of sw})
and the southwest quarter OF south
east quarter (sw14 of se1-4) of section
eighteen (18) in town forty (40)
north of range eight (8) easTp Villas
County and has been .Euef owner
since the year 1908; that through
error, inadvertance .o mistake while
the said lands wer6 in truth and in
| fact the kind of lands called and
known as 'scut over lands" the assess
ed valuation for the years 1905, 1906
and 1907 were fixed at sums greatly
in excess of the valuation Of the same
kind of lands owned by the petitioner
and other parties in the same general
| location, such excessive valuations
being in some instances more than
ten times the valuations fixed on other
lands of like character and valusi
in the same locality; that becayss of
such excessive, illegal and inequitv.
able assessments your petitiFher
conld not afford to pay the taxes
based on said assessments for the
years 1905, 1906 and 1907 and that
the lands were in each of said years.
sold for Delinquent taxes and the
county still holds the same SO that
the said lands are in effect taken from
the tax roll and nc longer produce
any revenue to the county but in
stead are'an expense to said county.
That during the year 1908 AZ ybsr
petitioner is informed from d letter
written by Mr., Chas. R. SpSeh, town
clerk of the town of Pennington,
these and other lands were Inspected
by the assessor and competent land
locker and estimator and that it was
found that said lands were so-called
''cut overs lands and assessed accord
ingly; said letter being now on file
in the Office of your county clerk.
Wherefore petitioner prays that he
may be permitted to redeem said lands
/ by paying into the county treasurer
such a sum as would be spuaf to the
taxes if based on 'scuts over" land
basis as the same appeassffom the tax
rolls of said towns h6f the years 1905,
| 1906 and 1907 and that the tax cert
iticates outstanding be cancelled and
| the county treasurer and county clerk
| be instructed to make such adjust
ment of the taxes and issue to petit
TONER redemption receipts for the
| same.
| Reference is hereby made to the
| tax rolls of the Town of Arbor Vitae,
Eagle River and Pennington and to
the affidavits of Frank Rogers, B. F.
Hammond and GeeaE. O'Connor and
to the letter of the Town Clerk of the
Town OF Pennington as part of this
petition.
Datrd Eagle River. Villas County,
Wiscon in, May 9TH, 1909, ana sub
mitted.
Ross LUMBER Co.,
BY GEO. E. O'CoNNoR.
State of Wisconsin s..
Villas County.
Geo. E. O'Connor, being first duly
sworn deposes and says, that he is the
attorney for the Ross Lumber Com
pany, corporation, formerly located
at Arbor Vitae in Villas county and
SnSaSeu CueIc III INC Ouotiicno VI ioS
ging and manufacturer lumber; that
said Ross Lumbef Company are now
and at all of the times mentioned here
in have heen the owners of the south
west quarteYof the southeast quarter
(sw la of e l-4o and the northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter, (ne
IA of sw IA of section eighteen QS)
in township forty (40) north of range
eight (S) east in Villas comfy; that
said described land was prior to the
year 1905 located in the Town of
1904 u, was s a IKEA at a valuation 'e Of
forty 86slars ($40) for each descrip-
tiop<fhat during the years 1905 and
1905 on account of change in the
boundaries of the towns in Villas
oonpt~ tho cold. daSorinfifps xyara