The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
ANNUAL SESSION, NOVEMBER
PATH, 1914.

| board held at the office of the county
clerk, November oath, 1914.
Meeting called to order by G. HI
| Werden, chairman.
At roll call the following members
were found present: Galligan, Bar.
mes, Hauser, Flieth, Zielsdorff, Ro-
gan, Soronen, Bartlett, Kekhofer,
Morris, A. G. Johnson, Iverson, Swan
son, Good, Lauri, Duffy, Habelt,
Erick Johnson, Smith, Ellerman,
Stone, Davis, Flanders, Robillard,
Bell, Berman, Robinson, Merit, Hand
berg, Lien, Lamoreaux and G. HI.
| Worden. Absent, Fritz Carlson.
The reading Of the minutes of the
previous meeting was upon motion
suspended with.
| The following resolution was pre-
scented and was upon motion refer
| red to the Committee on Judiciary
Resolved, BY the county board OF
| Bayfield, county assembled this oath
day of November, 1914, that COM
mittee be appointed to negotiate
with the town of Iron River, with a
view to renting the new town hall
at Iron River as a Municipal court
room for the second municipal court
lof Bayfield, county, and that such
committee shall have full power to
act in the matter OF entering into
| lease with the town of Iron River
| for such period of time and on such
terms as they may deem for the best
interests of the county.
HARVEY ELLERMAN.
The following resolution was pre-
| Resolved by the county board OF
| Bayfield, county assembled this 24th
day of November, 1914, that there
be and there is hereby appropriated,
and there shall be levied upon and
collected from the taxable property
of Bayfield, county, the sum of five
hundred dollars, to be paid and
/ used by the board of regents of the
| University of Wisconsin for the pur-
! pose of erecting a school house or
meeting hall at the state farm at
Ashland junction, in this county.
! Provided that. said sum shall not
be paid out until like sum shall be
provided by Ashland County, and
made. available for use for the same
purpose, it being understood that
said school house shall cost about
one thousand dollars.
PAT GALLIGAN.
| The following resolution was pre-
| sented and was upon motion adopted:
| Resolved that the county clerk be
and he is hereby directed to pro-
ceed to order surveys oil certain
portions of section and 8, township
AZ, range s, near the village Of Iron
| River, for the purpose of correcting
assessment, and that the plat so
prepared and filed become, part OF
| the records of the register OF deeds,
and the assessor of the town of
! Iron River be. directed to use said
! plat in the preparation OF assess
ment roll that the notices, etc., be-
prepared and the proceedings had in
accordance with the provisions of
section 1047 statutes of 1918.
Dated this oath day of November,
1914.
o. FLANDERS.
The following resolution was
presented and was upon motion
adopted:
Resolved that the county surveyor
be and he is hereby directed to
|
work to be done during the year
1913, and that such work be done
under the direction of the county
highway commissioner and subject
to the approval of the state highway
commission.
Dated this oath day of November,
1914
M. B. NORRIS
The following resolution was pre-
sented and was upon motion adopted
Whereas, it appears by the records
in the office of the county clerk and
register of deeds that a certain tax
deed was executed illegally and
without authority of law, said deed
purporting to convey the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter OF
section 14-45-8, said deed being
based upon a tax certificate sold IL
legally and without authority of law
at the tax sale of May 10Th, 1896
for the tax of 1895 the grantee oil
said deed being Louis Moffat, said
deed being executed on the 10Th day
of August, 1899 and recorded in vol
ume of tax deeds on page 452 and
Whereas, the said tax certificate
and tax deed are wholly illegal and
void for the reason that the tax up
on which the certificate was based
was paid to the town treasurer Of
the town of Drummond on January
4th, 1896, receipt number SO, now
therefore be it
Resolved by the county board Of
Bayfield, county that the tax deco
above mentioned be cancelled ano
that the county clerk be authorized
to issue a certificate to the said
Rust Owen Lumber company setting
forth the facts as above related.
Dated this oath day of Novem
Der, 1914.
PETER SORONEN, JR.,
o. FLANDERS.
Committee on illegal taxes
The following resolution was pre-
sented and was upon motion adopted
Whereas the Bayfield, County Lane
company holds tax deeds for the
NWA NWA 24-50-7 based on ia,
certificates for the sales of 1907
1908, 1909 and 1910 and also hold.
tax certificates for the sales of 1912
1913 and 1914, and
Whereas, it appears from the rec
ords that Bayfield, county holds
prior tax deeds based on the ia,
certificates for the sale of 1901 AM
1903, and tax certificates for thu
years 1904, 1905 and 1906, and
Whereas the said Bayfield, Count.
Land company has made an offer t
} the county board of $1,000 for a qui