Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-01-26

land from the Northern Pacific
Railway Company by deed dated
June s. 1916, and recorded IN
Volume SO of Rusk County Deeds,
OH Page 504.
That on the 9Th day Of april, 1916,
the United States OF America con-
viewed said above described land to
said Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany by patent dated on said day
and recorded in Volume 80 of Rusk
County Deeds on page AS, and that
prior to the date of said patent
said lands belonged TO and formed
a part of the government domain.
That in The year 1913, said lands
were enormously taxed and tax
certificate thereon was sold at the
tax sale held in said county IN the
month of May, 1914; and that said
lands were again enormously taxed
in the year 1915, and sold at tax
sale held in said county in the year
1916, both of which erroneous tax
certificates are Outstanding and
form a cloud upon the title OF said
John Helm Company to said land.
That affiant makes this affidavit
for the purpose of having the
County Board of said County can
eel said outstanding certificates and
remove the cloud from the title of
said land.
A. F. Helm.
Subscribed and sworn to this
9th day Of November, 1916.
+. W. Hill, Notary Public,
Rusk County, Wisconsin.
My commission expires Feb. 49,
1917.
whether illegal or not.
f. O. Brainerd,
Forest Triplett
Supervisor Coon moved that the
petition of A. F. Helm to cancel lille
gal taxes be adopted. Motion
carried.
Petition to Cancel Tax Deed
The undersigned A. ID. Putney,
declares and says that he is the
owner of the We of NV NV Sec.
"a. Twp 80, Range West, and
holds warranty for same, that on
May 25. 1911 a tax deed was issued
to the Germania Farm Co., a cor
poraliOn address Eau Claire, Wis
cOnsin), on East p of SW NE of
NV NV Sec. 81 Twp. 80, Range 6
West for tax of 1907.
That the land owned by said A.
d. Putney is included in said tax
deed. The petitioner paid the 1907
tax as shown by duplicate tax re-
ceipt attached hereto, on We NE
of NV NV 1856, which includes
land that is tax decided and re-
quest that your Honorable Body
cancel said deed.
A. D. Putney
Resolution Number
Resolved by the Board of Super
VisOrs Of Rusk County, that salts
factory proof having been present.
ed to this board that the tax deed
given to Germania Farm Co., May
%, 1914, on the Ell of SW NE of
NV NV OF Sec. 81, Twp. IS, North,
Range 6 w. Tax sale of 1908, tax
of 1907 is illegal Be is Further
Resolved. that the deed given to
GeFmania Farm Co., May 25, 1911,
on the Eb of SW NE of NV NV
of Sec. 81, Twp. IS n. Range 6 West
is hereby cancelled in SO far as said
description is concerned.
l.. w. Cox,
+. n. Brainerd,
Forest Triplett.
Resolved. by the Board of Super
visors Of Rusk County that the tax
deed given to Henry Buchanan,
Nov. Is, 1886, on the SWA SW4
Sec. IS. Township 81, Range s, for
the taxes of 1882 tax sale Of 1883, in
50 far as the same relates to said
SW SW of Sec. 80, Township "a,
Range 8. The taxes for 1882 having
been paid by H. W. Sage & Co., as
evidence by receipt No. 244.
H. W. Cox,
+. n. Brainerd,
Forest Triplett
70 the Honorable County Board of
Rusk County, Wisconsin.
The petition OF e. G. kinStad by
j. A. Nicholson. his attorney and
agent, respectfully represents ana
shows:
That the said c. G. Kinstad is the
owner Of the Southwest quarter of
The Northeast quarter of Section
Thirty-five (35), Township Thirty
six 3Gl. North, of Range Eight (S)
West, in Rusk County, Wisconsin,
That as appears by the records
IN the O1iIce OF lne county blcfh
and in the office Of the Register of
Deeds in and for Rusk County.
Wisconsin, said description Of land
was sold on the Fourteenth day OF
September, 1875. for the non-pay-
ment of taxes for the year 1874, and
that tax uced was issued on the
Fourteenth day Of September, 1878,
by Chippewa County, Wisconsin, by
its proper officer, to Nelson Sellers.
conveying to said Nelson Sellers the
land above described.
That as shown by said records
the patent on said land was issued
by the State of Wisconsin to Geo.
Baldwin, ON the Eighteenth day of
January, 1897.
That as sown by said records,
said land at the date when taxes
were assessed upon which said tax
deed is based, belonged to the State
of Wisconsin and were nOn-taXable
and that said tax deed is therefore
void, but being recorded constitu-