Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-24

supervisors of Villas county that there
is hereby appropriated out of the
general fund to the American Red
Cross Second War Fund the sum of
one thousand dollars, and
Be it further resolved that the
chairman Of this board and the county
clerk be and they are hereby author
lied and directed to draw a county
order made payable to the American
Red Cross Second War Fund for said
sum of one thousand dollars and the
county treasurer is hereby authorized
and directed to issue his check in
payment OF said order, said check also
to be made payable to the American
Red Cross Second War Fund and de-
liver the same to Geo. E. O'Connor,
Director for Villas County.
Dated this 18th day of June, 1918.
Frank w. Carter
Supervisor.
On motion the foregoing resolution
was adopted.
Motion made and carried that the
ladies of the Red Cross are welcome
to the use of the court room, but if
they prefer to occupy room down
town the county board is willing to
assist them in any way possible.
TO the honorable county board of
supervisors of Villas county.
Gentlemen: = The petition of the
Chippewa and Flambeau Improve
ment Company respectfully repre-
sents:
That petitioner is a corporation
created by and duly organized and
existing under and by virtue of the
provisions of Chapter $40 of the Laws
of Wisconsin for the year 1911, and is
and has been at the times subsequent
to its organization. engaged in carry
ling on the business of conserving and
regulating the height and flow of wa
ter in public reservoirs within the
state of Wisconsin, and is and was at
all times hereinafter mentioned, a
conservation and regulation company,
as defined by Section 51.02 (5a) of
the Wisconsin Statutes.
That petitioner is and was at the
times hereinafter mentioned, the
owner and in possession of the follow
ing described lands in Villas county,
to-wit:
Lot no. in section no. 4 and lots
no. 2, 3, 4, and7 in section no. 9 ali
in township no. AZ north of range 5
east, which said lands. together with
the improvements thereon, which
consists of dam across the Manit) j.
wish river, are and was owned, used
and occupied by the petitioner for
the purpose of storing, conserving,
and regulating the height and flow of
waters of said river and for no other
purpose and that neither of said lots,
nor any part thereof, nor any OF the
improvements thereon, are subject
to assessment to by the local officers
of the said town of Flam beau, but that
the exclusive authority to tax said
property and rights is vested in the
Tax Commission of Wisconsin, as
provided by Chapter 81 of the laws Of
Wisconsin.
Petitioner further represents that
that the said lands and improvements
were placed upon the tax roll OF the
town of Flambeau, within which same
was located, in the year 1917 and the
assessor of said town attempted to
] assess said lands and Improvements
for said year the same as other lands
and improvements were assessed in
said town for general state, county
and local taxes.
That the said tax remaining un-
paid. the treasurer OF the town OF
Flambeau for said year attempted to
return the said lands above described
to the county treasurer of said county
of Villas, as delinquent lands and the
said pretended taxes so extended upon
the tax roll opposite the\ said lands,
as delinquent taxes against the same.
That on the 18th day OF June, 1918,
the county Treasurer of said county,
of Villas sold said lands for the nom
payment of said taxes and issued tax
certificates on the same, based on the
tax for the year 1917 for said certiti-
Gates are now outstanding and un-
paid.
Petitioner futher represents that by
reason of the facts aforesaid the plac-
ing of said lands upon the assessment
role for taxation by the local author
tiles of said town of Flambeau and all
and all proceedings subsequent there
to, based upon said attempted assess
ment by the local authorities of said
tow of Flambeau, including the re-
turn of said taxes as delinquent and
the sale of said lands and the issue of
said certificates therefor by the said
county treasurer OF said Villas county.
are in all respects illegal, null aud
void.
Wherefore, petitioner prays that
your honorable body cancel the tax
certificates issued by said county
treasurer on the 18th day June, 1918,
covering the above described lands
and based on the taxes for 1917 to
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