Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-03-25
TOWN TREASURER
is RESTRAINED
Big Property Owners In Murry
a Charge Unjust Taxa
tiOn

Money has been rolling into the
county treasurer's office during the
week. Town and village treasurers
have been making their returns to the
county treasurer and paying in the
county and income tax money due the
county from their respective towns
The treasurer's Office has been a very
busy place for several days.
The treasurer of the town of Murry.
George f. Miller. was unable to make
settlement. though he appeared at the
treaSmer'S office for that purpose.
He had been served with Il restraining
order by G. NJ Chamberlain. Il circuit
court commissioner of Price county,
on behalf Of w. X. Parkinson, a law
scr Of Phillips. and the Menasha
Wooden Ware Co. Of LadySmith
Charge Unjust Taxation
The plaintiffs in the cast against
Treasurer Miller and the Town Of
Mury, in their complaint allcge that
the assessor of the town of Murry in
his assessment of the property OF the
1920 "wilfully and Intentionally. ar
Eitrarily and unjustly fixed and de-
termined the values of practically the
entire taxable real and personal prop
Crty in said town without any refer
ence or regard whatever to its true
value" that he "willfully and inten-
tionally. arbitrarily and mjustly val
ucd Il great portion Of plaintiffs lands
in said town as Il much greater price
or value than could then ordinarily
Lc obtained therefor at private sale;
that he assessed the lands and personal
property Of the plaintiffs in the man
ncr aforesaid for the purpose OF COM
pclling plaintiffs to pay more than its
lust and equitable share of the taxes
of said town, and in order to relieve
the resident owners of taxable
property Of said town from paying
their lust and equitable portion
That the board of review adjourned
without reducing the valuations Of said
lands in accordance with the uncon
tradictCd testimony submitted
The plaintiff. the Menasha Wooden
Ware Co., OWNS III the nelghb0rhood
of 200 fortiCs of land in the town of
Murry Last August they S0ld the
timber on these lands TO w. X. Park
inson. one of the plaintiffs i'll the ac-
tion. The taxes for 1920 on the lands
and timber amount to so, 7.33 which
the plaintiffs claim is S3.979.SG i'll eN-
rendered the amount Of S6,431.61 to
the town treasurer in payment OF their
taxes. as the amount justly due. winch
amount the treasurer would nor ac-
cept as the full tax. hence the re-
straining order, which is only tenn
porarv and which will be contested
i'm court. The injunction is to prevent
the town treasurer from returning the
lands of the plaintiff TO the county
treasurer as delinquent.
Owns 200 FOrties
Notwithstanding the higher taxes
this year there is less delinquent taNes
returned to the county treasurer than
there were last year.
The following treaSurerS have turned
in their tax books: J. \. Daniels, AT
lanta 4. \. Boldon Big Bend; K. I.
Austad. Cedar Rapids: John MikyS1a.
Dewey: Edw. Rheingans, Flambeau;
O. f. Anderson, Grant; \. Van Den
Ellen. Grow Halvor ThOrsen, Hawk
ms: RI. \. Sather Hubbard; y. u.
Blood. Ingram and Richland; Roy l..
Gould Lawrence: C. f. Carman, Mar
shall: Anton Mashuda. South Fork
S. Halas. Strickland: l.. +. Stiles,
Stubbs: c.. NJ. Brainerd. ThOrnapple
Fred StoScr. True Matt Stevens.
Washington.