courts, as is or may be given by law to such deeds executed in pursuance thereof; nor shall the title conveyed by any deed of lands sold for the non-payment of any tax or taxes to the grantee therein, his heirs or assigns, be invalidated, or in any way effected or avoided by any eror previously made in assessing, listing, taxing, selling or conveying said land, or in any other proceeding prevous to the execution and delivery of such deed.

repealed.

§ 2. Section five of an act entitled an act for the quiet- Section of an ac ng of tax titles, approved April 19, 1852, is hereby reDealed, and all other provisions of the said act, approved April 19, 1852, are hereby declared to be in full force and effect.

for tax deeds.

§3. All deeds of lands sold for the non-payment of Form prescribed axes hereafter executed, shall be executed by the proper' officer authorized by law to execute the same in the name of the state of Wisconsin, and of the proper county or ity or incorporated town or village as the grantors theren, and shall be substantially in the following or other quivalent form: (Provided, The provisions of this secion shall not apply to the foreclosure of tax certificates nd liens in chancery, in which cases the court shall precribe the manner and form of the deed to be made by he officer making the sale,) to wit:

To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:

Whereas,
(or assignee of ) has deposited
n the office of the clerk of the county board of supervis-
rs of the county of
in the state of Wisconsin, a

ertificate (or certificates) of the (here name the officer
naking the sale,) of said county, whereby it appears (as
he fact is) that the following described piece (or pieces)
r parcel (or parcels) of land lying and being situated in
he county of to wit: (Here describes the lands)
vas (or were) for the non-payment of taxes sold by the
here name officer making the sale) at public auction
t in the county of on the day of in the
ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
he said for the sum of dollars and cents, in
he whole, which sum was the amount of taxes assessed
nd due and unpaid on said tract (or several tracts) of
and, together with the costs and charges of such sale,
ue therewith at the time of making such sale, the
whole of which sum of money has been paid by the
foresaid purchaser (or purchasers.)

to

Seal.

Tax deeds.

And, whereas, it further appears (as the fact is) that the owner (or owners) or claimant (or claimants) of said lands, has (or have) not redeemed from said sale, the lands which were sold as aforesaid; and said lands are now unredeemed from such sale, whereby said described lands have become forfeited, and the said purchaser, his (or her or their) heirs or assigns is (or are) entitled to a convey. ance thereof.

Now, therefore, know all men by these presents, That the county of in said state, and the state of Wiscon sin, in consideration of the said sum of money aforesaid, and the premises, and in conformity to law, hath, and hereby doth give, grant, and convey the tract (or several tracts) of lan above described, together with the heredit aments and appurtenances to the said

and to his (or her or their) heirs and assigns, to their sole use and benefit forever.

In testimony whereof, I, officer) of the county of

the (here designate the , have executed this deed pursuant to, and in virtue of the authority in me vested by the statutes of the state of Wisconsin, and for and on behalf of the said state, and of the county of said, have hereunto subscribed my name officially, and af fixed the seal of the said (name it) at the

this day of

said county of
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and

[L. S.]

afore

in

(here give official designation.)

Done in presence of 84. In all cases hereafter when a deed under this act shall be executed by the clerk of "county board of supervisors," or by the clerk of "the board of county supervis ors," such deed shall have affixed thereto the seal of such board, as the case may be, which is hereby declared to be the corporate seal of the county.

5. In all cases hereafter of conveyance of lands for non-payment of taxes due to any incorporated city or village in this state, under the provisions of the act or acts authorizing such city or village to assess and collect taxes, the deed executed shall conform as near as may be to the above form, shall be executed in the name of the state of Wisconsin, and in the corporate name of such city or village as grantor, and shall be sealed with the corporate seal of such city or village.

cuted in the

state.

§ 6. Deeds of conveyance of lands for non-payment of Deeds thus made taxes under the provisions of this act, shall be as valid valid as if exoand effectual to convey the lands therein described, as if name of the the same had been executed by and in the name of the state of Wisconsin, in any manner or form whatever, §7. Hereafter all certificates of tax sale shall be substantially in the following form, to wit:

State of Wisconsin,

county,

cate of tax sale.

I, , county treasurer of the county of in said Form of certifistate, do hereby certify that I did, at public auction, pursuant to notice given as by law required, on this day of sell to A. B. (or to the county of ,) the lands herein described, for the sum of dollars and cents, said sum being the amount due and unpaid for taxes, interest, and charges on said lands for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and That the said A.

B., his heirs or assigns, (or said county or assigns,) will therefore be entitled to a deed of conveyance of said lands in years from this date, unless sooner redeemed from such sale according to law. Said lands are described as follows, with the sums for which each tract was sold, set opposite such description. That is to say, (the east half of south-west quarter, section 1, town 1, north range 1, east, $10 00, according to the facts.)

A. B.
County Treasurer.

The above, or an equivalent form, is declared to be sufficient, and the same may be assigned by the purchsser writing his name in blank on the back thereof, and by the county treasurer in like manner, with his official character added.

§ 8. No deed shall be executed under the provisions of Limitation. this act previous to the tenth day of April, in the year of

our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

9. This act shall be printed by the State Printer immediately after the passage thereof, and when so printed shall take effect and be in full force.

Approved, March 31, 1854.

Governor to ap.

Chap. 67.

AN ACT to provide for the appraisal of school lands in the counties of La Pointe and Douglass, and granting pre-emption rights thereon.

Published, April 14, 1854.

The people of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

§ 1. It shall be the duty of the Governor, in his discretion, to appoint three suitable persons in each of the counpoint appraisers. ties of La Pointe and Douglass, to appraise the school lands in said counties, as hereinafter provided.

mont.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, withNotice of appoint. in ten days after the appointment of the appraisers mentioned in the first section of this act, to issue a notice of such appointment in writing, under the seal of the state, to the persons so elected. Said notice may be delivered in person to the person to whom it may be directed, or forwarded by mail to the post office nearest his residence, and in case any or either of the appraisers so selected neg lect to notify the Governor of his having qualified, according to law, within thirty days after notice of his appointment, the governor shall proceed to make new ap pointment to fill such vacancy or vacancies and continue so to do until the number is full.

Appraisers to take an oath.

§ 3. The appraisers appointed under the foregoing section, shall before entering upon the duties of their office take and subscribe the oath or affirmation to be administered by some proper officer, to support the constitution of the United States and of this State, and to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties devolving upon them, as such appraisers according to the best of their ability, which said oath or affirmation shall be attached to their report, to be returned as hereinafter provided.

4. It shall be the duty of the appraisers, or a majori Shall personally ty of them, upon receiving notice as provided in this act inspect the lands, and after having taken the oath provided for in the third section of this act, to proceed to make a personal inspec

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tion of all school lands situated in the county for which they were appointed, embraced in section sixteen in each township already surveyed, and in such townships as may hereafter be surveyed, during the year A. D., 1854, and to appraise the same in lots of the smallest sub-division, of sections, according to the United States survey, and laws relating to the sale of the public lands, stating the value per acre of each and every such lot at a fair valuation, without any reference to improvements thereon; they shall also return a particular description of all improvements made by any claimants upon any such, if any, with a full and fair estimate of the value of such improvements with the name or names of the person or persons claiming the same.

made to Secreta

85. After having inspected each and every sixteenth Report to be section mentioned in the foregoing section of this act situ- ry of Stato, ated in the county in which said appraisers were appointed, and within one year after their appointment, it shall be the duty of the said appraisers to make a full, distinct, and correct report to the office of the secretary of state,of all the lands within their respective counties, describing them by lots, with the value per acre as estimated by them, of each lot, also an estimate of the improvements on each, as before provided.

86. The said appraisers shall be allowed for the servi- Compensationces herein required of them, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day for the time they may necessa rily be engaged in the discharge of their duties as such apraisers, to be determined by their oaths; and a sum suffficient to pay the same is hereby appropriated out of the school fund to be paid by the state treasurer, upon the certificate of the secretary of state, stating the amount so due for such services, but no certificate shall be granted, until the appraisers shall have performed all the provisions of this act.

rights

87. After the lands shall have been so appraised and emption the appraisal duly reported to the office of the secretary of state, the same may be offered for sale, and the sale conducted according to the provisions of the revised statutes, or as may be hereinafter provided; but in all cases of preemptions under this act, the pre-emptor shall have the right to purchase, according to the provisions of this act.

8. There is hereby secured to every person who at the time of the appraisal of any of the lands referred to