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Proceedings of the annual meetings of the County Board of Supervisors including minutes, register of county expenses, names of town, city, and village supervisors and attendance record, lists of orders drawn, member lists of county standing committees, and voting record of supervisors.

County Clerk's record of lands sold at annual tax sales for the previous year's unpaid taxes. For each parcel of land sold, the record shows year of tax sale, certificate number, to whom certificate sold, land description and acreage, and amount for which sold. For redeemed lands, the record also shows by whom redeemed, date of redemption, amount for which redeemed, and paid. For lands on which tax deed was taken, the record shows to whom deeded and date of deed. A few entries show the name of the former "supposed owner" of the land sold.

Annual report of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to the State Superintendent of Schools showing detailed information for each town on such things as number of school districts, average number of months school taught, number and ages of children, average wages, financial matters, types of books used and names of authors, school house construction, valuation of school houses, and school libraries.

Supervisor of Assessments' annual reports to the County Board, printed by the County Clerk under Wis. Laws of 1905, Ch. 523, Sect. 4. Each report contains a table of amount of state, county, school, and local tax revenue, classified by type of tax; a table of total assessed valuation of each county; tables for each town of acreage and assessed valuation of lands and improvements, classified by use; tables showing assessed and recommended full value of real estate (classified by use) and personal property (classified by type) in each assessment district; and general advisory remarks.
Reports are present for these years: 1910, 1912, 1920, and 1922-1979. Additional reports may have been added since this cataloging.

Tax certificate redemption record giving the date redeemed, number of certificate, date of tax, by whom redeemed, to whom deeded, and the amount.

Minutes of town board meetings, election results, proceedings of the board of appeals, audit reports, and highway records.

Clerk's and Treasurer's records including reports of the meetings and meetings of the board of supervisors; audits of town accounts; receipts and disbursements records, records of chattel mortgages, estrays, marks and brands, taxes levied, division of school districts and apportionment of school funds, and election of town officers and oaths administered; poll list; and highway records showing location of roads.
The summary above refers to the processed portion dating 1857-1917. Additional accessions are described below, 1859-1973.

Highway records, 1858-circa 1881, including taxes, orders, and minutes. Includes register of overseers of highways, and terms of office; minutes of meetings of the town supervisors regarding the laying out of highways; road orders issued; agreements for damages to affected property owners or releases from damages therein; road district lists with name of owner, description, valuation, taxes assessed, and payments made or other notes; and road district maps.

Minutes of annual meetings, town meetings, and board of auditors meetings. Includes register of orders, bonds and oaths of office, index of chattel mortgages, register of town officers, financial reports, school district plats, school taxes and appointment records, and contract records.

Includes: [1] 2 volumes of Treasurer's account books, 1863-1883, recording town income and expenditures including state and town taxes, school, highway, and county taxes; [2] book of Road Records, 1857-1895, containing highway construction and alteration petitions, surveyor's notes and reports, compensation claims, awards, and releases; and [3] record of chattel mortgages, 1876-1885, showing names of mortgagor and mortgagee, filing dates, and dates of discharge or release.
The summary above refers to the processed portion dated 1857-1895. Additional accessions are described below.

Certified poll lists with names of all persons voting in various elections held in the Town of Pleasant Valley. Includes official oaths of election inspectors and clerks.

Reports of the Board of Audit, financial statements, treasurer's reports of receipts and disbursements, and results of town annual meetings and elections, 1901-1926, in 1 volume.

Proceedings and reports including minutes of meetings, financial statements, resolutions, petitions, reports of district clerk, oaths of office, election results, audit reports, treasurer's report, poll list, and tax levies.

Record of town elections including inspectors' oaths, poll lists, election returns, and certificates of election.

Town Board records related to roads including orders to lay out roads, field notes of surveys for roads, financial information, award of damages to land owners damaged in road construction, petitions, agreements, and orders. Included are 4 volumes of highway records (1858-1929), agreements and orders (1938-1970), and petitions (1948-1976).

Records including proceedings of the town Board of Supervisors, 1892-1934 (3 volumes); financial records, 1882-1970; chattel mortgages, 1881-1904; civil defense records, 1856-1974; and fire department, park, utility, and welfare records, 1949-1981.

Records including applications for transportation, correspondence, notices of hearings and actions, orders changing district boundaries and consolidating districts, petitions, tax levy documents, and tax statements.

Annual reports to the County Board by the Board of Trustees of the County Hospital and County Home, published by the County Clerk. Each report includes financial statements, statement of movement of population, and narrative reports of the Superintendent and the Physician. Included in the financial statements is a summary of charges to the state, counties, and private persons for care of inmates. The report for 1904 is included in published County Board proceedings.

Reports of audits of county financial records, conducted by the state. Each bound typescript report is arranged in sections corresponding to the following county offices: Clerk and Treasurer, Highway Department, Register of Deeds, County Court, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, and Justice Courts. For earlier years, reports of audits of the County Home and Hospital are included in the county volume. After 1941 they are separately bound.
Reports are present for these years: 1927, 1928, 1935-1941, 1949-1957 (county offices only), 1958-1959, 1960-1962 (Home and Hospital only), and 1964 (county offices only). Additional reports may have been added since this cataloging.

Lists for each precinct showing names of all persons voting in April and September elections of 1960. Each poll list contains the oath of election of inspectors, elections clerks, and ballot clerk for its precinct.

Clerk's record of election returns, containing copies of County and District Boards of Canvassers' statements listing names of persons elected and showing county-wide vote totals for 1859-1930 and precinct vote totals, 1876-1930. Also contains copies of State Board of Canvassers statements of votes cast by soldiers claiming St. Croix County residence (1862, 1863, and 1865). Results of certain elections are missing from this record.

Certified annual statements submitted to the County Clerk by clerks of all towns, villages, and cities within the county, pursuant to Wis. Stats. 68.01. Statements list state, county, municipal, highway, and school district taxes and special assessments levied, and for what purposes; loans outstanding from the state; special charges owed by the municipality to the state or county; assessed valuation of lands subject to school district taxes; tax rates; and amount of bonded indebtedness. Copies of these statements were submitted to the State Department of Taxation and its predecessor, the Wisconsin Tax Commission.

Miscellaneous Materials.

Records including assessor's enumeration of farm statistics, chattel mortgage records, conditional sales contract records, contracts, correspondence, oaths of office, ordinances, petitions, resolutions, a supplement to the map of outlots, a 1912 poll list, records concerning poor relief, correspondence regarding North Hudson schools, corporate tax statements, the clerk's report on the apportionment of property taxes, and reports to the state tax commission.
The processed portion of this series is summarized above. Additional accessions are described below.

1977 club house