Accounts of town assessors and commissioners of taxes
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of accounts submitted by the assessors from eleven counties to Commissioners of Taxes. Information includes assessors name; number of days spent assessing lands, preparing lists of assessments, hearing appeals, equalizing the assessments, and preparing the final rolls. Also included are affidavits stating that the work was "actually and diligently" performed; transmittal letters; certifications of elected assessors and collectors of taxes, and abstracts of assessors' accounts.
Title
- Accounts of town assessors and commissioners of taxes
Quantity
- 0.6 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- A0976
Creator
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of accounts of the number of days spent in assessing lands, preparing lists of assessments, hearing appeals, equalizing the assessments, and preparing the final rolls, with affidavits of justices of the peace stating that the work was "actually and diligently" performed.
The form of the accounts varies considerably, but all give names of assessors and number of days worked. The accounts were submitted by the assessors to the Commissioners of Taxes in each county, and by them to the Comptroller. Related documents in this series are letters of transmittal, certificates that named individuals were elected assessors and collectors of taxes, and abstracts of assessors' accounts compiled by the commissioners of taxes. Some of the accounts and abstracts include number of taxables in each town. Counties represented are Cayuga, Columbia, Herkimer, Montgomery, New York, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Rockland, Saratoga, Scoharie, Tioga, and Ulster. These assessments were made pursuant to provisions of a law of 1799.
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Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
Geographic Name(s)
- Oneida County (N.Y.)
- Rockland County (N.Y.)
- Tioga County (N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- Otsego County (N.Y.)
- Ulster County (N.Y.)
- Montgomery County (N.Y.)
- Orange County (N.Y.)
- Columbia County (N.Y.)
- Cayuga County (N.Y.)
- Saratoga County (N.Y.)
- Herkimer County (N.Y.)
- New York County (N.Y.)
- Schoharie County (N.Y.)
Subject(s)
- Land value taxation
- Real property tax
- Real property--New York (State)
- Finance, Public--New York (State)--Accounting