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Scope and Content Note

This series consists of accounts for taxes due to the state from county treasurers. On the debit side are entered amounts of taxes due to the state, with notes of total valuations of real and personal estate and balances. On the credit side are entered cash payments by county treasurers, fees of collectors and county treasurers, arrears for non-resident taxes by towns, and taxes on corporations brought forward from another book. An index to counties is at the front. Mill taxes on real and personal property for the benefit of the state were authorized by various acts of the legislature.