Accounts of rejected taxes in Forest Preserve Counties
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
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Albany, NY 12230
0.2 cubic feet
(1 volume)
Arrangement
Alphabetic by county, then by town, then by owner's name.
Scope and Content Note
This volume contains lists of private and taxable state lands in Forest Preserve counties on which 1912 property taxes remained unpaid, and for which either the property description or the assessed tax were rejected as improper. Each entry provides the name of the tract or patent, lot number, description of the parcel on which taxes were owed, acreage, assessed valuation, amount of tax due, and 5 percent fee. The reasons for rejection are stated in the margin.
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