Concord (Mass.). Assessors

The responsibility of assessment in Concord was initially assumed by the Selectmen. The separate office of Assessor was established during the 19th century (Assessors first chosen in 1822).

Selectmen's report in Mar. 1, 1863-Mar. 1, 1864 annual municipal report states, "Whatever calls have been made upon the town for the past year for recruits, have been promptly met. The draft of last year called for twenty-six men, and twenty-three were furnished--a better result than any other of the forty-three sub-districts in the Seventh District except two. The quota assigned to this town in the call for 500,000 recruits has been filled by the exertions of a committee of citizens, aided by a generous subscription, and we now have a surplus of 15 or 20 for future contingencies."

(Cont.) The Massachusetts legislature had passed an act on Feb. 21, 1863, allowing towns to assess taxes for and pay bounties to volunteers. The draft went into effect in the summer of 1863.