Tax lists and assessment rolls 1779-1815

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Tax lists and assessment rolls 1779-1815

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This series contains lists of persons upon whom real and/or personal property taxes were levied in response to State tax legislation passed in 1779, 1786, 1787, and 1788. All of the tax lists in the series pertain to districts within Albany County. Lists vary slightly in format from year to year and even within the same year. All, however, feature the names of persons taxed in each district, in no discernible order, and the total amount of taxes owed by each person.

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New York (State). Dept. of Taxation and Finance.

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Registers in this series were created to record the issuance of deeds to purchasers of lands sold for unpaid taxes. The Comptroller's Office performed that function until 1926; the State Tax Commissioner had the responsibility after 1926. The person who bought property in the tax sale was given a certificate. When the grace period for redeeming the property was over, the buyer gave the certificate back, and was issued a deed. From the description of Register of tax sale certificates ...

New York (State). Treasurer's Office

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Section six of Chapter 80 of the Laws of New York passed on April 22, 1785 was entitled "An act authorizing the Auditor to audit certain accounts and claims and for other purposes mentioned." This act authorized the state to collect certain debts due it. From the description of Letter to New York State Attorney General, 1794 January 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122535573 According to Chapter 188 of the Laws of 1801, any child born of a slave after July 4, ...