Proceedings of annual board meetings, 1867-1908.

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Proceedings of annual board meetings, 1867-1908.

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Annual board meeting proceedings concern officer selection and committee appointments including personal property, land, town and city lot assessment; general equalization; railroad and telegraph company property (1872- ) and Illinois incorporated company capital stock assessment. Records contain Auditor of Public Accounts reports; and committee reports with board action. Personal property assessment reports include total county assessment tables for specific categories (i.e., livestock); deductions; total county personal property assessment value; and aggregate county personal property value. County land assessment reports include tables (i.e., improved land acreage). Reports concerning corporation (other than railroads and telegraph) stock assessment (1872- ) include tables enumerating county; corporation name; location; and assessed capital stock value. Other reports concern Illinois national bank capital stock and railroad property located in each county and tax revenue distribution based on holdings percentage. Proceedings also contain tables showing each county's final real and personal property assessment adjustments which include county name and assessments returned to Auditor; total assessed value additions and deductions; and county's post-adjustment equalized property value. Railroad property assessment reports include railroad name; right-of-way acres; assessed values (i.e., right-of-way; improvements besides right-of-way buildings; main track; side or track turnout section; track and rolling stock); main or side track miles; and average value per track mile.

ledgers 7 volumes.

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