Report on taxation of state land within the Forest Preserve, [ca. 1914]

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Report on taxation of state land within the Forest Preserve, [ca. 1914]

The series consists of a typescript report, supporting memoranda, and statement on taxation within the Forest Preserve. It reviews gains/loses to the state on taxes, returns of taxes, or loss of land titles through cancellation of land sales. The report gives a history of relevant tax laws, and shows taxes paid on Forest Preserve lands since 1894, amounts paid since the enactment of the highway repair bill, and the acreage recovered or lost to the state on tax sales.

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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The U.S. government levied a direct property tax in 1798. The state collected delinquent taxes for this direct tax. Assessment for the U.S. direct tax was used for the 1799 state tax. The tax-sale of 1808 was conducted for instances of nonpayment of the U.S. direct tax. From the description of Abstracts of sales of non-resident lands for unpaid quit rents, road and marsh taxes, and U.S. Direct Tax, 1803-1830. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 80471064 A law of 1...