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Department of the Treasury - Taxation Records (including railroad and canal taxation)
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See also:
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Non-Governmental Records - Railroad Company Records
Non-Governmental Records - Delaware and Raritan Canal Non-Governmental Records - Morris Canal | |
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Series:
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Tax Department Annual Reports, 1931-1944 [with gaps] |
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Control #:
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STA00001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box [6 vols.]) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Incomplete set, but does include department's first and last reports. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Tax Department Engineering Division Published Annual Reports of Railroad Companies, 1896-1940 |
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Control #:
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STAEN001 |
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (9 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By name of company |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Tax Department Division of Engineering and Railroad Taxes Railroad Assessment Change Records ["Binders"], 1910-1959 |
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Control #:
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STAEN002 |
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Format:
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35 c.f. (35 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By railroad company, then by year |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of Taxation and Finance Division of Budget and Accounting Accounting Bureau State School Tax Ledgers, 1931-1946 |
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Control #:
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STFBU001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 boxes [2 disbound ledgers]) |
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Series:
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Department of Taxation and Finance Division of Tax Appeals/Board of Tax Appeals Minutes, 1944-1948 |
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Control #:
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STFTA001 |
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Format:
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3 c.f. (10 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Continued from State Board of Tax Appeals/Minutes, 1931-1944; continued as Treasury/Div. of Tax Appeals/Minutes, 1948-1959. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Department of Taxation and Finance Division of Taxation Engineering and Railroad Tax Bureau Railroad Equipment Reference Works, 1912-1946 |
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Control #:
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STFTD001 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 vols. [1 box]) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes "Locomotive Dictionary" by Roy V. Wright, 1912, and "Car Builder's Cyclopedia" also by Roy V. Wright, 1946. |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Budgeting and Accounting Railroad Tax Distribution Statements and Accounts, 1918-1957 |
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Control #:
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STSBT001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 disbound vol.) |
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Notes:
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Relates to distributions to the counties for schools and to institutes of higher education. |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Budgeting and Accounting Railroad Tax Assessments, 1943-1955 |
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Control #:
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STSBT002 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (13 disbound vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes certifications of assessments by the Engineering and Railroad Tax Bureau, Division of Taxation (and predecessors). |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Comptroller's Office Return of Miscellaneous Corporation Taxes, 1917-1922 |
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Control #:
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STSCT003 |
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Format:
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0.3 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Comptroller's Office Annual Reports of Canal and Railroad Companies, 1872-1915 |
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Control #:
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STSCT006 |
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Format:
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4.25 c.f. (9 boxes) |
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Notes:
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Earlier reports were produced by the Secretary of State's Office Missing 1873, 1882 & 1895. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Public Utility Tax Bureau Railroad Assessment Memoranda, 1936-1975 |
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Control #:
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STSTA001 |
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Format:
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22 c.f. (22 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By railroad company/chrono. |
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Notes:
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Includes correspondence, plans, valuation charts, notes, etc., relating to assessment of railroad company property. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Public Utility Tax Bureau Railroad Company Annual Reports and Plans, 1937-1975 |
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Control #:
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STSTA002 |
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Format:
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29 c.f. (29 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By railroad company/chrono. |
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Notes:
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New Jersey railroad company annual returns of land, signal, track and structure plans (usually blueprints). |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Railroad Revaluation Field Books, 1941-1963 |
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Control #:
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STSTA003 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (56 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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By volume number |
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Notes:
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Volmes 16, 22 and 24 were missing at time of accession. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Aerial Photographs, 1958 |
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Control #:
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STSTA004 |
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 box [65 photographs]) |
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Arrangement:
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By photograph number |
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Notes:
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Includes 1958 survey of the Hudson River from Bayonne to Englewood. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Annual Reports, 1931-1989 |
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Control #:
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STSTA005 |
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Format:
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5.5 c.f. (11 boxes) |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Beverage Tax Bureau Account Books, 1933-1966 |
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Control #:
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STSTA006 |
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (8 boxes) |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Public Utility Tax Bureau Railroad and Canal Tax Ledgers, 1893-1972 |
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Control #:
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STSTA007 |
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Format:
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8.5 c.f. (5 boxes and 9 vols.) |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Local Property and Public Utility Branch Tax Maps [publication], 1975 |
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Control #:
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STSTA008 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Notes:
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Provides background information, instructions and standards relating to creation of tax maps. |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office State Road/Soldiers Bonus Bond Tax Ledger, 1931-1940 |
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Control #:
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STSTR014 |
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Format:
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0.4 c.f. (1 disbound vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological within account type |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office Accounts of Contractor's Certificates Received in Payment for Taxes and Returned to Joseph Lewis ..., 1780-1783 |
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Control #:
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STSTR015 |
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (30 items) |
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Arrangement:
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By county and collector |
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Notes:
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Joseph Lewis was a Morris County Contractor. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office Revolutionary War-Era Accounts of Taxes Received in Kind, 1781-1782 |
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Control #:
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STSTR016 |
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Format:
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0.03 c.f. (6 items) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office Tax Collectors' Receipts and Certificates, 1780-1782 |
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Control #:
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STSTR017 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (15 folders) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by county |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office County Tax Collectors' Surplus Certificates, 1780-1782 |
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Control #:
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STSTR023 |
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Format:
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6 c.f. (13 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by county and township |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office Public Utilities (Municipal Franchise) Tax Blotter, 1905-1910 |
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Control #:
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STSTR041 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office Miscellaneous Corporation Tax Blotters, 1889-1910 |
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Control #:
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STSTR044 |
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Format:
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4 c.f. (11 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office Special Railroad Book #1, 1878-1887 |
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Control #:
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STSTR048 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Notes:
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Records deposits refunded for construction of railroad lines. |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury State Treasurer's Office Tax Assessment Ledgers for Miscellaneous Corporations, 1884-1912 |
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Control #:
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STSTR052 |
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Format:
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3 c.f. (29 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Finding Aid:
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Related records:
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Series:
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Department of State Secretary of State's Office Annual Reports of Canal and Railroad Companies, 1854-1866 [with gaps] |
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Control #:
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SSTSE101 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box) |
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Arrangement:
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By year |
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Notes:
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Later reports were produced by the Comproller's Office in the Department of the Treasury. Missing 1858, 1861-63. |
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Series:
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State Board of Assessors Minutes, 1884-1915 |
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Control #:
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SZASS001 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (10 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Continued as State Board of Taxes and Assessments/Minutes, 1915-1931. |
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Series:
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State Board of Assessors Scrapbook of Secretary John T. Van Cleef, 1884-1888 |
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Control #:
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SZASS002 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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No obvious arrangement |
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Notes:
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For the purposes of preservation, the scrapbook has been disbound and copied onto acid-free paper (see restrictions). |
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Series:
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State Board of Assessors Annual Reports, 1884-1914 |
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Control #:
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SZASS003 |
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Format:
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15.5 c.f. (31 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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The Board of Assessors was replaced by the State Board of Taxes and Assessment in 1915. |
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Series:
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State Board of Assessors Summary and Valuation of Tax for Railroads and Canals, 1886-1932 |
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Control #:
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SZASS004 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (4 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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State Board of Assessors Records of the 1910-1911 Revaluation of Railroads and Canals in New Jersey |
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Control #:
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SZASS005 |
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Format:
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21.1 c.f. (32 boxes, 1 portfolio) |
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Arrangement:
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Various |
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Series:
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State Board of Assessors Transcripts of Testimony from Railroad Assessment Appeals, 1906-1911 |
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Control #:
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SZASS006 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (10 vols.) |
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Series:
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State Board of Assessors Reports of Cable, Electric and Horse Railroad Companies, 1908-1910 |
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Control #:
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SZASS007 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (2 items) |
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Series:
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Commission to Investigate County and Municipal Taxation and Expenditures Report on Educational Services and Costs [Report No. 8], 1932 |
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Control #:
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SZCUT001 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report) |
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Series:
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State Board of Equalization of Taxes Annual Reports, 1906-1914 |
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Control #:
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SZEQU001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Notes:
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1912 missing. |
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Series:
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State Board of Equalization of Taxes Minutes, 1905-1915 |
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Control #:
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SZEQU002 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (11 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Continued from State Board of Taxation/ Minutes, 1891-1905; continued as State Board of Taxes and Assessment/ Minutes, 1915-31. |
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Series:
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Commissioner of Railroad Taxation Annual Reports, 1873-1884 |
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Control #:
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SZRAT001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Series:
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Commission on State Tax Policy Annual Reports, 1950-1963 |
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Control #:
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SZSTT001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Series:
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New Jersey Tax Assessment Study Commission Proceedings of Meetings, 1984-1986 |
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Control #:
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SZTAA001 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box) |
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Series:
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Commission to Investigate Tax Assessments Report to the Governor, 1913 |
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Control #:
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SZTAB001 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Series:
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State Board of Tax Appeals Minutes, 1931-1944 |
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Control #:
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SZTAL001 |
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Format:
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21 c.f. (67 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Continued from Board of Taxes and Assessment/Minutes, 1915-1931; continued as Dept. of Taxation.../Div. of Tax Appeals/Minutes. |
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Series:
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New Jersey Tax Policy Committee Records, 1960s-ca. 1972 |
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Control #:
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SZTAP001 |
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Format:
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17.5 c.f. (18 boxes) |
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Series:
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State Board of Taxation Digest and Compilation of Statutes and Decisions regulating Assessment and Collection of Taxes, 1901 |
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Control #:
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SZTAR001 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Series:
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State Board of Taxation Annual Reports, 1891-1904 |
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Control #:
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SZTAR002 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Notes:
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Missing 1895-1896, 1899, 1902-1903. |
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Series:
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State Board of Taxation Minutes, 1891-1905 |
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Control #:
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SZTAR003 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (15 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Continued as Board of Equalization of Taxes/ Minutes, 1905-1915. |
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Series:
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Committee on Taxation of Railroad and Canal Property Report to the Legislature, 1934 |
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Control #:
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SZTAS001 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report) |
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Series:
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State Board of Taxes and Assessment Railroad Basement Structure Detail Plans, 1912-1939 |
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Control #:
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SZTAX001 |
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Format:
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4 c.f. (326 plans) |
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Arrangement:
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By plan number |
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Notes:
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The guide includes an index by railroad name, then by division and branch. |
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Series:
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State Board of Taxes and Assessment Annual Reports, 1915-1931 |
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Control #:
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SZTAX002 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (30 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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State Board of Taxes and Assessment New Jersey Tax Laws [publication], 1905-1931 |
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Control #:
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SZTAX003 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (6 vols.) |
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Notes:
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Includes 1905, 1918, 1926 [2x] & 1931 [2x]. |
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Series:
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State Board of Taxes and Assessment Valuation Tables and Determinations, 1916-1924 |
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Control #:
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SZTAX004 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (4 items) |
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Notes:
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Inc. Tables for Valuing Telegraph & Telephone Lines (1916, 1922 & 1924) and Final Determinations - Railroad & Canal Prop. (1918-19). |
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Series:
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State Board of Taxes and Assessment Minutes, 1915-1931 |
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Control #:
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SZTAX005 |
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Format:
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2.75 c.f. (16 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Cont'd from Board of Assessors/Minutes, 1884-1915 & Board of Equal. of Taxes/Minutes, 1905-15; cont'd as Board of Tax Appeals/Minutes. |
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 231.45 c.f. of paper records ~
To contact New Jersey State Archives: Relative to research and mail reference services - archives.reference@sos.state.nj.us Relative to records transfers and donations - archives.collections@sos.state.nj.us For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact: Department of the Treasury, Taxation Division, Taxation Building, 50 Barrack Street, 1st Floor Lobby, Trenton, NJ 08695-0269, tel. 609-292-6400, website: www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation This page last updated 07/07/2008 |
