Scope and Contents

The official proceedings record minutes of meetings of the Board of Supervisors of Assessments for September 7, 1857 through October 27, 1869. In the same volume are the 1870 and the 1871 registers of applications for the adjustment of assessments as maintained by the Department of Assessments.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The assessment rolls proper begin in 1857. The volumes are arranged by municipal district, broken down by assessment districts, and then by square. Individual line entries record the name of the landowner, the number and measurements of the lot, the streets bounding the property (and the street fronting it), and the assessed value for both the assessment year and the previous year. Properties sold during the previous year are indicated along with the date of sale, the buyer's name, and,...