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P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Department of the Treasury - Taxation Records (including railroad and canal taxation)
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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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Series:
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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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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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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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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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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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Series:
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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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Click here!
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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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Series:
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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. (29 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 ~
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This page last updated 05/17/2006
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