By-Laws of the Hoboken Tax-Payers' and Citizens' Association. 1873.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

pg [1] front cover; title

pg [1] front cover; title

Name/Title

By-Laws of the Hoboken Tax-Payers' and Citizens' Association. 1873.

Entry/Object ID

2004.011.1001

Scope and Content

By-Laws of the Hoboken Tax-Payers' and Citizens' Association together with a Statement of Facts and Principles which Every Tax-Payer Should be Familiar. 1873. Booklet, 5-1/8" wide x 6-5/8" high, brass grommet binding; 34 pp. including covers (last three pages and rear cover blank.) Page 28 has the officers and committees of this taxpayers group. Note that the addresses are "old" numbers (prior to 1892) in the street address arrangement. President, John Livesey, 63 Garden St. Vice-President, Herman H. Luhrs, corrner of 1st & Hudson Streets Secretary, William Cranstoun, Jr., 28 Newark St. Treasurer, William H. Harper, 28 Newark Street. Committees: Chairman of Executive Committee, Thomas Forster, 140 Bloomfield St. Chairman of General Committee, Robert A. Reed, 89 Washington St. Chairman of Law Committee, Charles Spielmann, 8 Newark St. General topics include the by-laws; the statement (which is comments about government administration, assessments, surveys, bonds, costs of improvements, etc); letters to and from the City (Mayor Frederick L. Schmersahl, 1871-1873) re assessments, cost overurns; report by City Surveyor A.L. Du Puget on Twelfth Street improvements plus comments; "The Decision on the Eighth Street Assessment." Also complaints about assessments for land that according to them was part of West Hoboken, not Hoboken. Page 23 has a list of some members of the City Council for period of 1869-1871 when Hazen Kimball was Mayor and the contracts were made for the 12th St. assessment: Ritter, Peter Bownes, Joseph W. Besson, Robert H. Cole, Sumner B. Foster, George Healy, James Lee, John McGavisk, Peter ("the present Mayor") Schalck, Charles W. Schmersahl, Frederick L. Page 28 also has a late notice of two lawsuits filed against the City to have the Thirteenth Street bonds redeemed.

Acquisition

Accession

2004.011

Source or Donor

Staff

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Credit Line

Museum Collection.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1873 - 1873

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1873 Date(s): 1873-1873

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2008-06-16