FIRST STATE AND COUNTY TAX RECEIPT TO CLARISSA YOCUM, 25 JUNE 1902
Entry/Object ID
97.58.11.17
Description
FIRST STATE AND COUNTY TAX RECEIPT TO CLARISSA YOCUM, 25 JUNE 1902
Color: White
A first state and county tax receipt from the Los Angeles County Tax Collector to Clarissa Yocum, 25 June 1902. The receipt has lines for form number (58320--see 97.58.11.16 for the second receipt) at the upper left; stamped number "30" below it; title; terms of payment and penalties at upper left and right; state and county rates below the title; and statement of receipt from the tax collector below this. The columns have areas for property description; lot and block numbers; and values of real estate, improvement, personal property, and mortage deduction (all blank.) There are also columns for net value; tax; road tax; special tax; school tax; total tax; and first installment amounts, which were filled in. Penalty and cost amounts were also added in a final total given. At the bottom right penalty amounts are given. The second istallment amount is at the bottom lower left. The assessed property owner's name is at the upper center. Yocum held a mortgage made to her by Walter P. Temple for a 16-acre portion of the Temple Homestead at Rancho La Merced and for which he paid the property tax. There is a stamp at the bottom right indicating the name and date of the tax collector, John H. Gish, with the initails of the deputy. Another stamp below the property description indicates the mortgage book; page number; date; original value; amount due; and assessed value of the property. Walter Temple's signature is just below this stamp. With pin holes from a pin removed at cataloging at the top left; creases at the pin holes and folds; and some discoloration, the receipt is in fair condition.
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Two-dimensional, Receipts, Los Angeles County. Tax Collector, Real property tax--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Tax collection--Los Angeles County (Calif.)
