Name/Title
Spalsbury: #134 Tax ReceiptEntry/Object ID
2021.2.378Scope and Content
A tri-folded Tax Receipts for O. M. Spalsbury for 1897. Document is on City Treasurer's Office ledger paper and signed by Rice D. Gilkey, Treasurer. The upper left hand corner provides the Tax Levy schedule. The middle section of the back side is printed "City Tax Receipt 1897" and includes a NOTICE from the Treasurer.Context
Tax Levy 1897 The Receipt Must Be Signed By The Auditor 777
.......... $1.00 CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE ORIGINAL
........... .30 St. Joseph, Mo., May 17, 1897
........... .25
On each $100 Valuation $1.55
Received from O. M. Spalsbury the sum of 24 & 05/100 Dollars,
in full of the Taxes levied upon the following Property by the City of St. Joseph, for the year 1897,
to wit:
DESCRIPTION Lot Blk. ADDITION Valuation Tax Total
Dolls. Cts. Dolls. Cts.
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Personal 150 2.33
11 9 Patee 1500
23.25
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25.58
Discount . .6 . per cent 1.53
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Total Tax $24.05
T. R. Asshand . . . Auditor Rice D. Gilkey. . . . Treasurer
. . . . . . .Deputy
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CITY TAX RECEIPT 1897
Rice D. Gilkey
Treasurer and Ex-Officio Collector
St. Joseph, MO
NOTICE
Read this receipt carefully. If any errors or
omissions, report them immediately, as the Collector
is responsible only for what the tax receipt calls for.
SEC. No. 1337 R. S. --No demand of taxes shall
be necessary, but it is the duty of every person
subject to taxation to attend at the CIty Collector's
Office, between the First day of May and the
First day of September of each year and pay the
same. After the First day of September they shall
be delinquent and bear interest at the rate of
twenty-four percent per annum, and if the taxes
are not paid on or before the First Monday of
November, each year, they shall be sold for the same.
SEC. 1338 R. S. - The following rebates are
allowed the prompt payment of taxes each year.
If paid during the month of May, 6 per cent
discount; the month of June, 4 per cent discount;
the month of July, 2 per cent discount; the month
of August, par.
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Category 08: Communication Objects
