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The position of City Treasurer was created in Seattle's first City Charter in 1869. The Treasurer administered the collection, management, and disbursement of all City moneys; invested temporary surplus cash; and administered Local Improvement District assessments. The Treasurer, like the Comptroller, was an elected official until 1992 when a City Charter amendment abolished the two positions and consolidated the two departments into an executive agency, the Department of Finance.

Oversized photographs of seven past City Treasurers. Includes two photographs of Lloyd Hara and one undated 8x10 photograph of the Treasurer's employees.

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Opinions and advice from the Law Department relating to financial issues and other issues of interest especially to the Comptroller and Treasurer's offices. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Listing of guaranty deposits including department, date, voucher number, to whom issued and paid, amount, and how paid.

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Record of assessments against property benefiting from local improvement district projects. Includes LID number, location, type of improvement, property owner, legal description, assessment, and details of payment schedule.

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Delinquent assessment roll for local improvement districts in South Park. Includes property description, owner name, frontage feet, assessment, penalties and interest, total due, date paid and name of payee.

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Roll of delinquent assessments for local improvement districts created by Town of Columbia Ordinances 29, 31, 32. Includes property description, owner, frontage feet, per foot assessment, total cost, penalty interest, total delinquent charge, amount and date paid, and special notes.

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Sale of a foreclosure certificate for delinquent local improvement assessments based on a judgment and decree in Superior Court. Property owners were given a period for redemption before sale was final. Includes address and legal description of property, purchaser, owner, LID number, street and type of improvement, amount of sale, date, and assessment roll volume number and page.

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Tax Lists for the City of Seattle
1874-1878
3 volumes

Taxes levied on City residents. Includes name, property description, real estate and personal property values, total valuation, amount assessed for each tax, and total tax. Taxes included Road Poll, Road Property, City, Gas Light, Fire, and Cemetery.

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Lists of delinquent City taxes turned over to the King County Treasurer for collection. Once collected, proceeds were returned to the City Clerk. Includes name of delinquent individual or business, description of property, assessed valuation, and taxes owed. One volume (1876-1877) includes a list of collections returned to the City.

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Rolls of delinquent City taxes and register of sales and redemptions. Includes property description, valuation, delinquent tax, name of purchaser (when relevant), amount paid, and date. Ordinance 29695 (1912) released all City claims to property liens recorded in volume 1 and Ordinance 45744 released claims from volume 2.

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Record of 1892 city taxes collected between October 1892 and March 1893. Includes date collected, name of individual, and amount of city tax and grade tax.

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Roll of delinquent 1892 taxes for the City of Ballard. Includes name, property description, total valuation of real property, total delinquent tax, and if applicable, sewer fund tax, interest due, penalty for delinquency, and cost of advertising delinquency notice. Also includes date of payment. All outstanding delinquent taxes were forgiven in 1923 by Ordinance 45744.

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Record of delinquent taxes on real property for the years 1873-1884 and 1889-1890. Includes owner's name, legal description, year assessed, original tax, total tax collected, and sales information when property was sold to satisfy delinquent taxes.

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Plat books consisting of plats reduced to 12"x12" format. Includes drawings of platted lands, name of plat, an explanation of plat, and certification of filing. Plats are of additions to the City, subdivisions, and condominiums. Some volumes contain indexes.

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