Collection: City Treasurer's Record of Taxes Collected

Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates

Creation: 1892

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). Office of the Treasurer (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

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 monies, invested temporary surplus cash, kept accounts of all funds received and expended, 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.