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Collection Summary | |
Creator: |
Pima County (Ariz.)
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Collection Name: | Pima County, Arizona records, |
Inclusive Dates: | 1864-1923 (bulk 1867-1904) |
Physical Description: | 21 linear feet |
Abstract: | Financial accounts, petitions, bonds, reports, leases, deeds, abstracts of titles, tax lists, bids, and correspondence related to Pima County operations. Chiefly records of the Board of Supervisors, such as letterpress copies of correspondence, petitions for appointments to county office, and financial demands and warrants. |
Collection Number: | AZ 083 |
Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL:http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ |
Pima County, located in southern Arizona, was formed in 1864 by an act of the First Legislative Session of the Territory of Arizona. The county seat is Tucson, Arizona.
Financial accounts, petitions, bonds, reports, leases, deeds, abstracts of titles, tax lists, bids, and correspondence related to Pima County operations. Chiefly records of the Board of Supervisors, such as letterpress copies of correspondence, petitions for appointments to county office, and financial demands and warrants. Other Board records include 1879 orders to incorporate the villages of Tombstone and Arivaca, and papers related to the construction of the first and second County courthouses. Assessor records consist of correspondence and a 1900-1907 block book.
School records include financial records, correspondence, and reports. Teachers' monthly reports indicate number of students enrolled; reports for Florence, 1873, and Tres Alamos, 1874-1875, give student names. School census reports, 1874-1904, list student names, race, whether native or foreign born, and parents' names. Records of other county offices are from the Justice Court, District Court, Coroner, County Hospital, Jailer, Sheriff, Treasurer, and Election Office. A Probate Court docket dates from 1883 to 1885, and an Arizona tax list is for 1879.
Some records relate to bonds for County services such as road overseers, constables, justices of the peace, butchers, physicians, and provisions for indigent sick and prisoners. Also present are records of the Calabasas, Tucson, and Northwestern Railroad Co., 1885-1886, 1892; also the Tucson and Gulf of California Railroad, 1882-1884.
Note: A more detailed inventory of boxes 17-19 and box 37 is available at the repository.
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Pima County, Arizona records (AZ 083). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
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1 | Finding aid for the collection. |
Series I: Board of Supervisors, 1864-1908 | |||||||||||
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2 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1864-1871, 1873 | ||||||||||
Records include financial accounts, both allowed and disallowed, covering court fees, sheriff's fees, rents, office supplies, salaries, jail supplies and services, printing, doctor's fees for care of indigents and prisoners, etc. | |||||||||||
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3 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1874-1876 | ||||||||||
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4 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1877-1879 | ||||||||||
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5 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1880-1882 | ||||||||||
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6 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1883-1888 | ||||||||||
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7 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1889-April 1890 | ||||||||||
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8 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , May-December 1890 | ||||||||||
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9 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1891 | ||||||||||
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10 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1892-1893, 1895, 1899-1900 | ||||||||||
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11 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1901-November 1903 | ||||||||||
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12 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , December 1903-September 1905 | ||||||||||
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13 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , October 1905-April 3, 1908 | ||||||||||
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14 | Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , April 4-July 1908 | ||||||||||
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15 | Board of Supervisors: Warrants and Stubs. , 1864-1865, 1867-1880 | ||||||||||
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16 | Board of Supervisors: Warrants and stubs. , 1881-1885, 1887, 1892, 1895-1901, 1903-1905, 1907-1908 | ||||||||||
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17 | Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to the Board. , 1865, 1867-1881, 1884, 1886-1888 | ||||||||||
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18 | Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to the Board. , 1889-1894 | ||||||||||
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19 | Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to the Board. , 1895-1898, 1900-1903, No Date | ||||||||||
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20 | 1 | From Allen, John B. (Chairman of the Board), order for Peter R. Brady, Sheriff, to rent from Mark Aldrich certain buildings on Military Plaza for county offices. , February 16, 1867 | |||||||||
20 | 1 | Lease between Mark Aldrich and Pima County Board of Supervisors for rent of certain buildings on Military Plaza for use as county offices. , March 28, 1867 | |||||||||
20 | 1 | Order of Board of Supervisors regarding transfer of San Rafael del Valle land grant. , April 3, 1877 | |||||||||
20 | 1 | From Osborn, William J. (Clerk of the Board of Supervisors), notice of meeting called to discuss establishment of a public road from Tucson via Davidson Canyon, Empire Ranch, Crittenden, etc. , October 8, 1879 | |||||||||
20 | 1 | From Oury, William S. (Clerk of the Board of Supervisors), communication regarding the construction of a bridge across the San Pedro River at Charleston (copy). , December 29, 1880 | |||||||||
20 | 1 | From Martin, James (of St. Louis), affidavit relating to loss of warrants. , June 25, 1887 | |||||||||
20 | 1 | From Lacy, H. (Chairman of the Board), order for a special meeting of the Board. , April 8, 1890 | |||||||||
20 | 1 | Transcript of proceedings before the Board of Equalization of Taxes regarding assessment of Santa Rita Land and Cattle Company for 1891. , July 14, 1891 | |||||||||
20 | 1 | Assessment list in the handwriting of Lionel M. Jacobs. , No Date | |||||||||
20 | 1 | Two sketches for "forms and notice for mortgages," in the handwriting of Lionel M. Jacobs. , No Date | |||||||||
20 | 2 | Commitments to the County Hospital. , 1876, 1880-1881 | |||||||||
20 | 3 | Orders to incorporate the villages of Tombstone and Arivaca. , November 1, 1879 and December 20, 1879 | |||||||||
20 | 4 | Orders to Tax Collector, regarding assessments, and to Treasurer, regarding transfer of county funds. , 1889-1890 | |||||||||
20 | 5 | Papers relating to the construction of the first and second Pima County Court Houses, and the various additions to same. , 1867-1899 | |||||||||
Includes bids, deed from Mark Aldrich for land, articles of agreement between the Board and Charles Meyers for construction, notice of completion and establishment of offices, specifications for re-roofing and bids for same, articles of agreement for construction of additional rooms, and similar papers dealing with the construction of the second Court House in 1881. | |||||||||||
20 | 6 | Requisitions to the Board for office supplies and equipment. , 1877, 1879, 1887-1893 | |||||||||
20 | 7 | Certificates of audit. , 1895-1897 | |||||||||
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21 | Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, forms sent out, reports to various territorial officials, assessment lists, etc. , January 1885-February 1888 | ||||||||||
Also contains correspondence of the Board of Equalization. | |||||||||||
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22 | Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , March 1888-June 1890. | ||||||||||
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23 | Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , July 1890-August 1891 | ||||||||||
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24 | Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , June 1891-March 17, 1893 | ||||||||||
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25 | Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , March 20, 1893-October 10, 1894 | ||||||||||
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26 | Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , October 11, 1894-April 16, 1898 | ||||||||||
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27 | Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , April 16, 1898-May 23, 1899 | ||||||||||
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28 | Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , May 24-December 1899 |
Series II: Assessor, 1875-1923 | |||||||||||
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29 | Assessor: Statement under oath of the property held, owned, claimed by, or in possession of, for the year. , 1875-1881 | ||||||||||
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30 | Assessor: Correspondence. , 1888-1889, 1892, 1895, 1902-1909, 1914, 1919-1923 | ||||||||||
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31 | Assessor: Letterpress copies of correspondence and tax notices. , June 1892-August 1894, June 1897 | ||||||||||
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32 | Assessor: Tax list and other records. , 1879-1880 | ||||||||||
Contains a record of sale of horses and mules by the sheriff, April 9, 1880 | |||||||||||
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33 | Assessor: Block book. , 1900-1907 | ||||||||||
Includes documentation of Buell's Addition, South Side University Addition, Sunny Side Addition, Buena Vista Addition, Canfield Tract, Manlove Addition. | |||||||||||
Series III: Justice Court, 1867-1897 | |||||||||||
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34 | Justice Court: Commitments. , 1867-1880 | ||||||||||
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35 | 1-2 | Justice Court: Discharges. , 1869-1881 | |||||||||
35 | 3 | Justice Court: Executions. , 1870, 1874-1875, 1877, 1881 | |||||||||
35 | 4 | Justice Court: Inquisitions. , 1867, 1877 | |||||||||
35 | 5 | Justice Court: Judgements. , 1869, 1876 | |||||||||
35 | 6 | Justice Court: Reports of cases tried. , 1875-1876, 1879 | |||||||||
35 | 7 | Justice Court: Reports of fines. , 1871, 1894-1897 | |||||||||
35 | 8 | Justice Court: Summons. , 1867, 1873-1874, 1876-1877 | |||||||||
35 | 9 | Justice Court: Undertakings. , 1869, 1874 | |||||||||
35 | 10 | Justice Court: Warrants for arrest. , 1867-1874, 1878-1879 | |||||||||
35 | 11 | Justice Court: Writs of Attachments. , 1873-1874, 1877, 1881 | |||||||||
35 | 12 | Justice Court: Miscellaneous. |
Series IV: District Court, 1864-1903 | |||||||||||
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36 | 1-3 | District Court: Miscellaneous documents. , 1867, 1869-1877, 1879-1880, 1891, 1893, 1896-1897, 1900 | |||||||||
36 | 4 | District Court: Case of Santiago Ainsa, administrator of estate of Frank Ely (deceased) vs. New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Company (transcript). , 1892 | |||||||||
36 | 5 | District Court: Case of Frank Dobszinsky vs. H. E. Jenkins and H. D. Jenkins (transcript). , 1890 | |||||||||
36 | 6 | District Court: Case of John L. Stevens vs. Morgan R. Wise (transcript). , 1899 | |||||||||
36 | 7 | District Court: Case of City of Tucson vs. Lizzie Woods, et al. Regarding removal of the "wedge" on Congress Street. (Order appointing a commission, and assessment roll). , 1903 | |||||||||
36 | 8 | District Court: Case of United States of America vs. Colin Cameron. Regarding fencing of public lands (transcript). , 1887 | |||||||||
36 | 9 | District Court: Case of C. M. Williams vs. San Pedro Cattle Company (transcript). , 1894 |
Series V: Miscellaneous (part 1), 1866-1904 | |||||||||||
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37 | 1 | Abstracts of titles to various mines including Dragoon, Tom Scott, Defiance, Bell and Challenge. , March 10, 1880 | |||||||||
37 | 2-4 | Agreements and Bonds. , 1871-1878, 1880-1882, 1887-1889, 1892, 1895, 1897, 1903 | |||||||||
Note: A more detailed inventory of agreements and bonds is available at the repository. | |||||||||||
37 | 5 | Assessor: Personal property tax collected. , April-May 1887 | |||||||||
37 | 6 | Invoices from Pima County to the U. S. Government for rent of a room in the county Court House, for use during federal court proceedings. , 1872-1876 | |||||||||
37 | 7 | Bonds relating to court actions. , 1870-1877 | |||||||||
Includes:
Bond in suit of Thomas Harmon against Mortimer R. Platt,
1870
Bond of indemnity to William S. Oury, Sheriff, in suit of
Barnett and Block against Zubiate and Company, 1873
Bond of indemnity to Will S. Oury, Sheriff, in suit of
Wormser and Wertheimer against Zubriate and Company, 1873
Bond of indemnity to William S. Oury, Sheriff, in suit of
Woffenden against Goldbert and Company, 1873
Redelivery bond in suit of Joseph Neugass against A.
Brichta, 1877
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37 | 8 | Calabasas, Tucson, and Northwestern Railroad Company: Miscellaneous documents. , 1885-1886, 1892 | |||||||||
Includes names of incorporators, notice of election to vote about granting county aid and various petitions to issue bonds, secure county aid, extend completion time of the railroad. | |||||||||||
37 | 9 | Census of Pima County. , 1867 | |||||||||
37 | 10 | Certificates of nomination. , 1902, 1904 | |||||||||
37 | 11 | Coroner: Miscellaneous documents. , 1867, 1869, 1875 | |||||||||
37 | 12 | County Hospital: Report of patients under treatment and remaining in the hospital. , October-December 1899 | |||||||||
37 | 13 | Deeds. , 1876-1884 | |||||||||
Includes:
Sheriff's deeds under execution, relating to various land
grants
Quitclaim deed from Pima County to Manuel Gandora:
Calabasas and Tumacacori Land Grant
Deed, bargain and sale from Alfred Green to Mary Harrison
for property in La Noria
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37 | 14 | Delinquent Taxes. , 1867-1900 | |||||||||
Includes receipts and reports by the Sheriff, Treasurer, District Attorney and Tax Collector. | |||||||||||
37 | 15 | Goldschmidt, Leo: Various papers transferring certain notes and other evidence of indebtedness to Albert Steinfeld. , 1889 | |||||||||
37 | 16 | Governor: Election proclamations. , 1878-1904 | |||||||||
October 5, 1878: John C. Fremont, accompanied by a letter
September 25, 1902: Alexander O. Brodie
October 28, 1903: Alexander O. Brodie (5 copies)
September 15 and October 31, 1904: Alexander O. Brodie
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37 | 17 | Governor: Extradition orders. , 1876 | |||||||||
37 | 18 | Governor: Pardons. , 1871-1874, 1876, 1879-1880 | |||||||||
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38 | 1 | Jailor (Tucson and Nogales): Reports. , 1875, 1881, 1887-1890 | |||||||||
Includes regular reports, record of U. S. prisoners in the Pima County Jail and testimony regarding the escape of prisoners on January 1, 1875. | |||||||||||
38 | 2 | Jury Lists. , 1872, 1874-1878, 1880 | |||||||||
38 | 3 | Mining claims: Notices of location. , 1874-1875, 1877-1878 | |||||||||
38 | 4 | Parsons, Mary E. (school teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts): Letter to Governor A. P. K. Safford. , June 23, 1873 | |||||||||
38 | 5 | Probate Court: Miscellaneous papers and documents. , 1864, 1867, 1872, 1874, 1877-1881, 1884 | |||||||||
38 | 6 | Recorder: Miscellaneous papers and documents. , 1870-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1886, 1903 | |||||||||
38 | 7 | Recorder's Court: Miscellaneous papers and documents. , 1873-1874 | |||||||||
38 | 8 | Road Overseers: Miscellaneous financial records. , 1871-1888 | |||||||||
38 | 9 | Sheriff (and/or Assessor): Miscellaneous financial records. , 1868-1887 | |||||||||
38 | 10 | Sheriff: Receipts. , 1868-1869, 1871, 1887, 1897 | |||||||||
38 | 11 | Sheriff: Miscellaneous documents. , 1866, 1873-1879, 1881, 1887, 1895 | |||||||||
38 | 12 | Sheriff: Monthly report of property taxes collected. , September-November 1871 | |||||||||
38 | 13 | Sheriff: Monthly reports of License taxes collected. , 1864-1892 | |||||||||
38 | 14 | Statement under oath of ore extracted from mines. , 1880 | |||||||||
38 | 15 | Supreme Court Chief Justice: Miscellaneous documents. , 1874, 1894 | |||||||||
38 | 16 | Tax Collector: Certificate of sale for real estate. , March-April 1899 | |||||||||
38 | 17 | Tax Collector: Monthly report. , 1897 | |||||||||
38 | 18 | Territorial Prison Superintendent: Receipts for prisoners. , 1875-1876 | |||||||||
38 | 19 | Territorial Treasurer: Receipts and accounts regarding county funds due the Territorial treasury. , 1865, 1868-1871, 1876-1877, 1896, 1900-1901 | |||||||||
38 | 20 | Treasurer: Reports to the Superintendent of Schools regarding school funds. , 1889-1893 | |||||||||
38 | 21 | Treasurer: Miscellaneous documents. , 1874-1875, 1890 | |||||||||
38 | 22 | U. S. Commissioner: Document regarding a case of mail robbery. , 1878 |
Series VI: School District, 1867-1905 | |||||||||||
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39 | 1 | Schools: Financial records. , 1867, 1871-1876 | |||||||||
39 | 2 | Schools: Joint County Institutes, attendance of teachers. , 1894, 1897 | |||||||||
39 | 3 | Schools: Miscellaneous school documents. , 1872-1873, 1875, 1887-1891, 1893-1895, 1898-1899 | |||||||||
39 | 4 | Schools: Correspondence from Osburn, William J. (Superintendent of Schools). , 1873-1874 | |||||||||
39 | 5 | Schools: Apportionments of school funds. , 1890-1893, 1897-1898 | |||||||||
39 | 6 | Schools: Superintendent of Schools report to Territorial Board of Examiners. , 1887-1888, 1892-1894, 1896-1898 | |||||||||
39 | 7 | Schools: Superintendent of Schools annual report to the Governor. , 1873-1874 | |||||||||
39 | 8 | Schools: Superintendent of Schools quarterly report to the Board of Supervisors of warrants drawn upon the School Fund. , 1887-1888 | |||||||||
39 | 9 | Schools: Teacher's annual report of the public school. , 1893-1894, 1896-1897, 1898-1899, 1899-1900 | |||||||||
39 | 10 | Schools: Tucson School District notice of special election regarding tax to be levied to build a public school house; also a poll list and tally list. , June 21, 1873 | |||||||||
39 | 11 | Schools: Trustees' reports , 1874, 1895-1896 | |||||||||
39 | 12 | Schools: Warrants for supplies. , 1892 | |||||||||
39 | 13 | Schools: Warrants for salaries, services, etc. , 1873-1880, 1883, 1887, 1895, 1897-1901, 1904-1905 | |||||||||
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40 | 1 | Abstract of census returns of children in Pima County. , 1873-1876 | |||||||||
40 | 2 | School Census Marshall: Report. , 1873-1904 | |||||||||
1873: District No. 2, Sanford
1873: District No. 3, Florence
1873: District No. 4, San Pedro
1874: District No. 2, Sanford
1874: District No. 3, Florence
1874: District No. 4, San Pedro
1886-1887: District No. 1, Tucson
1895-1896: District No. 6, Kenilworth
?: District No. 37, Oro
1899-1900: District No. 29, Sahuarito
1900-1901: District No. 1, Tucson
1902-1903: District No. 1, Tucson
1903-1904: District No. 1, Tucson
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40 | 3 | County Superintendent of Schools: Report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the annual school census. , 1892-1893, 1893-1894, 1895-1896, 1897-1898 | |||||||||
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41 | Superintendent of Schools: Day Book of School Funds and Probate Court Docket. , 1886-1887, 1883-1885 | ||||||||||
Record of receipts and disbursements for each district. | |||||||||||
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42 | Superintendent of Schools: Minutes of meetings of the Board of Examiners of Pima County. , 1889-1894 | ||||||||||
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43 | Superintendent of Schools: Minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 15. , 1884-1886 | ||||||||||
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44 | Superintendent of Schools: Record of Trustees in each school district. , 1891-1896 | ||||||||||
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45 | Superintendent of Schools: Quarterly financial report. , July-September 1897 | ||||||||||
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46 | Schools: Teachers' monthly reports from various districts. , 1873-1875, 1891-1892, 1894-1896 |
Series VII: Miscellaneous (part 2), 1864-1884 | |||||||||||
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47 | Ore Shipments from Tucson. , 1876-1877 | ||||||||||
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48 | Recorder: Abstracts of unsatisfied mortgages. , 1864-1876 | ||||||||||
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49 | Tucson Gulf of California Railroad: Miscellaneous documents. , 1882-1884 |
Series VIII: Tax Collector, 1871-1875 | |||||||||||
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50 | 1-4 | Tax Collector: License tax stubs. , 1871, 1873-1875 | |||||||||
50 | 5-6 | Tax Collector: Poll tax stubs. , 1871-1872 | |||||||||
50 | 7 | Tax Collector: Property tax stubs. , 1871 | |||||||||
50 | 8 | Tax Collector: Road tax. , 1871 |
Series IX: Treasurer, 1865-1896 | |||||||||||
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51 | Treasurer: Receipts. , 1865, 1868-1881, 1887, 1896 | ||||||||||
Issued by the Treasurer for: | |||||||||||
License and poll taxes collected by the Sheriff
Fines and delinquent taxes issued by the Distract Attorney
and Justice of the Peace
Rent collected by the Sheriff and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors
Tax roll issued by the Recorder
Monies for School and General Funds directed by the Board of
Supervisors
Various other receipts dealing with county funds
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52 | 1 | Treasurer: Annual Report. , 1873, 1876 | |||||||||
52 | 2 | Treasurer: Monthly report of receipts and disbursements. , 1890, 1896 | |||||||||
52 | 3 | Treasurer: Quarterly report of receipts and disbursements. , 1867-1887 | |||||||||
Includes reports from: | |||||||||||
1867
1869-1871
January-March 1872
1873-1876
January-June 1877
April-September 1878
1879-1880
July-September 1883
Fragment for January-February 1887
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52 | 4 | Treasurer: Monthly statement of monies received. , 1866-1872 | |||||||||
Includes statements from: | |||||||||||
January-April 1866
January-November 1867
January-December 1869
January-December 1870
January-February, April, June-July 1871
April 1872
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52 | 5 | Treasurer: Quarterly statement of receipts into the treasury. , 1871-1876 | |||||||||
Includes statements from: | |||||||||||
1871
1873
January-June 1874
1875
1876
Also July-September, no year given
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Series X: Election Returns, 1864-1902 | |||||||||||
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53 | Election returns including poll lists, tally lists, certificates of registration and other related material. , 1864, 1870, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1890, 1902 |