Scope and Content: The state secretary, pursuant to St 1862, c 26, asked the clerks of the cities and towns of Massachusetts to report amounts paid for assessing and collecting taxes in 1861.  Again, pursuant to St 1871, c 112, the same information was requested for 1870, as well as the percentage of each on the whole amount assessed and collected.  Series consists of completed printed forms from 1862 (box 1) and 1871 (box 2) reporting this information.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year of return, thereunder alphabetically by county, then alphabetically by town
Notes: Formerly part of: Miscellaneous collection, boxes 29, 29A, 31
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