Scope and Contents

This series records the quarterly tax statements of express, telegraph, telephone and sleeping car companies as required by Georgia Law 1881, pp 39. The actual statements include: (1) name of company, (2) inclusive dates of settlement, (3) where chartered, (4) gross receipts, (5) the amount of tax, (6) when received, (7) when paid.

Scope and Contents

This cashbook shows the amount of unimproved or wild lands taxes paid to the Comptroller General's office and forwarded to the State Treasury. The credit entry gives the date, name of bank and amount of payment. The debit entry includes the date, certificate number and amount of payment.

Scope and Contents

This series consists of a record of total ad valorem tax payments on unimproved or wild lands from each of the counties for specific dates. Data consistently given consists of: (1) county name (2) date (3) district (4) year and (5) amount.

Scope and Contents

This register contains the amounts of county tax levied on unimproved or wild lands for the year 1878 in Georgia. The volume lists alphabetically by county the tax rate (expressed in terms of the rate per $100 worth of land), the value of the land and the amount of county tax due. Please see also Wild Lands Tax Digests, RGSGSERIES 8-5-39, which give further information to tax payers on wild lands.

Scope and Contents This series is a recording of those individuals who failed to pay taxes on unimproved or wild lands in their possession. Data consistently given includes: (1) names of all persons involved in each case, (2) the date that the violation commenced, (3) the percent on which the principal was calculated, (4) the amount of principal involved when the case was turned over to the Attorney General's office or sheriff, and (5) the final disposition. This series is directly related to the Fieri Facias...

Scope and Contents This series consists of a register of lands on which the Comptroller General (now known as the Insurance Commissioner) has issued writs of fi fa. This series directly relates to the Wild Lands Transfer Register, RGSGSERIES 8-5-54, in that all unimproved or wild lands on which no tax was paid and which were given over for sheriff sales should be contained in this series. It also relates to Fieri Facias Dockets, RGSGSERIES 8-5-68, recording those individuals who failed to pay tax on wild...

Scope and Contents

This series contains a record of persons who owned wild lands in counties other than their county of residence. These landowners were required to mail their ad valorem taxes to the Comptroller-General (GA L. 1872, pp 167). Information consistently given includes: (1) lot number (2) section and (3) district and county. In some cases, notes are made next to the recordings concerning fi fas and final disposition of the property.

Scope and Contents

This series consists of a journal recording real estate tax refunds to those who had paid excess taxes and costs. Information consistently given consists of: (1) date, (2) amount paid, (3) to whom paid, (4) county where land was located, and (5) number or district where land was located.

Scope and Contents The Georgia Legislature passed Resolution No. 36 (1869), requiring the Wild Lands Clerk to compile a list of returned unimproved lands for the years 1868, 1869, and 1870. The list includes the name and post office of the person returning the land. The following information is consistently given: (1) number of acres of land (2) county number (3) district number (4) section number (5) county where the land lies and (6) total value of land. These lists were to serve as a reference book for the...

Scope and Contents

This series consists of journals that record taxes paid on unimproved or wild lands in Georgia. The following information is consistently given: (1) the number of the payment (2) district (3) section (4) number of acres (5) county name (6) name of person paying the tax (7) year the taxes were paid (8) amount paid and (9) address of the taxpayer. The amount of information given for each entry varies.

Scope and Contents This series contains digests which record all unimproved or wild lands on which no taxes were paid for a given tax year. Each local tax receiver was required (GA L. 1874, pp 105) to list all such lands in their district and to forward this list to the Comptroller General. The Comptroller General was then required to compile all lists into one digest recording the following: (1) county name, (2) number, (3) district, (4) section, (5) number of acres, and (6) assessed tax value. The contents...

Scope and Contents

The first law requiring taxes on unimproved or wild lands to be paid by non-residents was passed in 1866. If the taxes were not paid, the Comptroller General could advertise and the county sheriff sell the land at public auction. The law was repealed in 1868 and all land sales from the act were voided in 1869 and 1870. Taxation of wild lands was again enacted in 1872. The law’s purpose was to collect taxes on unimproved or wild lands from land owners residing outside the county.

Scope and Contents This series records wild land sales by sheriffs in execution of writs of fieri facias. The following information is contained in a bound volume and is consistently given: (1) number and district land lot, (2) present county, (3) name of purchaser,(4) amount paid, (5) amount of tax due, (6) processing cost, (7) amount of sheriff's costs, (8) amount of advertising, (9) date of sale, (10) county of sale, (11) excess of tax and costs.See also RGSGSERIES 8-5-72, Fi Fa Register,...