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This series consists of one loose-leaf notebook containing abstracts of ordinances passed by the City Council. These abstracts are general summaries of the ordinances. Information presented in these includes the inclusive dates, as reflected in the Minute Books, in which these ordinances were approved, a summary of their contents and the number of the page in which they were recorded in the bound volumes found in RGSGSERIES 105-20-51, City Council Ordinances.

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This series consists of unbound business stubs, which document the name and kind of businesses located in Milledgeville for the dates listed. Information presented in these stubs includes: (1) the name of the owner; (2) the name or type of business; (3) the dates for which the license was in force; (4) the date license was issued and its cost, and (5) the number of the license.

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Cash books document the amount of money the payer spent and to whom and when it was spent and is thus the same as an account book. The volumes comprising this series serve this purpose for the City of Milledgeville. Information in these volumes includes: (1) the name of the recipient of payment; (2) an enumeration of the amount involved; (3) specifications for the purpose of the transaction, and (4) date of payment.

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This census documents the names of the residents of Milledgeville and other related information for the date listed. Information presented includes the name, age, skin color and residence of each entry.

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This series consists of bound volumes whose information documents the payments by the City Clerk to the individuals on the payroll of the City of Milledgeville. The information includes the amount paid to each individual and the date of payment but does not often specify the reason for the payment.

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This series consists of bound volumes that provide documentation of the ordinances of the Milledgeville City Council for the dates listed. These ordinances deal exclusively with the regulation of spirituous liquors. The information presented in these volumes includes the ordinances, their dates of approval by the City Council, and the signatures of the Mayor and members of the City Council.

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The bound volume comprising this series documents the amount of tax the City Clerk collected on the Cotton Warehouse Tax for each year and contains other information that includes: (1) name of owner; (2) owner's county of residence; (3) brand or mark of owner; (4) cotton bale number; (5) weight of cotton bale, and (6) amount of tax.

Scope and Contents The bound volumes comprising this series provide documentation for the criminal complaints filed by the state in the Police (Mayor's) Court of Milledgeville and the judgment resulting from such complaints. The types of cases appearing before this court involve minor charges such as disorderly conduct, affray, disturbing the peace and vagrancy. Information found in these volumes includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) name of defendant; (3) type of charge levied, and (4) judgment...

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This series consists of bound volumes of the minutes of the City Council of Milledgeville and documents the decisions and the business transactions the Mayor and City Council considered during the inclusive dates listed. Among the subjects discussed were regulation of street traffic and public drunkenness, the creation of a Fire Department and Board of Health and the regulation of the sale of intoxicating liquors.

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This series is composed of miscellaneous unbound records from the City of Milledgeville. The types of records found in this series include fliers, telegrams, receipts, cancelled checks, promissory notes, minutes of City Council meetings, bonds and copies of ordinances.

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These bound volumes document the payments made by the City Clerk for services rendered to the City of Milledgeville and for the purchase of goods. The information contained in these records includes: (1) name of the recipient; (2) amount of money involved in transaction; (3) specifications for the purpose of transaction, and (4) date of payment. Promissory notes, bills of lading and other related documents are also included.

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These bound volumes document the names of the persons buried in the City Cemetery for the dates listed. Information found in the volumes includes the following: (1) name, age, sex, and color of deceased; (2) name of disease the deceased expired of; (3) nativity of the deceased, and (4) place and date of death.

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These bound volumes contain lists of the registered voters for the time period listed.

Scope and Contents This series is composed of bound tax digests that document the taxation value of personal property and other related revenue matters affecting the residents of Milledgeville for the dates listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) name of resident; (2) the ward number in which resident lived; (3) the number of males over 16 years of age living in resident's household; (4) amount of money and solvent debts, real estate and personal property resident owned (some volumes...