Insurance Commissioner - Commissioner's Office - Railroad Income Tax Records

Series

Identifier: 008-01-025

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This series consists of the records of the payment of annual taxes by the railroads chartered in the State of Georgia. This tax was based on 1/2 of 1% of net earnings and was payable on May 1 of each year. The series includes the following information: (1) name of company, (2) number of miles of main track and side track, (3) gross receipts and their source, (4) ordinary expenses, (5) extraordinary expenses, (6) amount of tax owed, (7) signatures of the company president and witnessing official.

Dates

Created: 1878-1898

Creator

Insurance Commissioner (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The series arranged chronologically by year. There is no index.

Record Groups

- 008. Insurance Commissioner
- 008/01. Commissioner's Office

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Insurance Commissioner - Commissioner's Office - Railroad Income Tax Records
Author: Georgia Archives
Description rules: Local
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin