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Archival description
Subseries · 1828-1972, 1985
Part of Municipality of the District of Argyle (1926-1987) fonds
Subseries forms part of General Municipal Records series and consists of a volume of detailed poor farm accounts, which indicate income from the sale of produce and other sources, and maintenance expenditures for the Poor Farm. Also, a volume of patient accounts and records, and a folder of account records for the Yarmouth-Argyle-Barrington District Planning Commission.
Fonds · 1835-1985
minutes of the church meetings, the United Baptist Woman's Missionary Society, the True Blue Sunday School and records of the Y.P.S.C.E. The fonds also consists of correspondence, vital statistics, annual reports, donation records, church programs records, insurance documents, a guest book, deeds, financial records and membership lists.
Fonds · 1850-1986
Fonds consists of records created or received by the Municipality of Argyle while carrying out the activities of property assessment and tax collection. Because of prior arrangement, it was decided to maintain the municipal taxation records in a fonds separate from the rest of the municipal records. The records within each series have been arranged in chronological order.
Tax Assessment Rolls
Series · 1850-1986, predominant 1864-1986
Part of Municipality of the District of Argyle Taxation fonds
Series forms part of Municipality of the District of Argyle Taxation fonds and consists of tax assessment rolls for the Municipality of the District of Argyle, and prior to 1879, the Township of Argyle. Assessment rolls provide a listing of all property owners within the Municipality of Argyle, and the value of their taxable property. The rolls assess real property, personal property, levy a poll tax and some other taxes (such as dog tax beginning in 1909). There are some gaps in the records and some assessment rolls are incomplete. For the years 1952 to 1977 the assessment rolls are combined with rate rolls. These contain all of the information that would have been found on the assessment rolls as well as the amount of taxes actually levied on individuals. From 1983 assessment rolls were not arranged alphabetically within each district. For each year there is an index to assessment rolls which accompanies the actual rolls and is used as a finding aid.
Forman Hatfield fonds
Fonds · 1855-1934
Fonds consists of one day book, containing account records, created by Forman Hatfield for his Tusket Wedge general store and one ship yard time book, which records hours and some activities regarding the building of the 1709 ton ship John Y. Robbins, which was launched on 3 July 1890. The last section of the notebook was used by P. Lent Hatfield as an account book in his general store.
Property Assessment Records
Series forms part of Municipality of the District of Argyle Taxation fonds and consists of assessment schedules, notices to ratepayers, and assessment field cards. These are the tools which were used by tax assessors in order to maintain a record of assessment values on individual properties throughout the Municipality of Argyle. A wide variety of information on properties is recorded in these documents, such as acreages; building dimensions & age; and ownership of personal property such as livestock, farming & fishing equipment.
Assessment Schedules
Subseries forms part of Property Assessment Records series and consists of assessment schedules for the period 1864-1924. Assessment schedules show the breakdown on assessment values for real and personal property for individuals. Assessment schedules, schedules of property, and estimates of property were written by either appointed assessors or by the individuals whose property was assessed. Assessment schedules, schedules of property, and estimates of property are handwritten documents and are usually signed and dated by the creator. The assessment schedules are arranged chronologically and cover the period 1864-1924.
Fonds · 1860-1982; predominant 1940-1982
Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, enrollment and registration material, and financial records pertaining to the administration of schools and the educational systems at the municipal level within the Municipality. Records are arranged chronologically, either according to school years, which begins in August and ends in July, or according to fiscal year. In some instances, the records are also alphabetically arranged within the year according to the names of committees, teachers, schools or school sections.
Fonds · 1861-1945
Fonds consists of records of court cases held in the Municipality of Argyle, Stipendiary Magistrates' Court. These case records include correspondence between barristers and clerks of the Court, subpoenas, summons, court accounts, plaintiffs' fee bills, decisions, and records related to the operations of the Court.
Tax collection reports
Series forms part of Municipality of the District of Argyle Taxation fonds and consists of annual reports of tax collection for the municipality. The reports differ in form and content but information provided includes annual levy, monthly or annual collection, percent of levy collected, reliefs, outstanding amounts, etc.