Salt Lake City (Utah). City Assessor Tax assessment rolls, 1856-1892.

These volumes record the assessment of real and personal property. They were used for taxing purposes. Individual city assessors assessed and collected property taxes within municipal boundaries. In 1892, the Territorial Legislature changed the law to require county assessors to assess property for city levied taxes (as well as the usual territorial and county taxes) in incorporated areas. All volumes are labeled Assessment Roll and contain the same information: ward number; name; description of real estate; lot number; block number; letter of plat; value of real estate; value of cattle; value of mules; value of vehicles; value of merchandise; value of stock on national banks; value of gold and silver; taxable credits of bonds; money loaned on hand or deposit; value of personal property; total value; amount of tax; amount remitted or abated by Board of Equalization; amount paid and when paid. There is one volume per year for 1856 to 1869. Beginning with 1871, there are two volumes per year. One is labeled "Original" and contains the initial assessments while the second is the "Duplicate" containing any corrections and listing all payments made on taxes. Volumes 1891 and 1892 are split into two volumes "East of Main Street" and "West of Main Street".