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Fort Worth, Texas, Dec 29 '03

The Honorable Mayor & Council of the City of Ft. Worth

I hereby beg
to petition you to correct the error of $1950.00 in the valued assessed
on my personal property for the year 1903 by the board of equalization.

My rendition of 1050.22 is correct but the board of equalization
raised this amount to $3000.00 & no notice was given me. I have
ascertained that the collector holds no acknowledgement signed by me
of notice ever having been served. Had I received notice I would
have appeared before that board & made affidavit that my rendition of
$1050.00 is correct.

It is possible that the figure named by the board of
equalization was based on my last years personal property rendition
which was in error & which was corrected by the City Council on my
petition.

In view of the foregoing circumstances I pray you to instruct
the collector to correct his records to show an assessment of $1050.00
on my personal property instead of $3000.00.

Very respectfully,
Mrs. M. A. Fender

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
the 30th day of December A.D. 1903.
A. W. Samuels
Notary Public in and for
Tarrant County, Texas.