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Ft.Worth Texas, Jan.1st.1904.

To The Honorable Mayor and City Council of Fort Worth:

Your petitioner John Ward respectfully represents that
in rendering his property for taxation for the year 1903, which consisted
of a stock of merchandise, that a mistake was made to his prejudice in this.

That his property was taken by the assessor of taxes, from his in-
voice book, at the full invoice price, when it is customary to take this
kind of property at a discount of 20 percent from the full invoice of the
same. That the value of his stock of merchandise was fixed by the assess-
or at the sum of $6502.00, when it should have been fixed at 20 per cent
less than this sum, or at the sum of $5202.00. That he did not discover
that this mistake was made until he paid his taxes on the 29th. day of De-
cember 1903.

Therefore your petitioner prays that your honorable body will refund
him all taxes paid on his property over and above a valuation of $5202.00.

Respectfully submitted,
John Ward
by G. M. Templeton
His Attorney.