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To the Hon. Mayor & Board of Councilman, Ft. Worth, Tex.-

Gentlemen;

Your Petitioner would show,
what on ___ day of July 1900 he received
notice from your attorney, Mr. Prewitt,
that the City taxes on Lots 9 & 10 block A/2
Daggetts Addition to the City of Ft. Worth
were delinquent for the years 1896, 1897, 1898
and 1899; that on July the 26th 1900 your
Petitioner appeared before the Ft. Worth Equali-
zation Board who fixed the taxes on
said property for said years at $41.25 per
year; that on said occasion your Petitioner
repaired immediately from the presence
of the said Board to the office of your
Tax Collector, G.H. Day, for the purpose
of paying said taxes; that the said
Collector then stated that his books
showed no delinquency for 1896 but only
for the years 1897, 1898 & 1899, wherefore
your Petitioner then and there paid the
said taxes for said three years, and
the receipt for same is hereto attached
and made an exhibit. Your Petitioner
would respectfully suggest that under the
circumstance, equity and fairness would
demand that he be allowed to settle the
taxes for 1896 upon the same basis as
applied for the three above named years
which settlement he is now ready and willing
to make.

Very Respectfully
V.O. Hildreth
Jan. 7 1904.