Council Proceedings: September 2 and October 7, 1904

To the City Council of Ft. Worth:

Your Petitioners, George and Hester Ricks, represents unto your honorable body that their parents died many years ago leaving to your petitioners, who were ignorant minor children, the middle 50 feet of Lot 16, and the South half of the middle 50 feet of lot 15, Block 90, in the City of Fort Worth.

That said property was than, and is now, of the reasonable value of $100.00 and has never at any time in the history of Fort Worth exceeded said amount in value; that your petitioners being minors have never until since they become of age been qualified to look after said property and that taxes has accumulated against eh same since 1890 amounting, according to the collector's books, to $99.14; that said property has been valued all the way from (250.00 to $650.00 as will be seen by the Collector's statement hereto attached.

Your petitioners pray that the valuation of said property be reduced to $100.00 and reassessed for said years without the addition of costs, and your petitioners stand ready to pay the same. They represent that it will be impossible for them under the most favorable circumstance and terms to realize more than $125 out of the property, and that the county, Texas accumulated to date are $88.97, and that unless your petitioners can secure a reduction of the valuation of said property to a proper limit it will be impossible for them to redeem the same.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

Wm. R. Booth

Attorney for Petitioners.

We recommend that inasmuch as the property referred to has no practical value, that it is [?] and that there is no access to it from a street except through adjoining property belonging to other parties that the petition be granted, and that the City Assessor & COllr be and he is hereby instructed to assess it at $100 for the said years and to accept payment on said valuation without interest & Costs.

WG Newby JF Henderson Q.T. Moreland

Pet

We your Finance Com recommend that the within petition be referred to the City Attorney for his opinion as to the validity of the assessment

WmG Newby JF Henderson Q.T. Moreland

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FILED JUL 20 1904 Jno T. Montgomery City Sec'y

State of Texas, County of Tarrant.

Before me, Max K. Mayer, a Notary Public in and for Tarrant County Texas on this day personally appeared H. Brodkey, who being by me first duly sworn on oath says that he purchased of the Congregation Ahavath Sholom, a religious corporation, a certain lot 50 X 100 feet and situated in the South-West corner of Block No. 1. of Jennings South Addition to Fort Worth Tarrant County Texas and that said lot was purchased by hi, on the 9th day of April 1902 and that said deed was recorded on the 29th day of April 1902 in Vol. 164 on Page 467 deed records Fort Worth Tarrant County Texas.

That he was not the owner of said property on the first of January 1902 and therefore not liable for taxes on said property for the year 1902, nor was his vendor, for that sum was exempt from taxes to said religious corporation.

H Brodkey

Sworn to and subscribed before,me, this the 3 th day of Sept 1904.

Max K MAyer Notary Public Tarrant County, Texas

Hon Mayor & City Council

In view of the facts set out in the above affidavit and further substantiated by the accompanying deed of conveyance your petitioner respectfully asks that the taxes against the property referred to be remitted for the year 1902.

Respectfully H Brodkey

In view of the facts as stated We your Finance Com recommend that the taxes on the within described property be remitted for the year 1902 and that he be allowed credit for the amounts on his taxes for the year 1904

WG Newby JF Henderson Q.T. Moreland

FILED OCT 7 1904 Jno T. Montgomery City Sec'y

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DUPUTIES: R.G. LITTLEJOHN. W.B.MARTEL. L.E.DAY.

OFFICE OF W. J. GILVIN, City Assessor and Collector.

Bring this Statement with you when you come to pay taxes.

Fort Worth, Texas, 8-18 1904 A W Key

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__________________, In compliance with your request of ______________ the following information in relation to lands described, is furnished from the records of this office:

DESCRIPTION OF LANDS