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W.S. ESSEX
RESIDENCE PHONE
1788, 2R

B.F. BOULDIN
RESIDENCE PHONE
2854

J. M. MOTHERSHEAD
RESIDENCE PHONE

OFFICE BOTH PHONES 408
CABLE ADDRESS, ESMOTH

ESSEX, MOTHERSHEAD * BOULDIN
COUNSELLORS AND
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

NOTARY IN OFFICE

OVER THE "FAIR STORE"
605 HOUSTON STREET

To the City Council of the city of
Fort Worth, Texas.

Gentlemen:

The city tax records show parts of Lots Nos. One (1) and
Two (2) in Grangers Second Addition, east of the Rock Island Railroad,
to be deliquent for the years 1894-1895-1896-1897, and that part of
Lot No. Three (3) east of the railroad, delinquent for 1895-1896 and
1897; these taxes amount to $24.69. This is an excessive rendition
as the strip of land at one and is only ten feet wide, and runs a
little larger at the other end. I bought the part of Lot Three (3)
east of the railroad for $25.00, about three years ago, and have
paid taxes on it since. The other two pieces cost me between $50.00
and $75.00, making less than $100.00 for all three pieces. I believe
that a rendition of the three peices at $75.00 for the year 1895-
1896-1897 would be all that the land was worth, and that a rendition
of $50.00 for Lots Nos. 1 and 2, in 1904, would be all that property
was worth. At that rendition the taxes would be $6.30.

I therefore ask your Honorable Body to permit me to pay this sum in
satisfaction of said taxes. It should be remembered that the Rock
Island Railroad pays taxes on nealy all of these lots. I am perfectly
willing to put the valuation at the full price that the lits would
have brought on the market at the time the renditions were made.

Find attached statement of the city tax collector,

Respectfully,

W.S Essex

Dic. E.