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Money collected for garbage service, water and sewer use, and special related projects.

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Arrangement: Volume 1, Chronological per account. Volume 2, Numerical per page number from a ledger.

Water rents collected from property owners. Information includes name, legal description of property, type of business or residence, tenancy, water application (home, rooming house, business, lawn, etc.), and water committee actions. Volume 1 is indexed.

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Valuation of property for tax purposes. Entries list name, residence, legal description of real property, value of real property, value of personal property, total value, amount of tax, and date of payment.

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Arrangement: Alphabetical per year.

Valuation of personal and real property for tax purposes. Information includes name of property owner, legal description and value of real property, number and value of personal property according to various classifications. Figures include total and corrected valuations.

Scope and Contents From the File: Arrangement: Chronological. Volume 1 consists of three sections: monthly and weekly deposits from the justice of the peace to the county treasurer (1900 1919); fees collected by the justice of the peace in individual civil cases (1921 1922); and fees collected by the police justice in individual criminal cases (1900 1925). Record of fees collected by the justice of the peace and the police justice. In Volume 1, the entries of the justice of the peace are cumulative by week or...

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Docket books provide summaries of case proceedings. Information usually includes name of defendant, charge, plea, judgment, and fine. Volumes 4 7 are indexed.

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For Volumes 1 5 and 7, numerical by license number and chronological by date of issue. For Volume 6 (1921 1924), chronological by type of business. For Volume 8, alphabetical by business name.

Register of business licenses (liquor, peddling, billards, etc.) issued in the City of Evanston. Information includes license number, date of issue, name of licensee, type/name of business, direction of license, date of expiration and license fee.

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Arrangement: For Volumes 1 4, Chronological by date of issue per alpha section; for Volume 5, Numerical by water license number.

Water licenses issued by the City of Evanston. Entries list name of applicant, resident's lot and block numbers, number of rooms, description of non residential property (name or type of business, barn, outdoor structure), number and type of watering uses (business, water closet, urinal, barn), period of license, date of license, and license fee.

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Record of ordinances passed by the city council. Both volumes are indexed, though the index in Volume 2 is not comprehensive.