990969

August 16/89

To the mayor and common council of the city of Seattle

Petition of Jacob Furth.

Allowed Geo W. Hall J.N. Wallingford

Mortagor

J. Milory $500. C.J. Chilberg 1500. J.M Kollock 2000. N. Chilberg 1000. Jesse M Adams 650. J.N. Jackson 350. R. Damus 300. H.K. Emminger 3000. John Erickson 300. W.R. Niesz 2000. Mary R Lowman 1000. J.D. Lowman 665. Rachel Coombs 800. J.H. Peterson 2300. Conrad Bieber 900. Elmer J. Ross 5000. Mary Pracht 2000. M.A. Widger 1000. D.S. Galloway 500. E.G. Graham 1000. L.G. M. Farlane 1000. R. Damus 300. E.C. Kilbourne 29000. M A Kelly 2000. D Horlacher 1000. Tilla Jones 500. C J Terry 9000. C C Robbins 300.

over

H.H. Neiman $800. B. Hazeltine 4000. Everett Smith 12000. Barbara Korn 15000. 105,565.00

Before the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle King County, Washington Territory, in the matter of the application of Jacob Furth for a correction of his assessment for taxes for the year 1889.

Territory of Washington County of King )ss

Jacob Furth being first only sworn. On his oath says: that he is the identical person who through his agent made application to the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle, sitting as a Board of Equalization praying the reduction of his assessment in the sum of $48,780.00 for the year 1889. That upon the application of the Assessor of King County, Washington Territory, he delievered to the said assessor a detail list of all his personal and other property subject to taxation, and therein he stated that he should pay taxes on credits due him to the amount of $10,000.00: that therein he calculated and included all debts due him by way of mortgage or otherwise. That after he had so given his said detail list to the said Assessor, he, the said Assessor, or some person to affiant unknown, added to the said detail list the follo ing item, to wit: *34 mortgages $43,780.00: That by reference to the minutes and records of the assessors' office, your affiant has discovered that the said sum of $48,780.00 is assessed to him on account of the fact that on the 2nd day of April A.D. 1889, there stood

of redord in the Auditor's office of said County, as payable to him. 84 mortgages aggregating the sum of $104,565. Upon their face, a complete list of which mortgages is attached hereto and made a part hereof: that said mortgages should not have been so assessed to affiant nor any of them in addition to the assessment which affiant himself turned in, as will more fully appear from the following statement of the same, to wit: -------------------------------------- --The mortgage by J. Milroy (see schedule attached) had been satisfied by foreclosure long before the year 1889. --The mortgage by C.J. Chilberg, has been paid in full prior to the year 1889.------------------------------------------------ --The mortgage by J.M. Kollock, had been paid prior to the year 1889.--------------------------------------------------------------------- --The mortgage by N. Chilberg, had been paid prior to the year 1889.------------------------------------------------------------------------ --The mortgage by Jesse M. Adams, had been paid prior to the year 1889.-------------------------------------------------------------------- --The mortgage by J.N. Jackson for $350.00 had been paid prior to the year 1889, except the sum of $200.-------------------- --The mortgage by H.K. Ensminger, had been paid prior to the year 1889.------------------------------------------------------------ --The mortgage by U.R. Niesz, had been paid prior to April 1st 1889.------------------------------------------------------------------------- --The mortgage by J.D. Lowman, had been paid prior to the year 1889.-------------------------------------------------------------------- --The mortgage by Rachel Coombs, had been, prior to April 1st 1889, for a valuable consideration and in good faith transferred to Sigmund Schwabacher, a resident of the city of San Francisco, State of California.