Old age assistance tax, 1934-1936

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Microfilm copy of original records at the treasurer's office, Lyon County courthouse, Rock Rapids, Iowa.

Arranged alphabetically by town or township. Records within each town are alphabetical only by the first letter of the surname.

"The treasurer was directed, in 1934, to collect an old age assistance tax, based upon a list of all persons over twenry-one years of age to be furnished him by the auditor, and similar lists were required for subsequent years. The next legislature...discontinued this tax with the year 1936...." (Inventory of the County Archives of Iowa, no. 97 Woodbury County).

Records generally include name, address, sex, date of birth, place of birth, father's name, mother's maiden name, and employer and/or occupation. Records for 1934 have sketchy information.

Contents: 1434916. 1934 Tax for the towns of Little Rock, Rock Rapids, Lester, Larchwood, George, Doon, Alvord, and Inwood; the western townships of Allison (with names from Steen, Clinton Co., Minn.), Larchwood, Sioux, Centennial, Logan, Cleveland, Doon, Richland, Lyon; and the eastern townships of Elgin, Midland, Riverside, Grant, Liberal, Rock, Dale, Wheeler, and Garfield. 1935 Tax for Allison, Alvord, Centennial, Cleveland, Dale, Doon (Inc.), Doon Twp., Elgin, Garfield, George, grant, Inwood, Larchwood, Lester, Liberal, Little Rock, Logan, Lyon, Midland, Richland. -- 1434917. 1935 Tax for Riverside, Rock, Rock Rapids, Sioux, Wheeler. 1936 Tax for the towns of Little Rock, Rock Rapids, Lester, Larchwood, George, Doon, Alvord, and Inwood; the western townships of Allison, Larchwood, Sioux, Centennial, Logan, Cleveland, Doon, Richland, Lyon; and the eastern townships of Elgin, Midland, Riverside, Grant, Liberal, Rock, Dale, Wheeler, Garfield.

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