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RG 047, Special Tax Commission
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2007 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Connecticut. Special Tax Commission |
| Title: | Special Tax Commission records |
| Dates: | 1932-1935 |
| Quantity: | 10.5 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | By Special Act 474, approved June 9, 1933, the General Assembly formed the “Temporary Commission to Study the Tax Laws of the State and to Make Recommendations concerning their Revision,” which quickly took the name, “Special Tax Commission.” |
| Identification: | RG047 |
| Accession: | Multiple |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
By Special Act 474, approved June 9, 1933, the General Assembly formed the “Temporary Commission to Study the Tax Laws of the State and to Make Recommendations concerning their Revision,” which quickly took the name, “Special Tax Commission.” It consisted of seven appointed members headed by Professor Fred R. Fairchild, and a small research staff directed by Benjamin P. Whitaker. The Commission held six public hearings and obtained assistance from private citizens and state government officials. It submitted a report to Governor Wilbur Cross on November 9, 1934. The first was a 94 - page summary followed by a full report of 642 pages.
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Scope and Content
Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers, papers on fiscal year change study, publicity material and a general file.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Related Material
RG 045, State Revenue Task Force, 1969 - 1971
RG 077, Bipartisan Commission on State Tax Revenue and Related Fiscal Policy, 1982-1983
RG 086, Governor's Commission on Tax Reform, 1972
RG 087, Connecticut Tax Study Commission, 1966 - 1967
Connecticut. Special Tax Commission. Summary of the report of the Connecticut temporary commission to study the tax laws of the state & to make recommendations concerning their revision. Hartford, 1934. [CSL call number T19sp/rs].
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Container List
| Records, 1932-1935 | |||||||||||
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| 1. Minutes of meetings, 1933 June 23-1935 February 19, Accession: T002709 | 1 | ||||||||||
| At the beginning is a subject index to the minutes up to June 26, 1934. | |||||||||||
| 2. Correspondence of the Research Director and the staff, 1933-1935 | |||||||||||
| With Commission members | 2 | ||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by name. | |||||||||||
| With others | 3 | ||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by name. | |||||||||||
| 3. Correspondence of the Chairman, 1933-1935 | 3-4 | ||||||||||
| A substantial part consists of correspondence with the Research Director. The first folder contains lists of memoranda prepared by research staff and agenda of meetings. | |||||||||||
| Unarranged. | |||||||||||
| 4. Administrative papers, 1933-1935 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Status of appropriation reports, statements of expenditures, requisitions on stores, payrolls, expense vouchers, purchase orders and related documents and correspondence. | |||||||||||
| 5. Papers on fiscal year change study, 1932-1933 | |||||||||||
| Following the suggestion, as a relief measure that all towns have the same fiscal year beginning 1 July, a study was made by Judge S. Russell Mink to determine the effects on tax collection, payment of interest, etc. The papers of the study, evidently carried on from the Office of the Tax Commissioner, were apparently turned over to the Special Tax Commission. | |||||||||||
| Arranged in two groups, each alphetical by town, preceded by general material and followed by pages from printed statutes concerning town fiscal affiars (marked "Outs"). | |||||||||||
| General | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ansonia-Hartford | |||||||||||
| Meriden-Putnam | 7 | ||||||||||
| Rockville-Willimantic | 8 | ||||||||||
| Andover-Portland | 9 | ||||||||||
| Preston-Woodstock | 10 | ||||||||||
| "Outs" | |||||||||||
| 6. Publicity materual, 1933-1935 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Press releases, clippings and related material. | |||||||||||
| 7. General file, 1933-1935 | |||||||||||
| This appears to be a consolidation of several working files, containing research memoranda, collected reference material, working papers, drafts, notes and correspondence. | |||||||||||
| General | 12 | ||||||||||
| With agenda, calendar of hearings, etc. | |||||||||||
| "Memoranda" | |||||||||||
| Incomplete set. | |||||||||||
| Government revenues and expenditures | 13 | ||||||||||
| Municipal finances | 14 | ||||||||||
| Taxes on: | |||||||||||
| Amusements | 15 | ||||||||||
| Banks | |||||||||||
| Billboards | |||||||||||
| Business | |||||||||||
| Highways | 16 | ||||||||||
| Incomes | |||||||||||
| Inheritance and estates | |||||||||||
| Insurance | |||||||||||
| Intangible personal property | 17 | ||||||||||
| Interest and dividends | |||||||||||
| Liquor | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous taxes | |||||||||||
| Motor vehicles | |||||||||||
| Personal tax | |||||||||||
| Property taxes | 18 | ||||||||||
| Public utilities | 19 | ||||||||||
| Real estate | |||||||||||
| Sales | |||||||||||
| Transportation and communications | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | 20 | ||||||||||
| Report, 1934, Accession: 1999-115 | |||||||||||
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| Connecticut. Special Tax Commission. Report of the Connecticut temporary commission to study the tax laws of the state & to make recommendations concerning their revision as provided by Special Act no. 474 of 1933 & submitted to the Governor of Connecticut, November 9, 1934. Hartford, 1934. 2 volumes. | 1 | ||||||||||