George W. Harris
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- Sep 1, 1876A Taxpayer Fights the Assessor for Six Years — and LosesWilliam Craswell petitions the county board to strike fraudulent assessments from the rolls and demands back the money already taken; the commissioners refuse, then set the rates for everyone else.Port Townsend, WA
- Apr 29, 1884The Constitutional Limits of the Tax ManA territorial court judge rules that forcing business owners to open their private books to the County Assessor is unconstitutional.Seattle, WA
- Apr 24, 1885An Ambassador for the Northwest: Judge Lewis Returns from the EastA Seattle judge’s 1885 journey reveals a Pacific Northwest eager to prove itself to the skeptical East, complete with butter-churning Quakers and coal-scam lawsuits.Seattle, WA
- Dec 28, 1891A Defaulting Treasurer’s Debt Finally Comes Due—for a Governor and His BondsmenA Seattle judge orders E. P. Ferry and other sureties to pay King County $29,143.60 plus years of interest for George D. Hill’s vanished public funds.Seattle, WA
- Mar 16, 1895The Bell in the Woods: How Seattle Built Its First UniversityA 34-year anniversary feature on the Territorial University: 48 laborers, $2-a-day wages, lumber from Port Blakely, and an old bell that warned ships in fog and rang for hangings.Seattle, WA