<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Jay,<br> <br> Here's the 1792 statute: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://tinyurl.com/6yjyccp"><http://tinyurl.com/6yjyccp></a><br> <br> Kathy<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:JFonkert@aol.com">JFonkert@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:37d6f.456edb94.3ab1167b@aol.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.6058" name="GENERATOR"> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <div> <div> <div>Again, in response to my own question, and with the help of David Suddarth, I can summarize what I have learned from a useful article on the Kentucky Secretary of State's website.</div> <div> </div> <div>First, in 1793 [1792], the KY General Assembly established a property tax system, calling for appointed commissioners in each county. Without reading the actual statutes, I am not entirely clear about whether the authorized tax was a state or county levy, or both.</div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </font></blockquote> <br> </body> </html>