AGENCY: Salt Lake City (Utah). City Assessor
SERIES: 250
TITLE: Business license registers
DATES: 1892-1926.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by type of license and then name.
DESCRIPTION: These registers are used to record the issuance of licenses for persons or companies doing business in Salt Lake City in accordance with city ordinances. Prior to 1908, all licenses were recorded together. Three volumes are labeled "License Registers". The 1892-1893 volume contains the name, address, and name of company; amount collected, monthly columns listing amounts, and any remarks. The other two volumes (1906, 1906-1907) contain: the name, address, date, date former licenses expires, application (date, mailed, returned, basis of assessment); license (number, commencing date, date expired); date paid; columns for months (January through December) and amount paid. In 1908, the registers were separated by type of license: License A were liquor licenses, License B were Merchant's Licenses; and License C were miscellaneous licenses. There are four registers for A licenses (1908, 1910-1913; 1916-1917). They are labeled Assessor's Register for Liquor Licenses A" and except for columns which record payments by quarters rather than month contain the same information as the earlier licenses. There are nine registers for B license (1908- 1910, 1912-1917). Some are labeled "Register of Merchant's Licenses "B" while others are labeled "Assessor's Register of Merchant's Licenses". They contain the same information as the other volumes. There are nine C license volumes (1908-1915, 1917). Some are labeled "Register of Miscellaneous Licenses C" while others are "Assessor's Register of Miscellaneous License". They all contain the same information. There is also a single volume (1917-1925) labeled "License Register" which contains miscellaneous licenses.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.
APPROVED: 12/1988
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Historical
This retention is based on the historical significance of these records to document the development of business in Salt Lake City. They are prime research materials for both the community and family historian.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public