Abstract

Percival R. Emmert, before owning his own accounting firm called Emmert Tax and Accounting Service, was division chief of the U.S. Revenue Office in La Crosse, Wis.

The collection includes a scattering of audits performed by the Emmert Tax and Accounting Service of La Crosse, Wisconsin, from 1922-1928, and 1934. Most of the audits are for the City of La Crosse government and schools.

Abstract

Records include published Common Council proceedings (1919-1921), ordinances and city charter (1858), city finance records (1908-1909; 1920-1921) and resolutions, petitions and proclamations.

Abstract Reports written by city officers to the Common Council, 1857-1932. The materials are arranged by office; therein chronologically. There isn’t any further indexing to this collection at this time other than what the City Clerk has on index cards.The reports are mostly financial in nature, and are generally a record of monthly and/or annual expenditures of the following departments/offices: Attorney (1895-1899), Clerk (1858-1905), Comptroller (1887-1932), Education/Superintendent...

Abstract These financial materials of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin, were generated mainly by the comptroller’s office, although there are also some treasurer’s volumes intermixed. It was not always clear which office had created a certain volume.The financial materials series consists of ledgers, journals and orders paid, 1886-1959. Ledgers contain financial data from 1886-1959. Arranged chronologically, these include accounts for each fund, such as fire, poor, general fund, streets,...