Inventory of county records, Travis County courthouse, Austin, Texas, Volume 1 Page: 5
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all marriage licenses; to issue various types of business licenses;
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and to post a list of taxpayers. State laws after 1846 further
required the Clerk to record deeds of trust, bonds, covenants,
defeasances, and other instruments relating to property, including
marriage contracts, powers of attorney, abstracts of judgment, and
land titles. He is also to provide an alphabetical list of all
names occurring in his records and to record all livestock marks
and brands in the county.3
Since 1903 the Clerk has been required to record all births
and deaths in the county, and since 1919, he has been required to
record official discharges of persons from military service.4
From time to time, these basic responsibilities of the
County Clerk have been expanded to include the recording of
business and professional records, such as assumed name certificates;
licenses for dentists, nurses, optometrists, and morticians;
plats; reports of animals killed on railroad rights-of-way; and
condominium records.5
Clerk of the Commissioners' Court
The final broad area of responsibility of the Clerk is in
support of the Commissioners' Court. This support includes
attending all Commissioners' meetings, posting notices of such
meetings, preparing the agenda for each meeting, taking minutes,
and indexing and maintaining these records.6
TAX ASSESSOR
COLLECTOR
The Assessor and Collector of Taxes is elected in each county
to a four-year term. As assessor of taxes in the county, he has
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Adams, Kate; Fortin, Maurice G.; Riney, James E. & Dunn, Brother William. Inventory of county records, Travis County courthouse, Austin, Texas, Volume 1, book, 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25176/m1/20/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.