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Displaying 111 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Department of Audit and Control accounts of taxes on state lands
Series Number
- B0603
Summary
- This series contains schedules of state-owned taxable lots within the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the Catskill Forest Preserve. Tax figures include school, highway, and special district taxes, and taxes rejected because of erroneous assessments. Individual lots are usually listed under the name of the patent or tract of which they are a part. Entries include lot number, location, acreage, assessed valuation, and tax amount. Entries also often include remarks such as "lumbered," "second growth," "burned," etc.).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Documents relating to refund of overpaid tolls
Series Number
- A1141
Summary
- Vouchers in this series contain affidavit of the master of a boat stating that he did not proceed to the point for which the original clearance was issued, and a receipt for amount of difference paid him. Attached is a copy of the original clearance given by the toll collector, giving name of boat; where from; where bound; nature, quantity, and weight of cargo; miles to travel; tolls due; and total charges.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of Taxation and Finance reports of sales of state lands
Series Number
- B0969
Summary
- This series consists of summary reports of sales of state lands by the State Engineer and Surveyor and its successors, including the Department of Public Works and the Division of the Land Office, as well as a few by the Conservation Department. Reports from state agencies making land sales were useful in assessing taxes on new property owners. Each report includes the name of purchaser, address, a detailed description of the property, and price paid.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Report of A.J. Davis on irregularities in performance of repair of Chemung Canal Feeder, submitted to Commission to Investigate Canal Frauds
Series Number
- A1389
Summary
- This series consists of a report to Governor's Commission to Investigate Canal Frauds concerning repairs made to the Chemung Canal Feeder after a break that occurred in the freshet of April 19, 1870. The report charges contractor Jarvis Lord with excessive hiring at unnecessary cost to the state. Attached are copies of depositions, letters, receipts, and statements of labor performed and materials furnished.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Record of Militia fines
Series Number
- A4154
Summary
- This brief series of four pages documents individuals who were assessed fines for delinquent behavior while in the New York State Militia. Fines could be levied against militiamen for a variety of delinquent behaviors, among them: not appearing at a regimental parade or place of rendezvous when summoned; disobeying orders of a superior officer; leaving ranks without permission; neglecting or refusing to obey any order or warrant; and appearing for duty without being properly armed and equipped.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payment book for work on canals
Series Number
- A1410
Summary
- The series shows accounts of payments to individuals and firms for work on the state's canals. For each account, there is a brief description of the work contracted for, date of payment, payee (mostly "to cash") and payment amount. Amounts are totaled when more than one job is present under the account named. Payments are listed for work on the following canals: Erie; Champlain; Oswego; Cayuga and Seneca; Chemung; and Crooked Lake.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Canal Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Resolutions and reports of the Commissioners
Series Number
- A0905
Summary
- This series documents the activities of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund. It includes an 1818 report listing receipts and payments and explaining certain aspects of the report; resolutions passed by the commissioners in 1825 regarding tolls, contracts, and other matters and providing the date and names of the commissioners present at the meeting.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Athletic Commission minutes
Series Number
- A1372
Summary
- This record series consists of carbon copies of typed minutes of regular New York State Athletic Commission meetings. Minutes address regular commission business including appointment of referees and inspectors; responding to complaints against contestants; formulation of rules; granting of licenses to clubs; and maintenance of commission finances.
Creator
- New York (State). State Athletic Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Tables showing distribution of tax monies to various counties
Series Number
- A1406
Summary
- This series consists of tables showing distribution of monies collected by the Comptroller through the motor vehicle tax, income tax, franchise tax, bank tax, motor fuel tax, beverage licenses and tax. The tables show monthly or quarterly distribution of tax revenues to each county (New York City at end), with sub-totals and grand totals.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Sample forms for canal tolls paid by railroads
Series Number
- A1437
Summary
- This series consists of multiple copies of two different blank forms. One is an "Account of Tolls" paid by railroads whose routes paralled the canals, and the other is a "statement Showing the Total Quantity of Each Article Subject to Toll" (listing various articles of produce and manufacture).
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Weekly statements of canal shipments through Buffalo to or from other states
Series Number
- A1171
Summary
- This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consists of weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through Buffalo. Information includes quantity of general merchandise and of particularly commodities going west (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, crockery, oysters); and the quantity of produce going east (pork, beef, cheese, lard, wool, wheat, corn, etc.) from western states and from Canada. The series is fragmentary.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.