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Displaying 548 Finding Aids
Title
- Division of Canals and Waterways official orders
Series Number
- A1276
Summary
- These orders cover such topics as awarding and rescinding contracts; approval of revised plans; settlement of damages; and amendment of regulations.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers counsel's correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- 12565
Summary
- This series consists of the incoming and outgoing correspondence and subject files of the counsel to the Board. Records include memorandums, bond ordinances, contract proposals, court proceedings, reports, newspaper clippings, and voting lists. The files deal with such issues as bond ordinance and sales, contract proceedings, litigation, job security, and wage freezes.
Creator
- New York (State). Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of rejected property descriptions
Series Number
- B0849
Summary
- This series consists of registers describing non-resident property on which taxes were owed which the Comptroller's Office "rejected" because the descriptions were incomplete, inconsistent, inaccurate or for another technical reasons. The descriptions were used to produce accurate lists of lands to be advertised for sale. Reasons for rejection are stated in the margin in red ink. Descriptions may include a brief description of property; location; acreage; valuation; taxes owed or type of tax owed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Summary account of bounties paid out by paymaster general
Series Number
- A1458
Summary
- This series contains a fragment from an account book of John D. Van Buren, Paymaster General, giving monthly totals of bounties paid out to volunteers by the State of New York between May 1863, and December 1864. The summary table gives number of bounties paid out to new or re-enlisted men in amounts ranging from $10 to $150.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's register of checks drawn for Canal Commissioners
Series Number
- A1316
Summary
- This register includes two entries for each check, debiting the account of the Canal Commissioners and crediting the bank on which the check was drawn. Entries provide check number; date; account; bank drawn on; and payee. There are also about 8 letters from the Manhattan Company to the State Auditor concerning state stock issues, 1857-1859; miscellaneous printed forms of the Canal Department, 1871-1873; and an unidentified list.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstract of claims of the New York Militia
Series Number
- A1302
Summary
- This register of claims and awards resulted from a law requiring the adjutants and inspector-generals to obtain and revise records dealing with claim payments to state militiamen who served in the War of 1812; and to report to the comptroller the names, places of residence, and amounts due. The register lists the claim number; name of claimant; claimant's residence; amount awarded; and occasional remarks on particular claims.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Personal service histories of state employees
Series Number
- A0949
Summary
- This series includes forms returned to the Board of Estimate and Control by the Comptroller's Office and its bureaus. Each one lists: title of position; name of incumbent; department; bureau; legal address; date of entrance into service; salary; salary history; and brief description of present occupation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of County Treasurers and Commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund
Series Number
- A1288
Summary
- This volume is a register of county treasurers and commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund. Each entry gives date of appointment, name, post office address, and office to which appointed. Under a law of 1837, two commissioners were appointed by the Governor in each county to loan out monies apportioned to the counties from the U.S. Deposit Fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Entry documentation for canal-related expenses
Series Number
- A0828
Summary
- These financial records, arranged by type, relate to improvements to the Erie Canal and feeder canals. The records include annual financial and real estate holdings; statements; receipts; bills of sale and mortgage sales of canal boats; property mortgages; claims for compensation for land appropriated by the Canal Department. The records usually provide names of parties involved, amounts of money and/or descriptions of property, and dates.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Notices of service upon owners of lands appropriated for the Barge Canal
Series Number
- A1277
Summary
- Consisting of affidavits of annexed notices of appropriations by the State, the affidavits contain detailed descriptions of the land to be appropriated by the State for Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Quarterly statements of fees collected
Series Number
- A3312
Summary
- This series consists of accounts of quarterly fees collected by the Comptroller. Fees were assessed for establishing new accounts, creating deeds for lands bought or sold, searching state certificates and seals, and for insurance.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger of State Treasurer
Series Number
- A1263
Summary
- This series contains a ledger of the New York State Treasurer detailing the drafts issued by the Treasurer's Office. Information includes the balance of the treasury for each day; the amount of money devoted to certain fixed categories (taxes, school fund, vendue duty, charges); the date a specific draft was issued; the warrant number; for what or to whom the draft was issued, upon which bank it was drawn; the check number, and the amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County commissioner's ledgers of mortgage loans of the U.S. Deposit Fund
Series Number
- A1281
Summary
- The U.S. Deposit Fund made surplus monies, distributed to the states from the U.S. Treasury, available for loans for improved real estate. Ledgers were delivered to the Comptroller when the Commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund were abolished in 1911. This series consists of accounts of mortgage loan from the U.S. Deposit Fund, kept by County Commissioners of the Fund. Each account includes name of mortgagor, mortgage number, interest and principal due and paid with dates and amounts. Some receipts are attached.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Paymaster returns for service in New York Line
Series Number
- A0809
Summary
- This volume lists men entitled to payments for service in the New York Line, August-December 1780. It is in fragile condition due to burn damage.
Creator
- New York (State). Auditor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Proposals and awards made for state loans regarding the general fund debt sinking fund
Series Number
- A1256
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, lists of awards of stock granted to people regarding the financing of a general fund debt sinking fund and proposals to the Comptroller's Office from bank officers and private citizens about the amount of stock they wish to purchase. The list of awards contains the names of the bidders, the amount expected, the bid, the amount of the premium and total amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Notices to and from mortgagees of lands sold for taxes
Series Number
- B0935
Summary
- This series tracks the State's requirement to give mortgagees notice before lands sold for unpaid taxes are conveyed to purchasers. Volume 1 lists year of sale; name of tract, patent, or identifying information; when notice was served and filed; and sometimes redemption notes. Volume 2 records summary information from mortgagees claiming an interest in the property sold. Information includes filing date; mortgagor and mortgagee; mortgage date; amount claimed; location and address of land; description of land; and person claiming notice.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual reports of inspector of gas meters
Series Number
- A1242
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence and annual reports of the inspector of gas meters to the Comptroller's Office. Most reports list the company's name, location (city only), authorized capital, actual, and any remarks about the company.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual financial reports of industrial development agencies
Series Number
- 13317
Summary
- This series consists of annual financial reports of industrial development agencies (IDAs), which are public benefit corporations created to facilitate economic development in specific localities. IDA annual financial reports specifically include data related to the number of jobs created or retained and the amount of all tax exemptions provided.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Warrants to sheriff of Ulster County to levy arrears of taxes
Series Number
- A0969
Summary
- This series consists of copies of warrants issued by the Ulster County Treasurer, commanding the sheriff to levy arrears of taxes on lands and chattels of collectors of taxes in the various precincts of the county, and to imprison them unless the taxes were paid. Each warrant gives the sum of taxes due from the collector. There is also a letter of transmittal from Christopher Tappen, County Treasurer, to the State Treasurer.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of state lotteries
Series Number
- A1322
Summary
- This volume of accounts of the State Lottery is for the five medical science and seven literature lotteries. Included are some or all of the following information: amount grossed; expenses related; amount to be accounted for by managers; balance; date of lottery; amount of prizes; distribution of money after lottery; and names of managers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.