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Displaying 548 Finding Aids
Title
- Superintendent of Repairs' reports of inspection of materials and tools
Series Number
- A1177
Summary
- Each report provides name of contractor; date and expiration of contract; the quantity, kind, description, and value of materials delivered or rejected; and amounts and value materials delivered or still do.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's Office General account ledgers
Series Number
- A0269
Summary
- This series consists of volumes containing tabulations of expenditures submitted to the Comptroller's Office by state agencies and local governments on a yearly basis. Each page lists the dates of expenditures, a brief summary, and the amount of the expenditure. Within each volume, entries are arranged by agency or local government name; however, these names are not arranged in a noticeable order.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Documents relating to deposit of Canal Funds in banks
Series Number
- A1163
Summary
- Most of the documents are statements of deposit of Canal Fund monies in banks across the State. Generally they include date of statement, name bank, and amounts deposited on various dates. Interfiled with the statements are receipts, canceled checks, certificates of deposit, lists of canal toll deposits, and resolutions of bank board of directors for the deposit of funds.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to Comptroller's reports to the legislature
Series Number
- A1188
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical name and subject index to reports submitted by the Comptroller to the Legislature. Each entry includes subject of report, year, and report number. The original reports are found in series A0979, Comptroller's reports to the legislature.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Registers of quit rents, payments, commutations, sales, redemptions, and conveyances
Series Number
- B1611
Summary
- These volumes were created by the comptroller's office to record information related to quit rents on patents granted by the colony, including payments of arrears, quit rent sales, redemptions, and conveyances. Information is grouped by patent. Each patent has a separate heading that gives register number; docket number; name of patentees; county; total number of acres granted; date granted; quit rent rate per hundred acres per annum; when payment was last made; and a description of the property location.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of non-resident lands sold in tax sales by county treasurers
Series Number
- B1605
Summary
- In 1850, the state legislature transferred the function of selling and conveying land for unpaid taxes to the county treasurers. The comptroller continued to receive copies of lists of unpaid non-resident taxes and of lands redeemed and finally conveyed. In 1855, the legislature restored the former system of sale of non-resident lands by the comptroller. The records in this series were created during the brief periods in the 1850s and 1890s when the county treasurers, rather than the state comptroller, conducted non-resident tax sales.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of unpaid taxes on resident lands in the Forest Preserve
Series Number
- B1604
Summary
- These registers were compiled by the comptroller's office from reports received from county treasurers regarding unpaid taxes on resident lands (belonging to state residents) in the Forest Preserve. Information recorded includes county and town; lot number; name and/or description of tract; name of owner; number of acres; valuation; amount of tax plus five percent; and remarks and explanations.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Canal stock transfer receipt book
Series Number
- A1089
Summary
- This is a book of receipts for transfers of New York State six percent canal stock through the transfer office in New York City. Each entry includes transfer number; date; parties to conveyance and their residences; amount; and signatures of conveyor and a witness.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of monies expended at Auburn Prison
Series Number
- A1062
Summary
- This series consists of vouchers for payment submitted to the Comptroller's Office by officials at Auburn Prison. Expenditures are listed for prison maintenance items such as food, utensils, and clothing, as well as for administrative items such as office supplies. Payments for guards and yard keepers also appear, as do expenses for the discharge of prisoners. Agents' reports, monthly compiled statistical accounts of expenditures, are found for some months.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rough minutes
Series Number
- A1076
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund managed both revenues and debts associated with the development of the state's canal system. This series consists predominantly of printed resolutions pasted onto the pages of bound volumes. The records provide date, members present, resolution being considered, and vote. Series B0316 indexes this series through 1854 and final versions of the minutes are found in Series A1077.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of non-current bank notes deposited in the Treasury and other banks
Series Number
- A1260
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains a list of noncurrent bank notes deposited in various state banks. The records contain the name of the bank where deposits were made, the amount of the deposit and the date.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports by stock corporations
Series Number
- A1248
Summary
- This series consists of questionnaires sent by the Comptroller's office to corporations, joint stock associations, and navigation companies asking for their financial data. Information includes name of the corporation or association; place of principal business and office; amount of capital stock; capital stock paid in; number of stock shares and par value; actual value of capital stock per share; amount of funded debt, surplus funds, and sinking funds; net earnings; and taxes paid in 1867.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Map and assessments prepared by commissioners for draining the swamp and marsh lands in the Town of Salina
Series Number
- A0977
Summary
- The series consists of maps, assessments, and certifications prepared for draining swampland near the village of Liverpool. Land Office commissioners were responsible for appraising marsh lots leased to the salt manufacturers in the town of Salina. Appraisals include probable expenses and benefits of draining the lands. Tract map shows farm, pasture, and marsh lot boundaries, and route of road and drain line. Newspaper clipping has notice of assessment and comptrollers statement provides information on sale of lots in the swamp.
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 fire districts
Series Number
- 13321
Summary
- Annual financial reports of fire districts are generated pursuant to Article 3, Section 30 of the General Municipal Law that requires every fire district to make an annual report of its financial condition to the State Comptroller. Such reports are compiled and submitted by the treasurer of each fire district. Each report contains a statement of the financial transactions of the fire district, according to type of funds (such as general, capital, reserve, trust and agency).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics
Title
- Outgoing general correspondence from the Deputy Comptroller
Series Number
- A1365
Summary
- This series includes correspondence from the Deputy Comptroller and the second Deputy Comptroller. The letters relate to a variety of financially related subjects: reports relating to Court and Trust funds; authorization of investment of funds; and reports of incorporated companies.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General and Canal Fund bond register
Series Number
- A1403
Summary
- The register of State bonds is organized by alphabetically, M-Z only, by city or town of bank holding the bond. Each entry includes name and location of bank; date of maturity, name, and amount of security;; date of bond and rate of interest.. Bonds were issued for many purposes, including highways, bridges, parks, railroad crossing elimination, unemployment relief, etc. Also contains bonds fro Port Authority of New York and other authorities.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Transcript of hearing before the Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections
Series Number
- A1371
Summary
- This series consists of a transcript of the hearings before the Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections when Edwin J. Chapman contested the right of John Hill Morgan to hold the First Assembly District seat. It includes witnesses who appeared before the Committee; and comments of the assembly members.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Cash account of Toll Collector at Rochester
Series Number
- A1198
Summary
- These cash books of J. Bowman, Toll Collector at Rochester, list names and amounts which are total daily. The books were presumably submitted to the Comptroller along with the accounts of the collector.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Tax assessment rolls for Town of Gravesend, Kings County
Series Number
- B0958
Summary
- This series consists of complete tax assessment rolls for the town of Gravesend, Kings County. These records were probably acquired by the Comptroller's Office in connection with sales of lands of non-residents for unpaid taxes. Each entry on a roll provides the name of the taxable, assessed valuation, and the amount of tax. The rolls are contemporary copies, not originals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Copies of accounts audited by the Auditor General for bills presented to the State
Series Number
- A0870
Summary
- This series consists of two original volumes (Vol. A and Vol. B) of accounts for obligations incurred by the state from 1775-1794. Entries include abstracts of pay and ration rolls for militia officers and private soldiers; accounts for supplies purchased or requisitioned; accounts for soldiers' back pay or widows' pensions; accounts for loyalist lands leased or sold; accounts for service by state officers and; accounts of port fees. Original manuscript indexes to Volumes A and B and bound photostatic copies of the two original volumes are also included in the series.
Creator
- Council of Appointment of the State of New York
Access Restrictions
- Due to fragility of original volumes, digital versions should be consulted initially.