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Displaying 548 Finding Aids
Title
- Register of receipts and checks issued
Series Number
- A0866
Summary
- This series records money received by the Comptroller, whose office was responsible for receiving and distributing state funds Information includes date, name, residence, account (by mortgage tax or inheritance tax), amount, and amount refunded.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Railroad deed files
Series Number
- 19720
Summary
- This series consists of deed files concerning the transfer of real property between private individuals and railroad companies. A typical file contains original deeds describing the amount paid for the real property; exact description of property being conveyed; seller(s) and buyer(s); signatures of attorneys, county clerks, and notaries public; date recorded; book/liber number and page number; and a map depicting the property being conveyed. The files pertain exclusively to transactions that occurred in Oneida, Erie, Essex, Niagara, and Franklin counties.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law. Bureau of Real Property
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Western Inland Lock Navigation Company damage assessments and reimbursements
Series Number
- A1006
Summary
- These records document this company's claims for damages. Included are an appraisal report of on damages; resolution of the company's board of directors authorizing Barent Bleecker to receive award; Thomas Eddy's account of expense of appraisement; and a copy of legislative committee report on the company's petition.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Schedule of Erie and Champlain Canal stock redeemed by the Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1012
Summary
- This schedule provides date of payment by Commissioners of the Canal Fund; surrender date of stock; name of holder; interest rate and issuing year; and amount of certificate.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of applications for cancellations of tax sales
Series Number
- B1616
Summary
- This volume lists information gathered from applications for cancellations of tax-sales. All of the applications were made in 1885 for tax-sales held as early as 1866. Information given for each entry includes name of applicant; date of application; description of land; tax-sale year; ground of application; and remarks. Grounds for cancellation frequently include failure of the assessors to certify assessment rolls; failure of the State Comptroller's office to follow proper notification procedures; and other reasons technical in nature.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Designs for Watervliet Arsenal Bridge
Series Number
- A1058
Summary
- This series consists of a sheet of watercolor and ink drawings depicting the Watervliet Arsenal Bridge as proposed and as completed.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Comptroller's Office reports of canal tolls received
Series Number
- A1064
Summary
- This series consists of single-page financial reports submitted to the State Comptroller by toll collectors at points on the Erie and Champlain Canals. Reports indicate the location, name of collector, monthly amount of tolls received, amount of fines received or refunds granted, amount of revenue retained for payment of expenses, and total amount deposited in the State Treasury. NOTE: These reports do not list names of vessels, vessel operators, or passengers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Copies of deeds for state lands
Series Number
- A1299
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of copies of deeds for parcels of state land (almost all within the Adirondack Forest Preserve) to various individuals and firms. Each entry contains a note of legal authorization for sale for Forest Preserve lands and a copy of the deed as certified.
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
- Lock tenders' monthly reports of lockages
Series Number
- A1135
Summary
- Reports from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department include information on date; number and location of lock; number of boats passing east, west, north and/or south ,an affidavit that the report is correct. Also included are a few reports of the number of lock tenders employed on various locks, giving names, ages, length of service; and a few weekly reports of goods shipped east or west from Buffalo.
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
- Outgoing correspondence relating to the canals and canal fund
Series Number
- A1269
Summary
- These letter books contain copies of outgoing correspondence from the Comptroller relating to canals and canal fund. Comptroller's involvement in the canal and the canal fund begins with initial legal establishment of both, and includes a range of laws. Some volumes include index.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of Audit and Control Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics annual financial reports of regional Off-Track Betting corporations
Series Number
- 13314
Summary
- The New York State Off-Track Betting Commission was authorized to establish and regulate off-track pari-mutual betting on horse races. This series consists of annual financial reports of regional off-track betting corporations. Each report includes the following data: a balance sheet, statement of revenue, statement of net expenses, statement of cash flow, and a breakdown of operating and administrative expenses for the month preceding submission of the report and for the year to date.
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
- New York State Comptroller's Office Land Tax Bureau register of buyers of state lands
Series Number
- A1335
Summary
- This volume is divided into three sections. The first is arranged geographically giving purchaser's name, date of purchase, lot, and account book number and page. The second section begins on page 370 and is arranged by book number of the account books of bonds and mortgages for sales of state lands. Information includes lot number, book number, purchaser's name, and the relevant page. The third section begins on page 425 and lists bonds delivered to the Surveyor General. It is arranged geographically and gives information on lot, purchaser, book number and page, and purchase amount and payment.
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
- Bills of lading and clearances for cargoes
Series Number
- A1139
Summary
- This series contains bills of lading and clearances for cargoes. Information includes boat name; shipment date; name of consignee for each shipment of goods; description and value of articles; where shipped from and to; weight; miles traveled; and tolls charged for each group of articles shipped. Since private forms were often used there is a wide variety of billheads.
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
- Certificates of employee salaries
Series Number
- A0959
Summary
- This series consists of certificates or letters from various state offices submitted to the State Comptroller; documents certify or state that named individuals were hired at a particular salary.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of taxes on incorporations
Series Number
- A0965
Summary
- Accounts of taxes on incorporated companies, in five sewn booklets varying in content and format.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual city constitutional tax margin statements
Series Number
- 13333
Summary
- This series contain annual statements of cities relating to the computation of their constitutional tax margins. Each statement contains a breakdown of the current tax levy including computation of constitutional taxing power, determination of amount not affected by constitutional tax limitation, total taxing power of the city, and the constitutional tax margin.
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 the material.
Title
- Certificates of searches of judgment dockets and mortgage records
Series Number
- A0971
Summary
- This series consists of certificates listing judgments or mortgages in force against individuals, with affidavit of clerk of court, submitted to the Comptroller. A state law required the Comptroller to obtain certificates from the mortgagors that the mortgaged premises were free of all other encumbrances. The series is fragmentary.
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
- Leases of toll collectors' offices
Series Number
- A1448
Summary
- This series, arrange chronologically by year, then alphabetical by location of office, consists of leases for toll collectors' offices. Information includes description of premises leased, date of lease, location of the office, terms of payment and annual rent. Beginning in 1858, the information was compiled on a specific printed form. There are many gaps in the series.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Inventories of items sold at public auctions
Series Number
- A1257
Summary
- The series consists of inventories compiled by the State Treasurer of all goods sold at public auctions by auctioneers. Records include a sworn statement by the auctioneer that the accounts described are true and accurate. A listing of the value of goods sold during a particular period for each day accompanies the statement. In some instances, an itemized list detailing the goods sold and their value has been included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lists of non-resident lands with unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0934
Summary
- This series consists of lists of lands on which taxes were owed by non-residents of the taxing unit, with accompanying letters to the Comptroller. The correspondents include prominent land speculators such as Robert S. Bowne, George Scriba, Gerrit Smith, Edward Suffern, and others.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.