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Displaying 426 Finding Aids
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
- Application for license for private detective business
Series Number
- B1926
Summary
- This series consists of the original application and a bond for $3,000 from the Pinkerton Detective Agency requesting a license to work in New York State. The application was filed with the Office of the State Comptroller.
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
- State Comptroller's Office payment records
Series Number
- A0864
Summary
- The office of state comptroller was established to settle accounts of the state and to keep records of all state funds, accounts, and expenses. This series contains volumes listing payments of state funds. Information includes warrant number; date to whom paid; amount; and totals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Statements of court and trust funds in New York City banks
Series Number
- A1401
Summary
- The statements of court and trust funds authorized surrogates to appoint appraisers of estates for purposes of taxation. This series consists of summary statements of court and trust funds deposited in New York City banks. Each entry gives citation to court order, name of action or matter, initial and final balances in account, payments, interest, and deposits for each year, and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's opinion on bills introduced in the legislature
Series Number
- A1367
Summary
- This series contains copies of letters and memos that provide the Comptroller's opinion on bills introduced into the Legislature. They are primarily for bills relating to land sale, corporation taxes and land taxes. Each opinion usually mentioned the introduction number of the bill and occasionally the law number. Many are fairly detailed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Minutes of meetings of the Board of Commissioners of the Mohansic Lake Reservation
Series Number
- A1373
Summary
- This series consists of minutes and transcripts of meetings of the Board of Commissioners of the Mohansic Lake Reservation. The board t was empowered to investigate all "records, plans and documents of the Mohansic Lake Hospital and Training School pertaining to its building contracts, operation and appropriations."
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence concerning prisons
Series Number
- A1165
Summary
- This series contains routine letters to the Comptroller's Office concerning financial matters such as expenditures, appropriations and bonds mostly from Auburn and Sing Sing prisons.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Superintendents of Repairs' measurements of water depth
Series Number
- A1159
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of monthly measurements of the water depth in canals taken every four miles on their sections, or at one point if a section was less than two miles long. The report includes measurement location, actual depth of water by measure, and an affidavit that the data are correct. The series is fragmentary. Also included is a table of soundings on the entire canal between Buffalo and Troy.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Obsolete index to canal records
Series Number
- B1886
Summary
- This series consists of index cards, apparently related to State Comptroller's canal records transferred to the State Archives by the New York State Library. The records indexed by the cards were subsequently divided into separate series rendering this index obsolete.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Claims examined by the Auditors Board
Series Number
- A0910
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains schedules of claims examined and transmitted by the Auditors Board. The claims were audited by the Inspector General, Judge Advocate General, and Quartermaster General, and were to be paid by the treasurer on warrant of the comptroller. The records contain the number of the claim; name of claimant; dollar amount of claim; and date of board meeting at which the schedule of claims was prepared.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Certificates and correspondence relating to fish net bounties
Series Number
- A0938
Summary
- This series consists of the Comptroller's correspondence with county treasurers regarding bounties paid for destruction of illegal fishnets. Included are certificates signed by town supervisor describing seized nets, giving their type, size, and value and a receipt for bounty payment. Also included is a list of certificates with number, person issued to, amount, dates issued and paid, and witnesses' and/or recipients' names. Most of the bounties appear to have been paid in the Finger Lakes area for illegal fish nets.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Engineer's maps of highway rights of way and estimates of value
Series Number
- A1398
Summary
- This series consists of folio volumes containing blueprint maps of land to be acquired for improved state highways. Maps show right of way, courses and distances, names of property owners, property lines; and a detailed description of the property. Also included are tables of estimated land value which include name, number, and location of highway; map or parcel number; name of owner; acreage; assessed value per acre and total value.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Entry documentation for construction of Reformatory for Women at Bedford
Series Number
- A1213
Summary
- This series consists of agreements, special fund vouchers, certificates of construction, receipts, correspondence, and bills pertaining to the construction of the women's reformatory at Bedford, New York. The series contains detailed information on the construction costs of the various buildings for the reformatory. Most information pertains to costs of building materials, labor, and transportation costs. The Reformatory's Board of Managers submitted all costs proposals to Comptroller's office.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Appropriations requested by state departments and the legislature
Series Number
- A1207
Summary
- This series consists of copies of reports detailing the appropriations desired by boards, departments, and commissions in New York State government submitted to the Comptroller's Office for review to determine if the appropriations requested were practical. Reports include the appropriation request and a brief description of why the money is required. Some reports are indexed and are categorized into executive legislative, judicial, regulatory, protective, penal, curative, defensive, and general.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Minutes of Commissioners to Extinguish Claims Against Lands Sold by the State
Series Number
- B0964
Summary
- Commissioners of the Land Office examined and settled claims against loyalists' lands confiscated and sold by the commissioners of forfeitures. Most claims were based on erroneous sales of land not subject to forfeiture, or the dower rights of widows of loyalists. These minutes locate and describe the bounds of the property in question; recite the substance of the claim; and state the commissioners' decision and award.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of tax monies received
Series Number
- A1345
Summary
- This series consists of accounts, apparently of tax money, received by the State Comptroller from various state and local agencies and organizations. Information includes date, name of organization or agency, amount (probably received), and remarks (these include such notes as tax, repairs, common school fund).
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Comptroller's Office correspondence from the Board of Regents relating to appointments, resignations and salaries of employees
Series Number
- A3208
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence from officers of the State Board of Regents to the State Comptroller's Office transmitting personnel updates approved by the board. Correspondence relates to appointments, resignations, and salaries, predominantly of employees of the Board of Regents, State Museum, and State Library. Better known individuals to whom correspondence relates include James Hall, Melvil Dewey, and John M. Clarke.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Receipts of New York State Fair Commission
Series Number
- A0932
Summary
- These are receipts for expenses incurred by the New York State Fair Commission. The receipts are from newspapers or printing companies in return for publishing or printing an ad. They usually show the date, number of ads, and cost.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.