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Displaying 426 Finding Aids
Title
- Incoming correspondence from county treasurers
Series Number
- A1051
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of routine letters inquiring about laws on assessment and collections of taxes and redemption of lands sold for unpaid taxes, enclosing accounts, and other financial business between the comptroller and county treasurers.
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 of highways of Town of Clarksville
Series Number
- A1043
Summary
- Highway commissioners of each town are authorized to establish road districts for the upkeep of highways by the labor of the inhabitants. This series contains minutes of the Commissioners of Highways of Clarksville, Cattaraugus County, dividing the town into eleven road districts in 1836, and the establishment of road district no. 14 in 1840.
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 Comptroller's Office statements of tolls on canal passenger boats
Series Number
- A1057
Summary
- These chronological lists of passengers were submitted monthly by masters of boats traveling the Erie Canal. Required for taxation purposes, the lists provide name of boat; date of travel; names of passengers; and distance traveled. The card index indicates names of boats in chronological and alphabetical order.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragility. Use with supervision of archivist.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to taxation and sale of state land
Series Number
- A1358
Summary
- This series consists of letters sent by the Comptroller and Deputy Comptroller to individuals, organizations, and government organizations. The correspondence relates to school taxes requested to be paid on State lands; highway taxes levied against state land; exchanges with people wishing to purchase tracts of state land; and appraisals of the value of state land.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County clerks' certificates of searches for New York and Erie Railroad Company records
Series Number
- A0913
Summary
- This series consists of reports of county clerk searches made for records of contracts made by, mortgages and conveyances given by, and judgments against the New York and Erie Railroad Company. Also included is a form requesting the clerk of a county Supreme Court to search for records of judgment against the company. Information includes county; date; records found, if any; and the clerk's certification.
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 Utica and Schenectady railroad and Schenectady and Troy railroad
Series Number
- A0907
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains records of the Utica & Schenectady and Schenectady & Troy Railroads. Records include statements and reports related to property on the railroad (agricultural and manufactured products, stocks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of interest payments
Series Number
- B0967
Summary
- These series records interest payments made on interest accrued. There is no indication of what the interest was paid for, although it may have been for state securities. Each entry provides date of payment, year for which interest accrued, and amount of payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of incorporated companies
Series Number
- A1204
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains a list of incorporated companies in New York State counties, arranged according to type of company (bank, insurance, turnpike, bridge, manufacturing, etc.). Incorporation date and information on capital stock are occasionally included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Registers of unpaid taxes on non-resident lands
Series Number
- B0848
Summary
- Volumes in this series contain detailed information regarding unpaid taxes on non-resident lands: town, lot number, description, assessed value, amount of unpaid tax, date of sale, person making payment, and amount paid. Abstracted information, apparently used to prepare lists of lands available for tax sales, is also included: years of unpaid taxes; owner; description and location of property; acreage or lot size; and amount owed for each year.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Comptroller's Office form for engineers' field notes to be filed with Comptroller
Series Number
- A1199
Summary
- This "Form for entering field notes, quantities, etc. for a book of records to be deposited in the Comptroller's office" provides sample field notes for natural ground and for excavations of various types, along with diagrams and formulas for computing the cubic footage of excavation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Copies of outgoing telegrams
Series Number
- A1370
Summary
- This series contains copies of telegrams sent to individuals and state agencies by the Comptroller. The subject is primarily the financial transactions of the State. Information is extremely brief and it is very difficult to determine the exact nature of the message.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence from the Clerk of the Contracting Board
Series Number
- A1364
Summary
- Consisting of press copies of letters from the Clerk of the Contracting Board, topics addressed by the volume include contract awards; drafts and vouchers for contracts; and appointments to offices such as Superintendent of Canal Repairs.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of property transfer taxes
Series Number
- B0973
Summary
- This series consists of a summary record of property transfer taxes paid to the State Comptroller. Information includes the date of receipt; receipt number; decedent; name of person paying tax; payer's address; amount paid; amount of gifts, legacies, etc.; and remarks. There are no indexes to names of decedents.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Incoming correspondence from clerks of boards of supervisors regarding the assessment of taxes
Series Number
- A1238
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence from county boards of supervisors, tax assessors and county clerks to the Comptroller's Office regarding the assessment and/or collection of New York State taxes. Topics include deadlines for reports to the Comptroller's Office, information to facilitate the compilation of assessment rolls, the receipt of forms and questions concerning the assessment of taxes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Blueprints and tracings of railroad grade crossing eliminations
Series Number
- A4432
Summary
- The State Comptroller's office responsibility includes oversight of state infrastructure planning and financing. This series consists of blueprints and tracings of maps and plans relating to projects paid for by state government bond issues for railroad grade crossing eliminations. The work sites depicted in the series are located in Suffern (Rockland County), Slingerlands (Albany County), Riverhead (Suffolk County), Sennett (Cayuga County), and Watertown (Jefferson County), New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Whiteprint copies of maps of portions of canal lands belonging to the State of New York
Series Number
- A0867
Summary
- The whiteprint copies of original "blue line" maps are arranged geographically by portfolio then numerically by map number. The maps show boundaries of state-owned lands along the Erie, Champlain, Black River, Cayuga, and Seneca Canals and depict old and new canal lines; structures, streets and adjacent roads; and state and privately owned land. Each portfolio includes full titles. The maps depict in minute detail lands acquired for canal purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Bills, receipts, and warrants for the proposed state prison at Albany
Series Number
- A0873
Summary
- A proposed State Prison at Albany was authorized to be built under Chapter 30 of the Laws of 1796. A Board of Commissioners was appointed, which was authorized to purchase a lot not exceeding four acres, and a number of the records concern the controversy over the purchase of that land. It was also authorized to submit warrants for the cost of building the state prison to the Treasurer, and these warrants were passed on by the Comptroller.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Card index to abstracts, check rolls, and vouchers for canal expenditures
Series Number
- B1846
Summary
- This series indexes bundled expenditure records in Series A0013, Abstracts, Check Rolls, and Vouchers for Canal Expenditures. The index is arranged by canal, then by year, and then by name of superintendent of repairs.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Certificates of exemption from quit rents
Series Number
- A1211
Summary
- This series consists of certificates stating that residents were obliged to leave their farms in order to participate in the late war between the United States and Great Britain. Information includes name and signature of the judge issuing the certificate, the name of the farmer and the location of the farm.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to lands sales for unpaid quit rents (Sale of 1808)
Series Number
- B0966
Summary
- During the early nineteenth century, the Comptroller conducted several sales of land for unpaid quit rents. This series indexes lands sold for unpaid quick rents. Each entry gives lot number; owner's name, if known; acreage; amount of tax due; charges for interest, advertising, and sale; grand total due; name of purchaser; sale certificate number; portion of parcel purchased; name of person redeeming parcel from sale; and amount paid to redeem.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.