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Displaying 426 Finding Aids
Title
- Accounts of state printer
Series Number
- A1068
Summary
- These are accounts of work done by the state printer for the Legislature. The printer was appointed by the Legislature and was paid by the State Treasurer on warrant of the Comptroller. The law appointed two printers to print all laws presently in force and all which would be passed by the present session. The accounts give the printer's name; for whom printing was done; dates work done; cost of work; printer's certification of accuracy of account; and notary's certification.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payroll for workers employed in building State Hall
Series Number
- A1295
Summary
- This series contains volumes listing job category (carpenter, laborer, stone cutter, etc.); names of individuals performing job; number of days worked for a specific period; and wages per day and amount paid to workers building the new State Hall.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Summary of appropriations requested by state government agencies
Series Number
- A0835
Summary
- These records consist of standardized forms submitted by state agencies to the Comptroller's Office related to: salaries and services; general expenses; maintenance; permanent outlays; miscellaneous purposes; portions of appropriations now in force estimated to lapse; and portions of appropriations now in force estimated to be unexpended. They detail items for expenditure, amount and remarks. The salary schedule contains employee names, position, types of duties, Civil Service grade and date of entry into State service.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payment ledger
Series Number
- B1949
Summary
- This series consists of a ledger documenting expenditures authorized by various appropriation acts of the legislature. The ledger records acts appropriating funds and lists payments made to entities such as state agencies, offices and positions.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vouchers and bills submitted by the Andersonville Monument Dedication Commission
Series Number
- A1460
Summary
- This series contains receipted vouchers and accompanying bills and invoices for commission expenses and for dedication of the monument. The monument was for New York soldiers who perished at Andersonville prison.
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 funds
Series Number
- A1306
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of accounts of various state funds: the General Fund (including State Debt); Common School Fund; Literature Fund; various canal funds; Mariners' Fund; and Banking Fund (including accounts of funds in individual banks). On debit side are entries for bonds issued, on credit side for bonds cancelled. The account of the Common School Fund has columns for bonds for lands, for loans of capital, and for sales of public stock and bank stock.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Warrant and check register for various accounts
Series Number
- A1312
Summary
- This series consists of a register giving the date of check, number of warrant, account name, number of check, and bank on which it was drawn (Commercial Bank, Manhattan Company, or "Country and other" banks).
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger for state stock issued for construction of Long Island Rail Road
Series Number
- A1474
Summary
- This series consists of ledgers for state stock. On the debit side of the ledger accounts are entered sales or transfers of shares; on the credit side is entered redemption, with dates. At the end of the volume is the account of the State of New York with the Long Island Railroad and a name index.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Audited accounts of Onondaga Commissioners
Series Number
- A0964
Summary
- Audited accounts for services by Onondaga Commissioners and for advertising their meetings and publishing the joint resolution of the Senate and the Assembly regarding titles to land in the Counties of Onondaga and Cayuga.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of county treasurers as public administrators of estates of persons dying without heirs
Series Number
- A0958
Summary
- County treasurers were designated public administrators of estates of persons who died without heirs. The accounts in this series include name of deceased, property value, expenditures by the administrator, and balance transmitted to the State Comptroller. Related letters of administration and other documents may be included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly reports on Barge Canal terminal construction
Series Number
- A1273
Summary
- These volumes contain monthly reports, with cover letters from a deputy State engineer. They are arranged chronologically and contain information on Barge Canal terminal construction such as contract number; contractors; location of terminal; summary of work done; schedules with total value of work under contract done to date, done during month of report, and percentage done to date.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lists of certificates of payments by the treasurer
Series Number
- A1065
Summary
- This series consists of certificates issued by the treasurer in compensation for military service during the Revolutionary War. Each entry gives the certificate number, date, name of recipient, and amount of certificate.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- Volumes are fragile and should be used with caution under supervision of archivist.
Title
- Geographical registers of comptroller's tax deeds
Series Number
- A1071
Summary
- These registers from the Comptroller's Office provides geographic access to conveyances of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes. Information includes town name or ward number; lot number; tax year; description of parcel conveyed; acreage; payment date; payor; tax paid; total taxes; interest due; cost of sale; sale price; portion of parcel sold; acres sold; purchaser; date of redemption or conveyance; redeemer or grantee and redemption amount. There were no tax sales for non-Forest Preserve counties after 1893.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daybooks of redemption payments made for non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B1617
Summary
- This series of daybooks ("redemption diaries") documents daily receipts of payments made to the State Comptroller to recover title to property sold for unpaid taxes. Payments included delinquent taxes, interest, and other expenses incurred by the state in connection with the sale of the property. If full payment was made within two years, the tax-sale was voided. In such cases the purchase price was refunded to the buyer, and ownership of the property reverted to the original owner or occupant.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Daily statements of bank balances of the Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1056
Summary
- These statements from the Comptroller's Office include daily bank balances to the credit of various funds constituting the Canal Fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bills and correspondence of the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad
Series Number
- B1181
Summary
- This series documents the articles and quantity of items shipped using the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad Company. Each bill is signed by the superintendent of the railroad company and includes the toll that was charged for shipment. Bills were submitted to the Comptroller in accordance with a law of 1834 incorporating the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad Company and requiring it to pay canal tolls on freight it carried and to submit statements thereof to the Comptroller.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Surrogates' certificates of wills and executors
Series Number
- B1618
Summary
- This series consists of certificates made by officers of county surrogate's courts certifying the validity and correctness of wills and the conferring of letters testamentary (or letters of administration) granting the powers of executor. Submission of these certificates was apparently required by the State Comptroller's office before deeds could be issued to certain parties, pertinent to inheritance of property on which unpaid taxes were owed. Only certificates for surnames beginning in the letter range P-Z are present.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Canal fund accounts (receipt and disbursement book)
Series Number
- A1081
Summary
- This series consists of ledger accounts of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund (through 1826) and of the Canal of Fund New York State (starting 1827). Included are accounts with the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, Superintendent of Repairs, and banks in New York City and Albany in which Canal Fund monies were deposited, accounts for expenses on canals, and for interest on canal stock.
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 paid on passengers of steamboats
Series Number
- A1264
Summary
- This series consists of tax lists for steamboats Richmond, Paragon, and Chancellor Livingston. . The Canal Fund law includes a one dollar tax upon each steamboat passenger for each trip of over 100 miles, and fifty cents for any distance between 30 and 100 miles. Proceeds were deposited in the Canal Fund. The tax monthly lists provide the total number of passengers. In some instances, the passenger totals are broken down into daily figures.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Treasurer's receipts for payments of land purchased at Comptroller's tax sale of 1853
Series Number
- A1258
Summary
- This series consists of receipts issued by the Treasurer's Office for payment of land purchased at the Comptroller's Tax sale of 1853. Records contain the name of the individual who bought the land, the date of the receipt, the amount paid for the land, and the signatures of both the Comptroller and the Treasurer.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.