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Displaying 552 Finding Aids
Title
- Mortgage statements of county commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund
Series Number
- A1285
Summary
- This series consists of statements of mortgages submitted to the State Comptroller by county commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund. Each statement lists name of mortgagor; residence; town or ward in which mortgaged premises is located; acres of land mortgaged; date and amount of mortgage; amount of interest paid to the commissioners; compensation and expenses of the commissioners; and interest paid to the Treasurer.
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
- Warrants for payments to government officials and legislators
Series Number
- A0831
Summary
- The warrants for payment in this series generally include: payee's name; office held or reason for payment; sum to be paid; date; name of treasurer and comptroller; and a certificate of the payee's account, signed by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, or Comptroller.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Legislative Commission on Public Management Systems project files
Series Number
- L0152
Summary
- These records document the commission's research and proposed reforms for increasing economy and efficiency in New York State government. The records include correspondence, memorandums, reports, draft legislation, hearing and conference transcripts, working papers, and publications. Most records relate to the organization, function, and financial management systems of state agencies, boards, and commissions and means of strengthening accounting and auditing, planning, budgeting, reporting, and performance measurement programs.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Commission on Public Management Systems
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Entry documentation for Emergency Fund (Capitol Fire)
Series Number
- A2014
Summary
- This series documents expenditures from the Emergency Fund established after the 1911 State Capitol fire which destroyed most of the book and manuscript holdings of the New York State Library. The records include itemized, receipted vouchers from vendors and summary statements of amounts paid to vendors.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Administration Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records concerning the raising of troops and payment of bounties to volunteers
Series Number
- A1253
Summary
- This series consists of military board resolutions, correspondence, memorandums, payment totals for the militia, bounty payment tables, vouchers, and warrants pertaining to the raising, equipping, and paying of New York State's Militia during the Civil War. Records deal mainly with payment of bounties for troops raised and contain summary data of sums requested and received.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bills and receipts of the superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs
Series Number
- A1247
Summary
- This series consists of bills and receipts from the office of the Superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs submitted by law to the Comptroller's Office. The series consists receipts and bills for work performed on constructing aqueducts from reservoirs at Salina and two reservoirs at Getties. The receipts are mostly for labor and supplies rented during this construction project.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Receipts and accounts for state expenses
Series Number
- A0978
Summary
- This series consists of miscellaneous documents from the Comptroller's Office mostly routine receipts, accounts, affidavits, lists and other ephemeral items. Of note is a letter relating to Quit Rents, a survey map of the Bayner and Company Patent, bills for household furniture, judge's order relating to wrecking of brandy and gin barrels, and salary statement for clerks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Division Engineer's account book
Series Number
- B0677
Summary
- This volume is a listing of accounts with J. Frederick Behn, Western Division Engineer. Each account is spread across two pages in the volume, and provides name of account holder, dates of transactions, types of transactions, and amounts of transactions. Also included are a couple of accounts with Western Division Engineer John D. Fay.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Draft manual, "Uniform system of accounting for villages"
Series Number
- A0944
Summary
- This series consists of a typewritten draft manual, which outlines a proposed system of accounting for incorporated villages in the state. The manual includes a table of contents at the front, and some chapters appear to be missing or exist only in fragments. A loose-leaf binder also includes notes of meetings concerning the manual, revisions of certain sections, and memoranda.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Auburn Prison special funds expenditure journal
Series Number
- B1227
Summary
- This series consists of journals documenting expenditures in Auburn Prison special funds. Information includes date of expenditure, person or company paid, and name of account (e.g., Ordinary Repairs, Water System, Library, Electrocution, Emergency). Total expenditures for each fund are given every month.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Alien deposition fee registers
Series Number
- A1871
Summary
- This series records fees paid by aliens for depositions. The two volumes list names of deponents and fees paid to the Secretary of State. The information contained in the series includes only the name of deponent, date deposition was filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the amount of fee paid.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledgers for Western Division accounts
Series Number
- B0689
Summary
- The volumes in this series were used by the Western Division Engineer's Office of the New York State Canal System to record accounts and payments. The volumes document financial accounts relating to various people, projects, and organizations.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. Western Division Engineer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Selected audited accounts of state civil and military officers
Series Number
- A0802
Summary
- The series includes vouchers, accounts, contracts, correspondence, and related documents of various state civil and military officers including Commissioners of Highways, Commissioners of Fortifications, Commissary of Military Stores, Council of Appointment, Pay Master General, agents of New York State with the United States, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Indian agents, s, Adjutant General, and Quarter Master General. The series also contains financial documents and claims relating to "detached" militia companies that were placed under Federal command during the War of 1812.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- Photocopying is restricted because most of the documents are fragile and many of them are pasted in overlapping sets on a folio page.
Title
- New York State Department of Audit and Control correspondence, speech, and report files
Series Number
- B1372
Summary
- This series consists of records compiled by the office of New York State Comptroller Arthur Levitt. Records include personal and official correspondence, schedules of Levitt's activities, committee files, subject files, speeches, published opinions of the state attorney general, published annual financial reports of the state comptroller, and special reports of the state comptroller.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Expense invoices
Series Number
- A2021
Summary
- This series contains receipted invoices for expenses of the Board of Regents. Most items billed are for books, supplies, and labor for the New York State Library for which the Regents were appointed Trustees in 1844. Some invoices are for expenses such as staff travel costs to the Regents' annual meetings and to visits to New York colleges. Some volumes are burned and fragile.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger of miscellaneous expenses and appropriations
Series Number
- B1017
Summary
- This series documents income and expenditures in Westfield State Farm financial accounts. Information includes name of account; date and amount of transaction and the page in the institution's general journal where the entry was first recorded. Accounts in the ledger include Prison Capital; Industry, Machinery and Equipment; Power; Inter Prison Account; Food and Clothing; Medical and Surgical Care; and Cash to Outgoing Inmates. Also includes an alphabetical subject index.
Creator
- Westfield State Farm
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daily journal
Series Number
- A1329
Summary
- This series consists of a chronological record of payments made by the State. Information includes the person, agency, or institution to which payment is to be made; warrant number; amount; and daily totals. Payments were made to brigade inspectors; the banking department; county treasurers; the court of errors; and on accounts such as expenses of the Comptroller's Office, expenses of the geological survey, postage for state offices, and expenses of the building of 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
- Reports, statements, and estimates of expenses of Western Division Engineer's office
Series Number
- B0668
Summary
- This volume is a report of J. B. Stittson, Division Engineer of the Western Division of the Canal system. The report consists of: a tabular statement of engineering expenses on each subdivision of the Western Division for the year 1850; statements showing length and estimated costs of work done and to be completed; and remarks of the Division Engineer regarding prices, quantities, construction, engineering issues, and progress of work.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Tax accounts of the Treasurer of the City and County of New York
Series Number
- A0973
Summary
- This series consists of lists of "Insolvents of Taxes" for wards of New York City Information may include name, tax owed, address and reasons for non-payment. Also included are cover letters, statements of the City Treasurer, and miscellaneous receipts and accounts of collectors.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's subject files
Series Number
- 18264
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memorandums, newspaper clippings, published and unpublished reports, draft legislation, notices of appointments to boards and commissions, and published articles. These records document issues with which the State Comptroller dealt such as bond issuances, the state's bond rating, campaign finance reform, casino gambling, health insurance and health costs, the Savings and Loan scandal, financing of the Knickerbocker Arena, state pension funds, and agency audits.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.