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Displaying 102 Finding Aids
Title
- Statistical tables of real property exempt from taxation
Series Number
- 14395
Summary
- These records contain statistical tables of quantity, value, and use of real property wholly or partially exempt from taxation. Included are annual statistics on the value and use of exempt property in each county; shifting municipal tax burden resulting from partial tax exemption for aged persons; and statistics for various categories of partially exempt property in each town and city in the state (property to be sold for unpaid taxes, railroads, housing projects, aged, paraplegic, schools, clergy).
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Equalization and Assessment
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports of occupancy of lands purchased by the state in tax sales
Series Number
- B0943
Summary
- This series consists of documents listing lots acquired by the State in the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserves through Comptroller's tax sales. Each list provides the town, lot number, description of the parcel, name of the occupant, if any, and acreage.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of tax relevied
Series Number
- B0957
Summary
- This series consists of a register of taxes re-levied by the Comptroller on lands of non-residents after a previously unpaid tax levy had been ascertained to be illegal or void, either before or after a tax sale. Entries include the date and cause of re-levy; a description of the parcel taxed; acreage; the year of erroneous tax; and the amount levied.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to land taxes
Series Number
- A1357
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence from the Deputy Comptroller and the Comptroller with state and local officials such as Commissioners of the Land Office and County Treasurers, and private individuals. Relating to land taxes, the correspondence discusses surveys prior to taxation, amount of taxes due, notices of unpaid taxes, and other references to laws and regulations regarding land that the Comptroller was in charge of fulfilling.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lists of freight on Baxter Steam Canal Boats
Series Number
- A1034
Summary
- This series consists of lists of charges for freight carried by boats of the Baxter Steam Canal Boat Transportation Company. Information by boat includes number of trips made by each boat; boat's name; weight; and freight. Also included is information by destination; weight in pounds; and freight cost in dollars and cents.
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
- Accounts of money received
Series Number
- B0982
Summary
- This series consists of volumes were kept by the Treasurer's Office and its successor the Department of Taxation and Finance. They contain daily entries of moneys received from various state agencies and funds, distributed in unlabeled columns.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Division of Finance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Statement of lands sold for taxes
Series Number
- B0954
Summary
- This series consists of a published list of lands sold by the Comptroller for unpaid taxes. Each entry gives the sale certificate number; a brief description of the parcel sold; the acres sold; the name of the purchaser; the amount of the bid; and to whom the parcel was conveyed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County treasurers' statements of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0940
Summary
- This series contains statements that list lands of non-residents sold by county treasurers for unpaid taxes. Each statement gives the lot number; description of the parcel sold; acreage; name of the purchaser; number of acres sold; and amount received by the county treasurer.
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 accounts of taxes on state lands
Series Number
- B0603
Summary
- This series contains schedules of state-owned taxable lots within the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the Catskill Forest Preserve. Tax figures include school, highway, and special district taxes, and taxes rejected because of erroneous assessments. Individual lots are usually listed under the name of the patent or tract of which they are a part. Entries include lot number, location, acreage, assessed valuation, and tax amount. Entries also often include remarks such as "lumbered," "second growth," "burned," etc.).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- County treasurers' returns of unpaid taxes on non-resident lands
Series Number
- B0941
Summary
- This series consists of returns listing parcels owned by non-residents who had not paid their taxes. Their property was subsequently sold in the tax sales. Each entry on a list states the parcel location, lot number, acreage, assessed value, and amount of tax due. Each list includes the town tax collector's affidavit that the taxes remain unpaid.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of decedent estates paying transfer taxes
Series Number
- B0955
Summary
- This series consists of a register of decedent estates paying transfer taxes. Information includes decedent's name; decedent's date of death; name of executor or administrator and his past office address; value of the estate; tax rate (an unexplained letter code); and date of estate appraiser's report.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- County treasurer's receipts for fees
Series Number
- J7013
Summary
- This series consists of receipts from county treasurers for money collected from attorneys for fees due to the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The county treasurers transmitted these monies pursuant to legislation of 1829 requiring them to receive and pay over all monies belonging to the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Tax assessment roll for Town of Rochester, Ulster County
Series Number
- B0959
Summary
- This series is a copy of the original tax roll for the town of Rochester, filed in the Comptroller's office. Entries give the name of the taxable, assessed valuation, and the amount of tax.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Returns of arrears of United States direct tax
Series Number
- B0965
Summary
- This series documents the non-payment of the 1815 U.S. direct tax on real property in the eastern part of New York. The tax was collected by local officials and paid by the Comptroller to the U.S. Treasury. Each entry states the name of the delinquent taxable; his residence; name of occupant; location and description of lands; description of buildings thereon (houses, barns, mills, etc.); acreage taxed; assessed valuation; and amount of tax due.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's Office search certificate form books
Series Number
- B0971
Summary
- This series consists of a book of sample blank forms relating to tax title searches, tax sales, record searches, etc. The forms were used in the Division of Taxation, Department of Taxation and Finance.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to state sales tax on land
Series Number
- A1376
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, forms, and legal notices relating to various aspects of the state's sales tax on land. The documentation contains information on: cancellation of sales tax for state land; nonresident taxes; applications to vacate, annul and set aside certain cancellations of tax sales and certificates; judgment rolls; referee reports; and notice, motion and proposed orders on specific cases.
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
- Abstracts of muster rolls of men unassigned to any state or federal unit during the Civil War
Series Number
- B0805
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts partially describing the military service of New York men who were mustered into service but were not assigned to a unit during the Civil War. Abstracts list: name; date and place of enlistment; age; length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; birthplace; occupation; eye and hair color; complexion; height; and Congressional District number. Some include how each man left his organization and remarks such as drafted, a substitute (often named), or deserted.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Cash book for clerk's fees
Series Number
- J0230
Summary
- This account book contains a record of fees charged for filing declarations, judgments, satisfactions, motions, and other documents, and for performing searches of documents on file. Each entry gives the date of the fee, attorney's name, nature of fee charged, and amount of fee.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts of muster rolls for men who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War
Series Number
- B0803
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts describing the military service of New Yorkers who served in the United States Navy as officers or enlisted men (bulk of entries) during the Civil War. The abstracts contain: name, birthplace, from where appointed, date of appointment, rank, promotions, names of vessels on which served, and final disposition (resigned, retired, died, or dismissed). Some abstracts include: physical descriptions (eye and hair color, complexion, and height), as well as age, place of birth and occupation.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Tax sale certificates
Series Number
- A1412
Summary
- Land was sold when no taxes were paid for two years. If the owner paid the taxes within one year after the land was sold for taxes, it reverted to that person's ownership. This series consists of tax sale certificates from a sale on November 28, 1859. Each certificate (printed form) gives the name for redemption.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.