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Displaying 270 Finding Aids
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
- Check register, income tax account
Series Number
- A1402
Summary
- This series consists of a register of checks drawn by the Comptroller for distribution of tax monies to the various counties, or for transfer of tax funds to other banks. Monies came from the state income tax, the bank tax, and the motor fuel tax. Each entry in the register gives date, bank drawn on, payee, check number, amount, and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
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
- 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
- Outgoing correspondence relating to prisons, the Onondaga Salt Springs, and the U.S. Deposit Fund
Series Number
- A1359
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence from the Comptroller and Deputy Comptroller containing topics such as payments of vouchers for building and expenditures of prisons; land purchases; interest on funds for prisons; and requests for annual financial reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of receipts and checks issued
Series Number
- A0866
Summary
- This series records money received by the Comptroller, whose office was responsible for receiving and distributing state funds Information includes date, name, residence, account (by mortgage tax or inheritance tax), amount, and amount refunded.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Copies of deeds for state lands
Series Number
- A1299
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of copies of deeds for parcels of state land (almost all within the Adirondack Forest Preserve) to various individuals and firms. Each entry contains a note of legal authorization for sale for Forest Preserve lands and a copy of the deed as certified.
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
- New York State Comptroller's Office Land Tax Bureau register of buyers of state lands
Series Number
- A1335
Summary
- This volume is divided into three sections. The first is arranged geographically giving purchaser's name, date of purchase, lot, and account book number and page. The second section begins on page 370 and is arranged by book number of the account books of bonds and mortgages for sales of state lands. Information includes lot number, book number, purchaser's name, and the relevant page. The third section begins on page 425 and lists bonds delivered to the Surveyor General. It is arranged geographically and gives information on lot, purchaser, book number and page, and purchase amount and payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Certificates of employee salaries
Series Number
- A0959
Summary
- This series consists of certificates or letters from various state offices submitted to the State Comptroller; documents certify or state that named individuals were hired at a particular salary.
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 on incorporations
Series Number
- A0965
Summary
- Accounts of taxes on incorporated companies, in five sewn booklets varying in content and format.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Certificates of searches of judgment dockets and mortgage records
Series Number
- A0971
Summary
- This series consists of certificates listing judgments or mortgages in force against individuals, with affidavit of clerk of court, submitted to the Comptroller. A state law required the Comptroller to obtain certificates from the mortgagors that the mortgaged premises were free of all other encumbrances. The series is fragmentary.
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
- Register of land bounty rights
Series Number
- A0808
Summary
- This fragmentary volume contains information on the assignment of land bounty rights to militia "classes." It lists class, soldier's name, muster master, and regiment. It is in fragile condition due to burn damage.
Creator
- New York (State). Auditor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledgers for bonds and mortgages held by the State of New York
Series Number
- A1280
Summary
- This series consists of account ledgers for bonds and mortgages held by the State Comptroller. Each account lists mortgagor or obligor name; date and amount of bond; location of mortgaged property; interest due; and payments on principal and interest or other credits. Most accounts are for sales of lands formerly part of Indian reservations and unappropriated lands.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Drafts of laws on assessment and collection of taxes
Series Number
- A1040
Summary
- This series contains rough drafts of laws on assessment and collection of taxes presumably made for the Revised Statutes published in 1829.
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
- 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.