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Displaying 270 Finding Aids
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
- Annual financial reports of towns
Series Number
- 13326
Summary
- The General Municipal Law requires that the chief financial officer of every municipality report its financial condition annually to the state comptroller. Each report in this series contains a statement of financial transactions of the town, broken down according to type of fund (general, library, highway, water, sewer, etc.).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics
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
- Accounts and receipts of Commission for Settling Claims for Land Ceded to Vermont
Series Number
- A0807
Summary
- This series consists of accounts and receipts for services rendered or for money paid out by the Commissioners for Settling Claims for Land Ceded to Vermont for office supplies and newspaper advertisements addressed to potential claimants. The Commission was responsible for settling claims of persons who had received land grants from New York in what is now Vermont.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Stock certificate receipt book
Series Number
- A1311
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains receipt books for stock by the state, and for funding of various loans. Each entry gives number of the stock certificate; species of stock ("Million Loan," other canal loans, and miscellaneous loans to the state); amount of stock; and signature acknowledging receipt of stock certificate.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payroll ledgers of the State Legislature
Series Number
- A1305
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of accounts of pay to members of the Assembly and Senate. Each account gives legislator's name and county of residence, warrant number and amount on debit side and days of attendance and mileage on credit side. Also included are ledgers providing the names, titles, pay rates, mileage reimbursement, and disbursement dates for members of the State Assembly and Senate and their staffs.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Journal of surveyor general's accounts
Series Number
- A1463
Summary
- This series contains accounts of the State of New York with Simeon De Witt, Surveyor General. Debits are on the left hand folio and credits on the right. Most of the expenses recorded are for surveys of tracts of unappropriated lands and for newspaper advertisements of land sales.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger of duties paid by auctioneers
Series Number
- A1304
Summary
- This series consists of accounts of the State Comptroller with auctioneers for payment of duty and tax. Each account gives name of auctioneer and county of residence, duty and tax due entered on debit side, and payments on credit side.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Stock transfer book
Series Number
- A1310
Summary
- This series consists of volumes of stock transfer books kept by the Comptroller's office, recording transfer state stock (including canal stock) from one individual or firm to another. Each entry lists: number and value of stock certificate; number of transfer; date; names and addresses of assignor and assignee; species of stock; and signature of assignor and witness.
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 Land Tax Bureau list of lands advertised to be sold for arrears of quit rents
Series Number
- A1338
Summary
- This series lists land sold for arrears of quit rents. Information includes patentees' names; date of grant; description of property; county where formerly situated; county where currently situated; and quantity. Handwritten notes are included, which are primarily corrections and additions to the original printed list.
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
- Corrected proofs of advertisement for redemption of lands sold for non-payment of U.S. Direct Tax
Series Number
- A0972
Summary
- This series consists of galley proofs of advertisements for redemption of lands sold for non-payment of U.S. Direct Tax. Proofs have handwritten corrections indicating lands redeemed from the sale. Also included is an accounting of lands sold for the Direct Tax of the United States which lists names of collectors, counties, sales dates, number of lots sold, taxes and costs and interest due, redemption costs, total amount, number of lots redeemed, and cost of redemption.
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
- Annual financial reports of cities
Series Number
- 13324
Summary
- Annual financial reports of cities were generated pursuant to Article 3, Section 30 of the General Municipal Law which states that every municipal corporation shall annually make a report of its financial condition to the comptroller and that such report shall be made by the chief fiscal officer of the corporation. Each report contains a detailed itemization of the financial transactions of the city and is broken down according to types of funds (General, Water, Sewer, Capital, etc.).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Daily journal
Series Number
- A0966
Summary
- This journal from the office of the Comptroller lists various financial transactions made from May 1, 1797 to October 27, 1802. The comptroller was responsible for drawing up warrants for all monies to be paid by the Treasurer, keeping the financial records of the state, investing the state's funds, and borrowing money on the credit of the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to claims for the war account
Series Number
- A0806
Summary
- This series consists of an index to claims submitted for the organization, equipment and maintenance of New York State troops. An auditing board, consisting of the Inspector General, Advocate General, and the Quartermaster General was established by law to review these claims. The index contains information on name and book in which claim information appears. The whereabouts of book indexed by this volume is unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Treasurer's certificates of money paid into the treasury
Series Number
- A1259
Summary
- This series contains certificates issued by the Treasurer's Office stating that a certain individual paid a specific sum of money into the State Treasury. The records contain the name of the individual; the amount of money paid into the Treasury; what the money was paid for; the date; and the signature of the Treasurer.
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 conveyance and redemptions of non-resident land sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0938
Summary
- This series consists of lists of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes and subsequently conveyed or redeemed. Each list gives the lot number; description of the parcel sold; acre sold; date of conveyance or redemption; to whom the parcel was conveyed or by whom it was redeemed; and amount paid if redeemed.
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 computer-produced accounting reports for state agencies
Series Number
- A0838
Summary
- This series consists of computer printout journals detailing weekly expenditures by state agencies. These journals are produced as part of the function of auditing and "overseeing financial transactions of state government." The printouts include information on the appropriation number, project, agency, amount of money expended, as well as the date and referral payments. This information is all computer-coded; a key to the coding, which is not currently present in the series, would be necessary.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of incorporated companies
Series Number
- A1289
Summary
- This series contains a listing of incorporated gas, insurance and railroad companies and banks (both state and national). Entries include the name of the corporation, chief officer(s)' name, place where to direct communications amount of authorized capital stock; and , for some gas companies the amount actually paid in. Only the entries for insurance and railroad companies are filled in completely.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Employee position and salary roster of state agencies
Series Number
- A0801
Summary
- A typed carbon copy list of employees of the various State agencies. Each entry includes: title of position; incumbent's name; date when entered the service of the state; and date of entrance in the specific appointment in the agency.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.