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Title

Delegate and committee amendment introduction and progress log

Series Number

L0100

Summary

This series consists of one volume used to track amendments introduced by individual delegates or committees. The volume is arranged into two sections: the first with information concerning amendments introduced by delegates, arranged alphabetically by name of delegate; the second with information concerning amendments introduced by committees, arranged by name of committee.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1938

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Ulster County (N.Y.) tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4437

Summary

Tax assessment rolls in this series indicate the properties in each town assessed for taxation, property owner, quantity and value of land, amount of taxes, and certificate of authorization by the governing body of the county. Beginning in 1887, tax rolls also include school district numbers, abutting properties, acreage, receipt number, and the date of tax payment.

Creator

• Ulster (N.Y. : County). Treasurer's Office. Tax Unit

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Study of impeachment precedents and practices in England and New York State

Series Number

A3358

Summary

This series consists of a binder containing a 300-page typed manuscript entitled, "Precedents on Impeachment." The manuscript discusses the "customs, practices and proceedings" of the English Parliament regarding impeachment and reviews the history of New York State constitutional and statutory provisions relating to impeachment. There is no indication of who prepared this work, when, or for what purpose, although it might have been related in some way to Governor William Sulzer's impeachment and removal from office in 1913.

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Title

Federal advisory and instructional releases and promotional material

Series Number

A4351

Summary

This series documents how the activities of the New York State War Council Salvage Division were directed, coordinated, and informed by the United States War Production Board. The series includes: federal releases describing what materials were to be salvaged, directing the state division on how to proceed with salvage campaigns, and listing available promotional materials; correspondence between the Salvage Division and the War Production Board; bulletins; newsletters; manuals; and promotional and instructional materials.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Salvage Division

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Accounts for road improvement

Series Number

A1229

Summary

These records from the Comptroller's Office document the construction, operation, and maintenance of turnpikes in New York State, mostly around Salina (Onondaga County), Oneida Creek to Chittenango Creek, and Oswego to Sackets Harbor. Most records are itemized accounts detailing construction costs and receipts for services or goods. Also included are vouchers, contracts and agreements, correspondence, lists of taxes received for road improvements, and affidavits.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Historical Records Survey institution forms

Series Number

A0137

Summary

Following the entrance of the United States into World War II, the federal government took steps to safeguard the nation's cultural resources against potential destruction. This series consists of Historical Records Survey forms used to record storage information of institutions in New York State that were custodians of public records, art objects, museum artifacts, books, manuscripts, or other library materials.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials rulemaking records

Series Number

B2813

Summary

This series consists of records documenting the changes to rules for the development and intent of the Department of Environmental Conservation's rules and regulations, including normal, emergency, and consensus rulemaking.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials
• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Bureau chief's public employee training program files

Series Number

A4379

Summary

This series primarily contains the correspondence, memoranda, program schedules, and syllabi of Albert H. Hall, chief of the Bureau of Public Service Training. The bureau provided instruction to state employees on subjects related to their vocations. Though it was part of the Education Department, it served all state agencies.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Public Service Training

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Tax lists and assessment rolls

Series Number

A1201

Summary

This series contains lists of persons upon whom real and/or personal property taxes were levied in response to State tax legislation passed in 1779, 1786, 1787, and 1788. All of the tax lists in the series pertain to districts within Albany County. Lists vary slightly in format from year to year and even within the same year. All, however, feature the names of persons taxed in each district, in no discernible order, and the total amount of taxes owed by each person.

Creator

• New York (State). Treasurer's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.

Title

Senate standing committee agenda and bill files

Series Number

L0128

Summary

The series contains records relating to regular meetings of Assembly Standing Committees. Most but not all committees are represented for each year. Records include meeting agenda, list of bills to be discussed, and sponsor memorandum for each bill. This memorandum typically includes title of bill, sponsor, subject and purpose, summary of provisions, statement of support, prior legislative history, fiscal implications, and the effective date of the legislation. There is no information on committee discussions or voting.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Albany-Schenectady-Schoharie Board of Cooperative Educational Services District Superintendent of Schools records

Series Number

A3370

Summary

Microfilmed records include statistical, fiscal, legal, publicity, and other records relating to school districts in the constituent counties. Most of the documents relate to the district superintendent's function as representative and agent of the State Commissioner of Education. Records include annual financial and statistical reports; Communications Director's news files; District Superintendent's administrative office files; annual and statistical reports; component school district case files; certificates of apportionment of public school monies; teacher certificates; records of reorganization; and public employee contract negotiation files.

Creator

• Albany-Schenectady-Schoharie Board of Cooperative Educational Services (N.Y.) District Superintendent of Schools

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Central New York School for the Deaf annual reports

Series Number

A3364

Summary

These reports from Central New York Institution for Deaf Mutes were submitted each fiscal year to corporate members and benefactors by the school's board of trustees. Continuing to operate as a private facility known as Central New York School for the Deaf, it became a state facility in 1963. Some reports after 1891 had pictures of buildings, students, or alphabetic diagrams.

Creator

• Central New York School for the Deaf

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Accounts of cash received

Series Number

B0976

Summary

This series consists of daily entries of cash received from corporations in payment of the corporation tax on capital stock and gross earnings. Types of corporation included: transportation, telephone, telegraph, gas and water, and others.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Corporation Tax Bureau

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Affidavits relating to land taxation

Series Number

A1215

Summary

This series consists of affidavits and certificates documenting land ownership, payment of real estate taxes and the location of land owned apparently compiled by local county officials and submitted to the Auditor General's later to the Comptroller's Office. Information includes landowners name; location and amount of land, amount paid; date purchased; from whom, taxes due; taxes paid; date and whether or not improvements have been made on the land.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Wassaic Developmental Center design and construction photographs

Series Number

B2807

Summary

This series contains photographic material from the Wassaic Developmental Center and its predecessor, the Wassaic State School. The images depict the construction of facilities and buildings located on the campus. Contents include negatives, as well as color and black and white photographs.

Creator

• Wassaic Developmental Center (N.Y.)

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

New York State Newark Developmental Disabilities Services Office Facilities photographic images

Series Number

B2634

Summary

This series consists of photographic images collected by the Newark State School (later Newark Developmental Center). The images document daily activities of staff and patients, as well as special occasions.

Creator

• New York (State). Newark Developmental Disabilities Services Office

Access Restrictions

Images that include recognizable consumers are restricted pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13 and Public Officers Law (Freedom of Information Law), Section 87.2.

Title

War plant protection instructional materials

Series Number

A4386

Summary

This series contains lecture transcripts, syllabi, correspondence, memoranda, maps, and a test with answer key documenting the Office of Civilian Protection's two-day training institutes held statewide to instruct war industry plant managers in basic defense procedures to avoid damage from enemy attacks. Issues include: training personnel in emergency response; reducing work place hazards; preventing espionage and sabotage; fighting fires from incendiary and other bombs; protection from gas attacks; building camouflage; and in-plant bomb shelters.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Journal of New York State Electoral College

Series Number

B0023

Summary

This series contains proceedings, voting results, receipts for packages containing electoral ballots, list of electors, printed instructions, number of votes cast for electors, and photographs. The records document not only how many electoral ballots were cast for the offices of president and vice president of the United States, but also how many votes each elector received after he was chosen by the general public.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Election district reapportionment maps

Series Number

B1300

Summary

This series consists of approximately 900 city and county maps from local boards of elections, collected by the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, apparently as part of the development of a state reapportionment plan. The maps show election districts that were current between 1970 and 1980; city, village, town or county boundaries; bodies of water; roads; streets; railroads; and power lines.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

New York State Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors sample administrative records

Series Number

J5000

Summary

This series contains a small sample of administrative records compiled by the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors. Documents include resolutions appointing court officers and proposing changes in court administration, signed oaths of office of court officers, an undated list of court fees charged in various cases, a calendar of cases for September 1829, and a list of court members and officers from 1838.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.