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Title

Report of the enumeration of inhabitants

Series Number

A0415

Summary

This series is a statistical compendium of the New York State census of 1925 administered by the Secretary of State. It consists of tables of population by counties; election districts; towns, wards and blocks cities; villages; Indian Reservations, and percentage of inhabitants of counties reported as Aliens. Each table gives the number of citizens, aliens, and total population for the area enumerated.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

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

Title

Commission on Revision of the Civil Service working files

Series Number

14086

Summary

This series provides detailed information on the Commission's work, the operation of the civil service law and system in New York and also serves as a source of background data on civil service law reform. Records include memoranda; recommendations by government officials; research studies on topics such as appeals procedures, provisional employment, and civil service law in other states; speeches; publications; Commission annual reports and meeting minutes; hearing transcripts; proposed legislation; and correspondence with State officials.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Revision of the Civil Service Law

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

Title

Esopus records

Series Number

A4673

Summary

This series contains tax assessment rolls (1812-1919); chattel mortgages (1854-1900); school records (1893-1914); town accounting books 1830-1909); record book (1878), vouchers, and receipts (1892-1912) for the Overseer of the Poor; Justice Court Dockets (1837-1908); and militia enrollment list (1917).

Creator

• Esopus (N.Y. : Town)

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

Title

Bedford Central School District board of education meeting minutes

Series Number

A4667

Creator

• Bedford Central School District (N.Y.)

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

Title

Highway corridor maps

Series Number

B1804

Summary

This series consists of topographic maps created by the Department of Transportation and its predecessor agency, the Department of Public Works, for use in the planning and design of highway projects. The maps include all roads, with identifying route numbers and names; railroads; airports; transmission lines; individual buildings; hydrography; civil boundaries; fence lines; and, in some cases, property lines with property owners' names.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

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

Title

Bureau of Technical Military Training administrative reports, correspondence, and orders

Series Number

A0401

Summary

Military training of elementary and secondary school boys was administered by the Military Training Commission's Bureau of Technical Military Training. This series consists primarily of weekly training reports, but also includes annual reports, special orders, and correspondence. Also included is information on special issues faced by the commissionsuch as: non-compliance, attempted enforcement of drilling, efforts to discipline delinquent youth; renting of drill halls; and eliminating military drill in schools which provided similar physical training.

Creator

• New York (State). Military Training Commission. Bureau of Technical Military Training

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

Title

Outgoing correspondence

Series Number

14092

Summary

This series consists of bound copies of outgoing correspondence from the Civil Service Commission to State and local officials, individual applicants and eligibles, and private citizens. Records concern routine civil service matters such as examinations, temporary appointments, eligibility lists, position classification, municipal civil service rules and regulations, and State Commission finances.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

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

Title

Passenger list and freight account book of steamboat "Red Jacket"

Series Number

A1079

Summary

These are passenger lists for daily steamboat trips between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Provided are names; destinations; number of party; and fares paid. The series also includes daily accounts of Roswell Haskell with steamboat "Red Jacket" for receipts and disbursements.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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

Title

Assorted papers

Series Number

A0367

Summary

The series consists of a variety of documents, without apparent relationship, apparently deposited with the Secretary of State as the copy of record. They include records of appointments, fees, and oaths of office; descriptions of city seals and notary public signatures; receipts for company charters; and copies of various resolutions and court papers.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

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

Title

Annual inspection reports and returns

Series Number

A4101

Summary

These records consist of annual inspection reports and returns of agencies, arranged chronologically.

Creator

• New York (State). Inspector General's Office

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

Title

Incoming correspondence from county treasurers

Series Number

A1051

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of routine letters inquiring about laws on assessment and collections of taxes and redemption of lands sold for unpaid taxes, enclosing accounts, and other financial business between the comptroller and county treasurers.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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

Title

Copies of certificates confirming title to state lands

Series Number

B1625

Summary

This series consists of original certificates issued by the State Tax Commission confirming the state's ownership of lands purchased at the 1926 tax-sale. Each certificate declares that proper notice has been served and that moneys required to redeem the land has not been paid to the State Tax Commission. Information on the verso of each certificate includes county; date; and book of deeds number and page in which the county clerk recorded the certificate of notice.

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Title

Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department Canal Toll Collector's ledgers

Series Number

A1080

Summary

This series consists of statements of cargo on canal boats on which toll was not paid, kept by a Canal Toll Collector's Office, location not given. Each entry gives clearance number; date; name of boat; home port; master's name; articles shipped; where from; where bound; weight of articles; miles traveled; rates; and tolls.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department

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

Title

Writs of certiorari, error, habeas corpus, and mandamus

Series Number

J1025

Summary

This series consist of returns to writs of certiorari, mandamus and error, and bills of exceptions filed in Albany.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

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

Title

Writs of scire facias

Series Number

J1031

Summary

This series consists of writs of scire facias, which are orders under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature commanding a sheriff to summon a defendant (or his heirs or assigns) to appear in court and show cause why execution of a judgment against him should not be levied from his property. The writ of scire facias was often employed when a defendant died before satisfying a judgment.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

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

Title

Accounts of property first cleared and left at Boonville on the Black River Canal

Series Number

B0249

Summary

These volumes contain detailed statistical data on agricultural and manufactured goods that passed through the toll collector's office at Boonville on the Black River Canal. These accounts record types of materials and their weight and or measurements. Entries are recorded daily and totaled at weekly, monthly, and yearly intervals.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

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

Title

Subscriptions and redemption statements of canal stock, and lists of bank contracts for canal deposits

Series Number

A1094

Summary

This series consists of three pages listing contracts with banks allowing an interest on deposit of Canal monies at sixty days for 4.5 or 5% interest. Each entry provides the date of the contract; contract number; the name of the bank; and rate of interest.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

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

Title

Abstracts of commissions, attorneys' licenses, pardons, reprieves and other documents

Series Number

B1631

Summary

This series consists of abstracts of colonial commissions, licenses, pardons, reprieves, and other documents compiled by Edmund B. O'Callaghan in the mid-1800s from the Secretary of State's books of commissions that were subsequently destroyed in the capitol fire of 1911. Volume also contains abstracts of commissions and other documents dated 1789. A name index is included at the end of the volume.

Creator

• New York State Library

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

Title

Closed case files of investigations and proceedings of civil rights matters

Series Number

10219

Summary

The Civil Rights Bureau enforces laws to protect New Yorkers from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, source of income, or disability. The series consists of closed case files covering a broad variety of civil rights issues in which the attorney general's office was involved. An individual case file may contain reports, memoranda, research files, news clippings, legal case citations, court proceedings, legal briefs, petitions, and/or correspondence.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law. Civil Rights Bureau

Access Restrictions

State Archives staff will review requests for access and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

New York State Counsel to the Governor Departments and Divisions subject files

Series Number

B2338

Summary

This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the departments and divisions of New York State government. The counsel's responsibilities included making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature; and advising the Governor on policy and program matters. Much of this material relates to policy matters or to legal, legislative, jurisdictional, or administrative aspects of the departments and divisions.

Creator

• New York (State). Counsel to the Governor

Access Restrictions

Records are available for inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Law, unless that law exempts particular records from disclosure.