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Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of an alphabetical subject index to "miscellaneous papers" filed in office of Comptroller. Every subject involving state finances is included from academies to wolf bounties. The whereabouts of the "miscellaneous papers" is unknown..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of the records of Mark Graves, who held various positions under several governors during a long career in state service. Records include correspondence and messages to/from governors Alfred E. Smith, Franklin Roosevelt, and Herbert Lehman; correspondence pertaining to work/issues .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

43

Creator:

New York (State). Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains the Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws' second report, submitted in 1933. The report, coming in the wake of the Depression wiping out the state budget surplus, recommended several new taxes on personal income, businesses, and insurance, as well as for commodities such as .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of binders containing letterpress copies of lists of payments apparently made or received by the governor's office from 1917-1923. Entries generally provide date; name of person, company, or state agency; amount; and purpose of payment. The volumes also contain lists of amounts .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

45

Creator:

New York (State). Treasurer's Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of accounts of daily receipts by state departments, commissions, officers, schools hospitals, funds, etc. Each entry gives date, amount of receipt, and category..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

46

Creator:

New York (State). Treasurer's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of ledgers listing accounts of New York State with various banks..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

47

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Division of Finance

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

48

Creator:

New York (Colony). Governor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of warrants issued by the governor authorizing the treasury to pay specified sums to persons who provided goods or services to New York. The warrants are for routine expenditures such as salaries for government officials and employees, travel expenses, or reimbursement for money .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

49

Creator:

New York (Colony). Treasurer's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of abstracts of land grants held by the Treasurer's Office. Information includes Governor's name and date, patentees, rents reserved and other services, book and folio, denomination and description of the land, and observations. Land grants for the following counties are listed: .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

50

Creator:

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

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

51

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of documents relating to the Comptroller's administration of U.S. Deposit Fund. Included are: summary report of transactions of county loan commissioners; report of lands rented by county loan commissioners; register of lands acquired throughout foreclosure of U.S. Deposit Fund .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

52

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of documents regarding appointments and activities of auctioneers including applications to the governor and Council of Appointments; certificates of goods sold and taxes returnable; and descriptions of locations of lands..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

53

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Mortgage and Land Tax Section

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The series consists primarily of copies of original reports to the State Tax Commission, produced by mortgage tax examiners, recommending rebates of the mortgage tax or other actions arising from their audits of county mortgage tax records. The examinations pertain to collection of the mortgage tax .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

54

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of a card file indexing Series A1065, Lists of Certificates of Payment by the Treasurer. Cards provide name and certificate number. Some cards are marked as "burned" at the end of the file..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

55

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series documents a little-known state program to protect the assets of foreign-born persons entering the United States. The series consists of a cashbook documenting receipts from and payments made as refunds of foreign money orders. Entries for refunds include date, names of remitters, account .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The series consists of news articles and press releases issued by the Department of Taxation and Finance to the media to inform the public about the department's activities, accomplishments, and pronouncements..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

57

Creator:

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Clerk of the Assembly

 

 

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Abstract:  

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Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

58

Creator:

New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967

 

 

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Abstract:  

George W. Cornell, a delegate to the Convention, served as vice-chairman of the Committee on Finance and Taxation and as a member of the Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. This series consists mostly of records dealing with the Committee on Finance and Taxation, including revisions of text in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

59

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Legal Services

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These files were created by the Bureau of Legal Services as part of its responsibility to provide legal advice on State-local relations. The Bureau provided advice on legal issues relating to the 1980 Olympics, including acquisition of facility sites; financing the Olympics; television and radio broadcasting; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

60

Creator:

New York (State). Division of the Budget

 

 

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Abstract:  

The Division of the Budget analyzes and reviews agency appropriations requests and coordinates state agency expenditures. This series consists of records relating to major and minor construction, repair, or improvement projects at various state facilities. Files may include correspondence, memoranda, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives