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61

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains financial records of corporations submitted to the Comptroller's Office. Many of the records resulted from acts passed by the state for the collection and assessment of taxes. The records include financial statements; annual reports of real estate holdings and capital stock; lists .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

62

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Canal Department

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of expense accounts of James Geddes and others for surveying and other services related to the Erie Canal waterway. The individual expense accounts include a detailed report of the activities and expenses of James Geddes. There is also an audited account of the Commissioners' expenses. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

63

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of reports of county clerk searches made for records of contracts made by, mortgages and conveyances given by, and judgments against the New York and Erie Railroad Company. Also included is a form requesting the clerk of a county Supreme Court to search for records of judgment against .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

64

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of reports and statements made by the Comptroller at the request of the legislature. Most reports are replies to petitions about land purchases, taxes and claims against the state. Also included are reports to the Legislature and resolutions concerning state revenues and expenditures .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

65

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These monthly reports provide name and section of canal, number or name of lock, and names of locktenders..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

66

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

Each report provides name of contractor; date and expiration of contract; the quantity, kind, description, and value of materials delivered or rejected; and amounts and value materials delivered or still do..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

67

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of a report of a joint committee of the Senate and Assembly on quit rents. The report is a plea for the passage of a bill "releasing and discharging all arrears of quitrents, and abolishing them forever in this state" and contains the rationale of the joint committee's decision..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

68

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of questionnaires sent by the Comptroller's office to corporations, joint stock associations, and navigation companies asking for their financial data. Information includes name of the corporation or association; place of principal business and office; amount of capital stock; capital .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

69

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains abstracts of reports by corporations on their financial status. These reports were required to be filed with the Comptroller's Office for corporate taxation purposes. Reports include information on stocks; debts; loans; dividends and real estate holdings..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

70

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of statement reports relating to using of a percentage of property tax assessments to finance money highway repairs. The reports are primarily on printed forms. Some forms are accompanied by comptroller's correspondence and board of supervisor's correspondence, etc. For some counties .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

71

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of reports of tax levied for the repair of highways by the Board of Supervisors for the respective counties. Information includes town name; assessed valuation and equalized valuation of real estate in the town; assessed valuation of real estate exclusive of all incorporated villages; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

72

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The series consists of a report, supporting memoranda, and statement on taxation within the Forest Preserve. The files discuss gains/loses to the state on taxes, returns of taxes, or loss of land titles through cancellation of land sales. Also included is a memorandum relative to taxes on lands of non-residents .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

73

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This report on the profitability of the Battle Island Paper Company, Fulton, relates to the company's claim for inadequate compensation for the appropriation of its water power rights during construction of the Barge Canal. The report includes a balance sheet; tables showing yearly balances; monthly .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

74

Creator:

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

 

 

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Abstract:  

Assembly committees approved transactions relating to land confiscated from loyalists or suspected loyalists. Records in this series document these committees' approval of sales of confiscated land, consideration of requests to restore land to original owners, review of creditors' claims for payment, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

75

Creator:

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These reports concern value of land; land claims and title disputes; errors in previous surveys; requests for unappropriated state land; surveys and sales of state land; grants of land to persons in the problematic military tracts; and requests for title to unappropriated lands settled and improved. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

76

Creator:

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

 

 

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Abstract:  

These are correspondence and petitions from claimants to land purchased from or granted to Indians; reports on legal issues in Indian land claims; petitions from Indians to the State concerning permission to convey land, confirmation of land titles, sale of liquor; and persons appointed to hear grievances; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

77

Creator:

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These are petitions, mostly from New York City, seeking land grants or confirmation of title to land or seeking authority to carry out various actions: amend the city charter; pass or amend legislation for poor relief; change plans for or regulations concerning improvements to city streets or structures; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

78

Creator:

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These records relate to the defense of the state's northern and western frontiers; Onondaga Salt Springs; county clerks' reports to the secretary of state regarding court activity and incorporations; secretary of state activities of interest to the State Legislature; and school supervision..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

79

Creator:

New York (State). State Board of Charities

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of reports about persons with epilepsy that were submitted to the Board of Social Welfare from the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, the Rome State Custodial Asylum, and the New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women at Newark, and the Brunswick .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

80

Creator:

New York (State). State Board of Charities

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

Town and city overseers of the poor submitted these standard-form reports to the Board of Social Welfare. Information about each person includes name; gender; age; marital status; how long an epileptic; physical condition; mental condition; and weekly amount of aid..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives