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New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

 

 

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These data cards and other records document a study on "Dependence and Wages". The series provides information about the relationship between wages and dependence on charity. Records were compiled about causes of destitution, wages by occupation, family size, weekly income, and housing for a report .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department

 

 

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These tables of financial and statistical data for cities, villages and district superintendencies were compiled from reports submitted by individual schools and school districts during 1918-1919. The tables include detailed information on financial payments and receipts; buildings, property, and libraries; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of Equalization and Assessment

 

 

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These records contain statistical tables of quantity, value, and use of real property wholly or partially exempt from taxation. Included are annual statistics on the value and use of exempt property in each county; shifting municipal tax burden resulting from partial tax exemption for aged persons; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

 

 

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Statistical tables based on data collected by field agents about factory employees from establishments studied 1912-1914. The tables provide statistics about factory workers such as: wages; age; sex; time worked; years worked; immigration status; occupation; and housing. The series contains background .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

 

 

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This series of charts, graphs, and tables was prepared for publication in the Factory Investigation Commission's reports. These records provide statistics and trends in wages, hours, and employment practices in industries studied by the Commission such as the mercantile, shirt, paper box, confectionery, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Fire Marshal

 

 

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The Fire Marshal was required to report to the legislature statistics on the crime of arson. County district attorneys reported on the number of arson arrests; the number of convictions attained; lists of names of defendants and (if sentenced) the terms of imprisonment; the number of cases pending; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Permanent Commission on Public Employee Pension and Retirement Systems

 

 

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This series consists of annual budget requests and justifications submitted to the Division of the Budget by the Commission on Public Employee Pension and Retirement Systems. Each request includes legal basis for funding; mission statement; commission goals and objectives; principal sources of funding .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of monthly measurements of the water depth in canals taken every four miles on their sections, or at one point if a section was less than two miles long. The report includes measurement location, actual depth of water by measure, and an affidavit that .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

 

 

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This series consists of tables showing distribution of monies collected by the Comptroller through the motor vehicle tax, income tax, franchise tax, bank tax, motor fuel tax, beverage licenses and tax. The tables show monthly or quarterly distribution of tax revenues to each county (New York City at .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Mental Health. Bureau of Planning Coordination

 

 

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This series consists primarily of planning documents and research materials used to produce five-year comprehensive plans for mental health services. The plans generally include an executive summary of significant events, goals, and setbacks; a statement of goals, strategies, and objectives; sections .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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This series consists of discharge data, tables of water levels, survey reports, and other hydrologic data gathered by the Superintendent (later Department) of Public Works to plan for canal improvements and related flood control. During the 1920s responsibility for flood and water control was vested .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of 20 volumes of final calculations, accounts, and estimates for construction, repairs, and enlargement of the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal and 1 volume of final calculations relating to the Middle Division of the Cayuga and Seneca Canal..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review

 

 

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Budget study reports in this series typically include a summary of the organizational and funding structure of the agencies studied; program budgeting and cost levels; comparative information on similar programs; related issue papers; supporting documentation; and supplemental data. There are also summaries .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series documents payment to State Engineer and Surveyor employees for the differential between their military pay and their state salaries, and mostly consists of monthly payrolls providing: name; state title; military rank; monthly state salary; monthly military pay; amount due from state; and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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The series consists of computational studies, emphasizing hydrological data, for canal construction and the effect of the canal system on adjacent property. Records include: survey computations; baseline data; a revised estimate of quantities and cost for enlarging the canal through the western division; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Tax Commission

 

 

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This exhibit was presented before the State Tax Commission by several transportation and utility companies as the commission decided the matter of the tentative rate of equalization of special franchises in Buffalo for 1932 (on assessments made in 1931). The series includes columnar tabulations, graphs, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Western House of Refuge for Women. Board of Managers

 

 

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This series consists of annual reports of the Western House of Refuge for Women. The reports include a list of officers and Board of Managers members; remarks about monthly meetings; lists of appropriations items relating to maintenance, equipment, construction and reports from the Superintendent, departments, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of statistical summaries of Albion's inmate population. The yearly summaries compare various crimes and sentences with categories of inmate background and characteristics such as age, marital status, children, mental and physical disabilities, race, country of birth, English fluency, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Geological Survey

 

 

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This series consists of U. S. Bureau of Mines' statements summarizing statistical and economic surveys of crude petroleum and refined petroleum products. The statements include narratives on daily production output and demand for crude petroleum, daily barrels of refined product, the price index for .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Geological Survey

 

 

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This series consists of statistical reports on the production of various minerals in New York State..........

 

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New York State Archives