Bonds of canal employees, contractors, and boards A1142

Bonds of canal employees, contractors, and boards

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of bonds given by Superintendents of Repairs, toll collectors, contractors for labor and materials, and bank holding deposits of tolls. Also included are copies of oaths sworn by the weigh masters, boat inspectors, and clerks of toll collectors, who were not required to post bond.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Bonds of canal employees, contractors, and boards

Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1827-1876

Series Number:

A1142

Arrangement

Chronological by year.

Scope and Content Note

Series consists of bonds given by superintendents of repairs, toll collectors, contractors for labor and materials, and banks holding deposits of tolls; also, copies of oaths sworn by the weigh masters, boat inspectors, and clerks of toll collectors, who were not required to post bond.

Bonds take different forms, but all promise to stand surety to the State of New York for all monies received in conduct of business. For later years the records include bonds given by contractors and banks, as well as by employees; it is unknown whether these were filed together originally. Legislation of 1826 required superintendents of repairs and toll collectors to give bond "for the faithful execution of his trust." Legislation of 1827 and many subsequent acts required the same of contractors.