Mortgage tax bonds given a surety by county clerks and treasurers A1237

Mortgage tax bonds given a surety by county clerks and treasurers

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:

This series from the Dept. of Audit and Control consists of bonds issued by county clerks and treasurers in the names of surety companies. The bonds may contain mortgagee and mortgagor names; mortgage date and the county where first recorded; maximum principle debt or obligation by which contingency may be secured by the mortgage, and summarizing page of the financial statement detailing their resources and liabilities.

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

Title:

Mortgage tax bonds given a surety by county clerks and treasurers

Quantity:

0.2 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1926-1936

Series Number:

A1237

Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of bonds that were issued by various county clerks and treasurers in the names of varying surety companies for specified sums of money mentioned in the bonds. The bonds contain: the name of the mortgagee and the mortgagor; the date of the mortgage and the county where it was first recorded; the maximum amount of principle debt or obligation which under any contingency may be secured by such mortgage; the summarizing page of the company's annual financial statement detailing resources and liabilities; and in some instances, extracts from the record books from the board of the company, containing resolutions pertaining to bond(s) executed.

The bonds were generated by the Laws of 1905, Chapter 729, and renumbered and amended by the Laws of 1906, Chapter 532, and amended by the Laws of 1907, Chapter 340.