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New York State Fire Marshal Bookkeeping Records


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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 contains accounts and bookkeeping records of the Fire Marshal. It includes salaries and expenses, moneys received for the storage of dynamite, boiler inspections, and abstracts of "sundry accounts" payable under appropriation bills. Also included are unsorted documents pertaining to finances, a memorandum book of supplies showing date ordered and received, a telephone service contract, and a copy of a financial report of appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal year ending October 1, 1913.
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Bookkeeping records
Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1911-1915
Series Number:
A4263

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of various account and bookkeeping records of the Fire Marshal. Included are statements of salaries and expenses (1911-1914), moneys received for storage of dynamite (1912-1915) and boiler inspections (1912-1915), and abstracts of "sundry accounts" payable under appropriation bills (Chapter 451 of the Laws of 1912).

There is also a small amount of unsorted documents including statements of account (1913-1915), cancelled checks (1912-1915), debit slips (1913-1914), and magazine accounts held by the Fire Marshal. Also included is a memorandum book of supplies, showing date ordered or received (1912-1914); a contract for telephone service (1911-1914); and a copy of a typescript financial report of appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal year ending October 1, 1913.

Related Material

B0838 Check book for magazine account, and

B0839 Check book for boiler account, contain check books for the Fire Marshal's magazine and boiler accounts, respectively.

Processing Information

This accession resulted from a project undertaken by Archives staff in 1997 to accession or reintegrate estrayed or unidentified records.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

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