Rough minutes B0207

Rough minutes

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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 rough minutes of the Canal Contracting Board. Subjects include contracts awarded or refused, structures to be built, and resolutions made by the board. Included is a partial subject index (A-C).

Creator:

New York (State). Contracting Board

Title:

Rough minutes

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1854-1861

Series Number:

B0207

Arrangement

Chronological.

Administrative History

The Canal Contracting Board was created in 1854 (Chapter 329), and consisted of the Canal Commissioner, the Comptroller and the State Engineer and Surveyor. This law transferred to the Contracting Board the power and duties previously held and performed by the Canal Commissioners in respect to contracts. The Contracting Board operated until 1870 when Chapter 55 abolished the body. Not until 1881 with the passage of Chapter 569 were the powers of the contracting board transferred to the Superintendent of Public Works.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of two bound volumes containing the rough minutes of the Canal Contracting Board. The volumes contain both handwritten entries and printed materials, which have been pasted onto pages. The minutes deal with contracts awarded or refused, structures to be built, and resolutions made by the board. Volume one contains a partial subject index (A-C).