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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:
In 1850, the state legislature transferred the function of selling and conveying land for unpaid taxes to the county treasurers. The comptroller continued to receive copies of lists of unpaid non-resident taxes and of lands redeemed and finally conveyed. In 1855, the legislature restored the former system of sale of non-resident lands by the comptroller. The records in this series were created during the brief periods in the 1850s and 1890s when the county treasurers, rather than the state comptroller, conducted non-resident tax sales.
Creator:
Title:
Registers of non-resident lands sold in tax sales by county treasurers
Quantity:

4.25 cubic feet

9 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1852-1896
Bulk Dates:
(bulk 1852-1854, 1896)
Series Number:
B1605