New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners

Railroad corporations filed their "annual returns" with the State Engineer and Surveyor's Office from 1850 through 1854.

In 1855, Chapter 526 created the Board of Railroad Commissioners. This body assumed all duties, powers, and functions of the State Engineer's Office pertaining to railroads until it was abolished two years later. Beginning in 1857 the railroad corporations resumed filing their reports with the State Engineer and did so until 1882 when Chapter 353 revived the Board of Railroad Commissioners. Reports were filed with this board and published in its annual reports until Chapter 429, Laws of 1907 abolished the board and transferred its duties and functions to the newly created Public Service Commission.

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