New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department.

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Chapter 207 of the Laws of 1839 authorized and required the canal commissioners to construct and maintain, at public expense and for the public convenience, road and street bridges over the enlarged Erie Canal. The commissioners were also authorized to construct farm bridges over the canal in all places where such bridges were reasonably required to accommodate the landowner(s) and with "due regard to economy, to the state and the convenience of navigation."

When a farm bridge was constructed in lieu of one maintained by the landowner and damages were claimed by the landowner for the appropriation of lands and other injury done in the enlargement, the benefit derived by the landowner (from being relieved of maintenance costs) would be offset against any damages claimed. The commissioners were authorized to deal with owners and claimants of bridges over the canal by paying them a sum in lieu of a bridge as agreed upon between the claimant and the commissioners. When the bridge over the canal was not built and the commutation was not agreed on, the damages sustained by owners deprived of the bridge were appraised by the canal appraisers and paid by the commissioners. In cases where damages were claimed because of deprivation of a bridge previously built or maintained by a claimant, the claimant was bound to contribute proportionally toward the cost of an enlarged bridge, according to the size of the original canal. This sum was taken into consideration by the appraisers and a proper amount on that account was set off against any damages to which the claimant was entitled.

From the description of Releases upon commutation for farm bridges over canals, with related correspondence and documents, 1835-1876. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 83238477
Archival Resources
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creatorOf New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Register of canal boat name changes, 1817-1852. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Register of tolls paid by railroads on canals, 1849-1851. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Engineers' abstracts and vouchers for survey of canal routes, 1825-1835. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Documents relating to refund of overpaid tolls, 1851-1882. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Inventories of canal property, 1835-1876. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Lock tenders' monthly reports of lockages, 1858-1881. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Sample forms for canal tolls paid by railroads, [ca. 1851] New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Scrapbook relating to canal matters, 1871-1975. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Register of appointments, 1848-1861. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Lists of freight on Baxter Steam Canal Boats, [ca. 1840-1870] New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Account book for lumber business, 1837-1840. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Accounts of taxes paid on passengers of steamboats, 1817-1829. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Bills of lading and clearances for cargoes, 1830-1855, 1869, 1881. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Accounts of monies paid to contractors and others for construction, repair, and enlargement of Erie and Champlain canals, 1817-1871. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Statement of work done under contract on Erie Canal Enlargement, 1847-1849. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Cash account of Toll Collector at Rochester, 1826. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Boat inspectors' weekly reports, 1862-1881. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Contract for constructing bridge over Cattaraugus Creek at Irving, 1868. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Passenger list and freight account book of steamboat "Red Jacket," 1838-1839. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Weekly statements of canal shipments through Buffalo to or from other states, 1877,1879. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Agreements for commutation of passenger tolls on freight boats carrying passengers, 1834. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Report of A.J. Davis on irregularities in performance of repair of Chemung Canal Feeder, submitted to Commission to Investigate Canal Frauds, 1871. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Auburn and Syracuse Rail Road waybills, 1839. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Resident and division engineers' abstracts and vouchers of expenditures, 1833-1874. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Forms and instructions in relation to accounts of collectors of tolls, 1837. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Abstracts of bids received for work on canals, 1854-1857. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Incoming correspondence, [ca. 1846-1883] New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Contract for protection of Albany Basin, 1869. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Vouchers for expenditures on account of canal fund, 1833-1900, bulk 1853-1900. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Weigh Masters' annual statements and inventory and weekly abstracts, 1860-1882. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department. Canal Toll Collector's book, 1847. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Releases upon commutation for farm bridges over canals, with related correspondence and documents, 1835-1876. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Weekly statements of canal shipments to or from tide water, 1863. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Miscellaneous documents relating to canals, [ca. 1825-1875] New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Annual statistical reports of cargoes cleared at various canal ports, 1830, 1832. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Canal Commissioners. Resident and division engineers' monthly estimates, 1850-1868, 1875. New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. List of expenditures for work done on the Erie Canal, [ca. 1829-1857] New York State Archives
creatorOf New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department. Certificates of registry of canal boats, 1837-1880. New York State Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department. Canal toll collector's ledger, 1856. New York State Archives
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