Comptroller's Office appropriations and warrant volumes 1836-1932

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Comptroller's Office appropriations and warrant volumes 1836-1932

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The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is the central accounting officer or chief fiscal officer of the state, and as such is responsible for maintaining effective methods for accounting for the state's funds. These records document the appropriation, expenditure, and disbursement of funds by the State of Texas, as accounted for by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. Types of records include appropriations ledgers, warrant registers, outgoing correspondence, indexes, drafts for payment, and associated records, dating 1836-1932.

90 cubic ft. (347 volumes)

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Texas State Archives

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The Office of Comptroller of Public Accounts was initially created by the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas on December 29, 1835, elected by the General Council and commissioned by the Governor, for the purpose of examining and approving or rejecting any claims presented to him by the Auditor (also created by this ordinance). The Comptroller first appeared as a constitutional officer in the first state Constitution of Texas (1845), elected for a two-...