Certificates of receipt, 1881-1940.

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Certificates of receipt, 1881-1940.

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As part of its duties, the Division of Control and Accounts controls and makes records "of all payments into and out of the State treasury and each special fund and account therein" (Ala. Code, 41-4-5 [1975]). This series consists of standard receipts issued by the state to various individuals and agencies for payment of fees and taxes. Types of fees recorded in the certificates include poll taxes, licenses, redemption of land, state taxes, and examination fees for state banks. The series includes certificates from the State Auditor functioning as comptroller (1868-1932) and from the Office of the State Comptroller (1932-1939).

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. State Auditor (1875- )

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Authorities: Alabama Constitution of 1901, Including Amendments Ratified in 1966. Article V, Section 116. (Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1967). Brookings, Robert S. Organization and Administration of the State Government of Alabama. (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Government Research of the Brookings Institution, 1932). The Code of Alabama. The Constitution of 1819: Article IV, Sec. 23 (p. 73), 1907; The Constitution of 1868: Article V, Se...

Alabama. Division of Control and Accounts.

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Alabama. Office of State Comptroller

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Source: Alabama Government Manual, 1986. The Office of State Comptroller is also known as the Dept. of Finance, Division of Control and Accounts. The office has responsibility for keeping those books, records, and accounts relating to finances of state government which are authorized or required to be kept by the Dept. of Finance, and issuing state expense and salary warrants drawn on the State treasury. The Division provides each state department or agency m...