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Record Group Number: 000350
Series/Collection Number: .S 148
Creator: Florida. Comptroller's Office.
Title, Dates: Railroad and telegraph tax returns, 1887, 1916.
Amount: 0.25 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     The post of Comptroller was created in the 1838 Constitution and implemented with statehood in 1845. The Comptroller succeeded the Territorial Auditor of Public Accounts and assumed the duties as the state's chief fiscal officer. The Comptroller's Office examined, audited, and settled all accounts, claims, and demands against the state. It supervised banking institutions, sale of securities, and collection of revenue and taxes. The Comptroller wrote warrants for payment against the state treasury and compiled annual reports for the Governor and Legislature on state expenditures and trust funds.

    The duties of the Comptroller's Office were transferred to the Dept. of Banking and Finance in 1969 (Ch. 69-106, Laws), with the Comptroller serving as the head of the department. On January 7, 2003, the Office of Comptroller was combined with the Office of Treasurer to form a Chief Financial Officer position heading the newly formed Department of Financial Services. This consolidated the two offices and the departments of Banking and Finance and Insurance.
Summary:     This series contains tax returns filed with the Comptroller's Office in 1887 and 1916.  The 1887 tax returns document the operation of numerous railroads and telegraph companies in Florida during this period.  Types of information include the total number of miles; value of main and side track in each county; and rolling stock owned by the company.  For telegraph companies, the miles of wire is given.
    The 1916 tax return is for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company which was one of the major railroads in Florida at that time.  It documents the miles of track and the value of the railroad's property in each county.
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Subject Access Fields: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Telegraph Florida
Railroads Taxation Florida
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