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Record Group Number: 000350
Series/Collection Number: .S 476
Creator: Florida. Comptroller's Office.
Title, Dates: Confederate pension warrants issued, 1905-1913.
Amount: 7.00 v.
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Organization/Arrangement: Alphabetical by name in indexes; numerical by warrant number in volumes 1 and 2.
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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:     The series contains ledgers, dated 1905-1913, maintained by the Comptroller's Office which document the issuance of pension warrants upon submission of a claim or voucher by the pensioner.  After the Comptroller examined, audited, and verified the voucher, he issued the warrant which authorized the Treasurer to pay the designated amount of money from a specific fund of the Treasury.
    The volumes contain the following information:  to whom the warrant was issued; number of the warrant; date of issue; amount of the warrant; to whom paid; and date of payment.  It should be noted that this series does not have the pension number.  These are ledgers of financial transactions rather than pensioner profiles.
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Subject Access Fields: Military pensions.
Confederate pensions.
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