Comptroller's Office
Scope and Contents
Manuscript volumes recording receipts and expenditures of the First Municipality. The journals, cashbooks, and day books record receipts and expenditures on a daily basis, with indications of the accounts to be credited or debited as appropriate. In most cases there is enough detail provided to indicate the particulars of each transaction. The ledgers record the same receipts and expenditures in summary form (usually without detail) arranged by accounts. In at least some of the volumes there are cross references from one set of books to another. The miscellaneous record book includes some records of tax collections, of license collections, and of reimbursements for paving Bienville St.
Dates
- Creation: 1836-1852
Creator
- From the Collection: First Municipality (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Available on microfilm to registered researchers by appointment. Request by call number. Originals are closed for research.
Requesting Materials
Biographical / Historical
The Comtroller's Office was created by ordinance of June 6, 1836, with the Comptroller to be elected to a one year term by the municipality Council. He was to collect statements of revenues collected by various officers and compare them to the accounts of revenues maintained by the Treasurer. He also had to examine accounts and vouchers presented to him by the Treasurer before any payments could be made from public funds.
A new ordinance, passed on May 27, 1839, divided the fiscal responsibilities of the municipality between two new officers, the Treasurer of the Department of Police and the Treasurer of the Department of Public Works and Improvements. The existing Comptroller assumed the duties of the former office, while the Treasurer took on those of the latter. This arrangement continued in effect until the old division between Comptroller and Treasurer was restored by ordinance of April 2, 1849.
Extent
12 Volumes (12 volumes available on 3 rolls of microfilm)
3 Reels (12 volumes available on 3 rolls of microfilm)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the City Archives Repository
City Archives & Special Collections
219 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans LA 70112
504-596-2610
archivist@nolalibrary.org