TR TREASURER

Massachusetts. Treasury Dept.
  Agency history record.
 
  The constitutional office of Treasurer and Receiver
General, filled annually by a vote of the General Court (Const
Pt 2, C 2, S 4, Art 1), was made a popular elective post by
Const Amend Art 17 (ratified 1855).  St 1919, c 350, ss 28-31
provided for a Dept. of the Treasurer and Receiver General,
known since GL 1921, c 10 as the Dept. of the State Treasurer. 
In its annual reports through 1866 it was called the Treasury
Office, and since then the Treasury Dept.  The treasurer is
custodian of all state funds, responsible for receiving state
agency receipts and revenues, making payments, issuing and
marketing state bonds, and arranging state investments.  The
functions of the office are currently described in MGLA c 10.
 
  NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agency
described above can be found by searching the following access
point for the time period stated: 1780-
present--Massachusetts. Treasury Dept.
 
  1. Administering state government finance. I.
Massachusetts. Dept. of the State Treasurer. II.
Massachusetts. State Treasurer. III. Massachusetts. Treasurer
and Receiver General. IV. Massachusetts. Treasury Office.
 
  035: TR1
 
  ID: MASVAH0145-A         
 

Massachusetts. Treasury Dept.
  Monthly accounts for construction of the Hoosac Tunnel,
1869-1874.
 
  1 v.
 
  Arranged chronologically.
 
  The Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company was incorporated
by St 1848, c 307 to build a railroad from the termination of
the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad near Troy, N.Y. to a
junction with the Connecticut River Railroad near the town of
Greenfield, Mass.  Establishing this line required tunneling
through the Hoosac Mountain.  The project had been set to be
completed in seven years, but the company was placed into
receivership by St 1854, c 226.  Commissioners of a sinking
fund, including the state treasurer, state auditor, and the
treasurer of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company were
appointed for the investment, care, and management of its
monies.  A six-year extension was granted for completing the
railroad, but because of setbacks in construction of the
tunnel, the project was not finished until 1876.  The
property, known since 1862 (St 1862, c 156) as the Troy and
Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel, was consolidated with
that of the Fitchburg Railroad Company in 1887 (St 1887, c
52), although the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company itself
continued in existence to 1890.
 
  Summary: The state treasurer, a member of the sinking fund,
was responsible for overseeing the management of the finances
of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company after it was
placed in receivership in 1854.  Pursuant to St 1866, c 293
the state appointed a consulting engineer to examine and
report on the progress of the construction.  Account book for
the contract with Walter & Francis Shanly was prepared by the
treasurer to provide a detailed monthly accounting of
expenditures for the work on the Hoosac Tunnel, and to record
the verification of this work by the engineer and the
consulting engineer. Information includes breakdown of total
work done by volume, price, and total amount earned excluding
deductions, followed by verification statements to the
governor and council.
 
  Agency history record (CStRLIN)MASVAH0145-A describes the
history and functions of the Treasury Dept.
 
  Location: Massachusetts Archives. 220 Morrissey Boulevard,
Boston, MA 02125.
 
  1. Railroad companies--Massachusetts. 2.
Railroads--Massachusetts--Finance. 3.
Tunneling--Massachusetts. 4. Massachusetts--Politics and
government--1865-1950. 5. State government records. 6. Account
books. 7. Administering tunneling finance. 8. Hoosac Tunnel
(Mass.) I. Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company.
 
  035: (M-Ar)1441X
 
  035: TR1
 
  ID: MASV90-A851