Scope and Content: Per St 1843, c 9, various Massachusetts state officials were paid their salaries by the state treasurer on a quarterly basis, Jan. 1, Apr. 1, July 1, and Sept. 1.  These officials included at various times the governor, justices of the Supreme Judicial Court and the Court of Common Pleas, the attorney general and district attorneys, probate, insolvency and police court judges, registers of probate, sheriffs, lunatic asylum officials, and other government officials and employees.  Those who were unable to pick up their quarterly salary directly, usually because of distance from Boston, would submit an order to the treasurer, authorizing that the salary should be given to the third-party bearer, or submitted to the cashier of a particular bank.  Orders were then endorsed on the back, and the recipient signed the treasurer’s book (books for 1854, 1855, 1856, 1858, 1860 located in: Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on Accounts. Account rolls ((M-Ar)2268X)) per the order. Officials who picked up their salaries directly from the treasurer did not submit orders and signed the book in person.
Notes: Box 1: 1842-1849.  Box 2: 1850-Apr. 1856. Box 3: July 1857-1860
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