U.S. Huntsville Land Office - detailed monthly statements of unearned fees and unofficial moneys, 1895-1905.

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U.S. Huntsville Land Office - detailed monthly statements of unearned fees and unofficial moneys, 1895-1905.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public land. This series contains bound printed forms entitled "detailed monthly statement of unearned fees and unofficial moneys received, earned, disbursed or returned; embracing fees or commissions, or payments for land in cases where applications to file or enter are incomplete or cannot be allowed for any reasons, and of amounts deposited for publication of notices, and as fees of cancellation, and of all moneys deposited as security for cost of transcribing testimony in contest cases, together with a statement of amount refunded, paid publishers or reported in Receivers' account." Entries were made for each transaction. Each entry consists of the date of the receipt; the character of deposit, application or kind of entry (cancellation, timber depredation, homestead, isolated tract, etc.); name and residence of applicant; location of land; amount received or deposited as fees, amount received as commissions, or amount received as purchase money; amount returned, when returned; amount earned and reported in quarterly contest account, other items earned or paid to publishers; and remarks (date earned, rejected, suspended). Each page contains a recapitulation and balance for each month and the Receiver's signature. These records document the financial aspects of public land sales and illustrate the complex duties of district land office Receivers.

1 volume.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...

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Authorities: Barefield, Marilyn Davis. "Old Huntsville Land Office Records and Military Warrants, 1810-1854." Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1985. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The land office later known as the Huntsville Land Office was created by an act of 1807 Mar. 3 and was established at Nashville, Tenn. on 1810 July 27. The office was moved to Twi...