U.S. Montgomery Land Office - Receivers' monthly fee statements, 1885-1908.

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U.S. Montgomery Land Office - Receivers' monthly fee statements, 1885-1908.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public lands. They were required to submit a monthly fee statement with their monthly accounts to the U.S. General Land Office. These forms provided a comprehensive listing of the numbers of transactions and fees collected by the Receiver. The statements summarize the number of acres entered and fees and commissions collected under the Homestead Acts; the number of acres located with military bounty land warrants and agricultural script and fees received for such services; the number of pre-emption declarations, homestead declarations, and mining applications and declarations filed and fees collected; the fees received on railroad selections; and miscellaneous fees, such as those for taking testimonies and making plats, diagrams and transcripts. These records provide an excellent summary of the monthly fee transactions of district land office Receivers.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. Montgomery Land Office

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Authorities: Brannon, Peter. "Through the Years: United States Land Offices in Alabama." Montgomery Advertiser. 1936 July 26. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The Montgomery Land Office was established by an act of 1832 July 10 to administer the Tallapoosa Land District in the State of Ala. The office opened on 1834 Jan. 1 and originally was made up of the lower Cree...

United States. General Land Office

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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 ...