U.S. Centre Land Office - Receivers' monthly account book, 1845-1859.

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U.S. Centre Land Office - Receivers' monthly account book, 1845-1859.

District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public lands. In these volumes are recorded the monthly accounts the Receiver kept with the U.S. Land Office. In journal form, the accounts record payment of salary and commissions to the Receiver, Register and other local officials and payments for supplies. Credits of the total amount collected by the Receiver each month are recorded, as is the amount deposited in local banks. These records document the business aspects of public land sales and the work of the Receiver of Public Monies. This volume also includes entries made at the Lebanon Land Office before it was moved to Centre in 1856.

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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 ...