Record of cities, towns, and villages, 1872-1895.

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Record of cities, towns, and villages, 1872-1895.

Incorporation record of Illinois cities, towns, and villages includes name and type of each municiplaity (i.e., city, town, or village); county in which located; and dates of organization and filing. Also included is a listing of unincorporated municipalites.

ledgers 2 volumes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7375965

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois. Office of Secretary of State. Index Dept.

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The Dept. of Archives and Index, created in 1873 to "make and keep proper indexes to the executive records and all public acts, resolutions, papers and documents" filed with the Secretary of State, dealt primarily with current records until an Archives Division was created (1921) to handle older records. Index Division compiles and distributes session laws plus House and Senate journals; and files fair copies of enrolled acts and resolutions; verbatim transcripts of General Assembly...

Illinois. Office of Secretary of State

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The Office of Secretary of State, successor to the territorial Secretary, was established by the 1818 Constitution to keep both the state archives and a register of the Governor's official acts. The Secretary was appointed by the Governor until the 1848 Constitution made the office elective. In 1873, the Dept. of Archives and Index was created to "make and keep proper indexes to the executive records and all public acts, resolutions, papers and documents" filed with the Secretary of State. This ...