File on investigations of securities, 1921-1929.

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File on investigations of securities, 1921-1929.

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Each file usually includes minutes of examinations; articles of incorporation of corporations issuing securities; resolutions and minutes of the corporation's board of directors; appraisal reports; lists of corporate officers, salesmen, or investors; balance sheets and earning statements; pamphlets advertising the securities; newspaper articles; rules and orders of the Securities Division; petitions for rehearings; and correspondence with securities issuers, banks, law firms, individual securities holders, and investment securities firms concerning revocations of registrations of securities.

2 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Archive

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Illinois. Securities Dept.

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The Securities Division was created in 1919 to administer the Illinois Securities Law which provides protection to Illinois investors against fraudulent securities and fraudulent methods in the sale of securities (L. 1919, p. 351). The statute was rewritten extensively in 1953 to prevent fraud and inequity in the sale of stocks, bonds, and other securities by requiring the registration of securities before offering them for sale and the registration of securities dealers, salesmen, and investmen...

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 ...