Fund Commissioner papers, 1840-1843.

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Fund Commissioner papers, 1840-1843.

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Papers include accounts submitted by contractors, employees and Commissioners of Public Works for settlement of claims for work performed on various internal improvement projects; damage claims submitted by private property owners; vouchers filed by Commissioners of Public Works showing amounts of work done by various contracts; statements and reports regarding importation of railroad iron, including rails, splicing plates and spikes with amount of duty paid on each shipment; abstracts of internal improvement scrip received and canceled; receipts for interest payments made on state bonds; accounts with various banks; and reports to General Assembly and Governor regarding settlement of claims and state debt.

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Illinois. Board of Public Works

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The Board of Commissioners of Public Works was created by 1837 act (l. 1837, p. 121). Board was primarily responsible for locating, superintending and constructing all internal improvement projects authorized by General Assembly except for Illinois and Michigan Canal. Board was also empowered to enter and purchase public land lying within five miles of probable project routes and to lay out and sell town sites along routes. In 1840 original seven-member Board was replace...

Illinois. Office of Fund Commissioner.

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The Board of Fund Commissioners was created by l. 1837, p. 121. Board contracted for and negotiated all loans authorized by General Assembly for internal improvements and signed and executed all bonds or stock certificates issued for such loans. Monies received from proceeds of loans were deposited at State Bank of Illinois and Bank of Illinois at Shawneetown. These deposits were used to pay drafts issued on Fund Commissioners by Board of Commissioners of Public Works for expenditur...