Executive register of Governor's actions as Ex Officio Fund Commissioner, April 1843-September 1869.

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Executive register of Governor's actions as Ex Officio Fund Commissioner, April 1843-September 1869.

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Register records official actions taken by Governor primarily in his role as Ex Officio Fund Commissioner. Activities concern receipt of internal improvement bonds and scrip, settlements with former Fund Commissioners and contractors on internal improvement projects, leasing of Northern Cross Railroad, leases or sales of Quincy House and buildings owned by state in Warsaw and Springfield, sales of various railroads and bonds and scrip received for payments on sales of state land. Also included are receipt of swamp land selection list with acknowledgment that list was forwarded to Auditor of Public Accounts, proclamation issued regarding election of House of Representatives and commissions of individuals to represent Illinois at World's Fair in Paris, France (1855).

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