Dayboks, May 8, 1837-December 10, 1840.

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Dayboks, May 8, 1837-December 10, 1840.

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Daybooks consist of chronological accounts of expenditures made in each district for work on internal improvement projects. Entries for each disbursement include date and number of voucher submitted by district's commissioner commissioner's name, project for which payment is made, name of payee (e.g., contractor, suuplier, employee), amount of payment, cause for payment (e.g., construction, engineering, or miscellaneous costs which include food supplies, cooking utensils, mathematical and surveying instruments, lumber, iron, barrels, rope, furnitrue and other equipment, board and lodging of employees, travel expenses, drayage, postage, advertising, printing) and usually date service or equipment supplied. Volumes are fair copies which were trancribed July 17, 1839-April 5, 1841.

daybooks 10 volumes.

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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...