Papers relating to land in Springfield District, ca. 1823-1963.

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Papers relating to land in Springfield District, ca. 1823-1963.

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Papers cover variety of activities primarily conducted by Springfield Land District Office. Documents include military land warrants; preemption affidavits and declarations; app;ications to purchase land; conveyances; abstracts of land sold; land patents and lists of patents delivered; powers of attorney; surveys, field notes and plats; certificates of relinquishment; Receivers' receipts; Registers' certificates; inventories of office furniture and supplies; forfeited land stock; register of land entered at Springfield under Homestead Act of 1862; homestead applications of Congressional act of 1872; and incoming correspondence from federal and state officials and private individuals. Some records were interfiled by Auditor of Public Accounts after he was given custodly of files in 1879.

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United States. General Land Office. Springfield District.

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The Springfield Land District Office was created by act of Congress of May 8, 1822. All land in Edwardsville District lying north of line separating townships thirteen and fourteen north of baseline for third rincipal meridian was assigned to new district. In 1831 and 1834 respectively Quincy and Northwestern Land Districts were created, encompassing some of land formerly contained in Springfield District. As other land offices located within Illinois were discontinued d...

United States. Surveyor General

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Federal land surveys in Illinois were authorized by Congressional act (March 26, 1804), when the U. S. Surveyor General was given jurisdiction over all public land north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers. Surveys began in the western Vincennes Tract (1804) and southern Illinois (1806), then proceeded northward; covering all but most northern Illinois by 1831. When the Illinois surveys began, the Surveyor General was an independent officer under the President's direct su...

Illinois. Auditor's Office

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In 1865 counties and cities were authorized to issue bonds in support of subscriptions to the capital stock of railroad companies or in aid of any public improvement (L. 1865, p. 44). In 1877 bonding authority also was extended to other local governmental units including towns, townships, school districts, and other municipal corporations (L. 1877, p. 158). Each bond issued by a local unit had to be registered with the Auditor. When the bonds for any one unit totaled $5,000 or more the Auditor w...