Papers relating to land in Danville District, ca. 1831-1857; 1937-1939.

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Papers relating to land in Danville District, ca. 1831-1857; 1937-1939.

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Papers cover various activities primarily conducted by Danville Land District Office. Documents include certificates of relinquishment, powers of attorney, applications to purchase land and stbus of Register's certificates issued to purchasers of public land. When Danville Office closed in December 1856 files were transferred to Springfield Land District Office, where related materials were added. In 1879 Auditor of Public Accounts was given custody of all files maintained at Springfield Office. He then proceeded to interfile his records with those of appropriate district. In Danville files Auditor's records primarily predate 1857 and include record of state land sold at public auction (1854), correspondence regarding errors in abstracts of land sold which were prepared by Danville Office and forwarded to Auditor, and copies of land patents issued by General Land Office headquarters.

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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. General Land Office. Danville District.

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The Danville Land District Office was created by an act of Congress of February 19,1831. Land lying north of line separating townships sixteen and seventeen north of baseline for second and third principal meridians, formerly parts of Vandalia and Palestine Districts, was assigned to new office. In 1834 Northwestern and Northeastern Districts were created, partially from that portion of Danville District lying north of line separating townships thirth and thirt-one north. ...

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...