Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-10-16
10 non-resident Landao1aers and rur,


| chdSers Of Illinois Bounty Lands.
TEStIE subscriber, formerly of the city of Al.
| L bany, and now residing at Edwardsvilley
! Qilinois) viii act as agent for such gentlemen
as may think proper TO confde to him their
business in relation to the recording Of deeds
for Bounty Lands, and the payment of taxes
upon the same and other lands. All deeds Of
Bounty Lands in Illinois are required by law to
| be recorded at the Recorders office in Edwards
| vile and, in order to hold against subsequent
sale of the land, it is necessary to have them
filed for record within one year from their date
The original patent from the United States, IS
not required to be recorded. Letters, free OF
postage, enclosing deeds for recording, and
three dollars Gland Office money)for each deed
ofthe usual length, WILDE promptly attended to-
By law of the state of Illinois, it is required
! that every nonresident owning land, &c whether
| by deed, entry, bond for conveyance, patent.
| grant, or otherwise, or where the same has
been entered in any land office established fo-
the sale of lands lying within this state" shall,
on or before the first day Of .4ngust in each year,
enter the same with the Auditor of public ao-
counts by presenting to him a list of his lands,
| the quality and class of each tract of the same,
the number of acres in each tract, and the
county in which it is situated. This list must
| be accompanied by an affidavit of the owner, CT
his agent, stating that such list contains true
description of such lands to the best of the
deponents knowledge and belief
| The taxes imposed on lands, by this law, are
! as follows =
Lands of the 1st quality and class, 50 per 100
acres, or $500 per quarter section.
Lands of the Cd quality and class, $3.50 per
100 acres, or $40 per quarter section.
Lands of the Sd quality and class, 81 per 100
acres or 81 go per quarter section.
This tax is required to be paid by non-resi-
| dents to the state treasurer, on or before the
| first day cf October in each year. A failure Ell
Their in entering his land with the Auditor By
the 1st of August, or in paying the tax to the
Treasurer by the LIST of October subjects the
owner to the payment of three times the
amount Of the tax, and in such case his lands
are taxed as being of the first quality. This
will make the tax amount to Sc per 100 acres,
or $3.50 per quarter secton-which sum, to-
gether with the sheriff's fees and costs of adj
vertsing, may be paid to the sheriff authorized
to sell the land, before or at the time appoilit-
ed for such sale. Non-residents' lands which
shall not have been entered with the Auditor
as aforesaid, and such shall have been enter
ed, but upon which the tax shall not have been
paid, are to be sold for the tax and fees, by the
sheriff of the county whichthe seat ofgoveln-
ment situated, the door ofthe courthouse OF
such county-pie vious notice having been Civ
en- Of such sale by an advertisement inserted
five weeks successfully in some newspaper
printed at the seat of government, if there be
any such newspaper; and if not, then in the
newspaper printed nearest thereto. Lands
sold for taxes may be redeemed within two
years from the day Of sale, by paying to the
Auditor Of public accounts the price for which
such lands were sold, with an addition of 100
per cent.-amounting to Slipper leo acres, or
$500 per quarter section, besides sherif's
fees and costs of advertising. Lands belong
ing wholly or in part to heirs not of lawful
age, may be redeemed within one year after
the youngest heir becomes of age. Persons
purchasing bounty lands after the 9th Of
March last, are allowed nine months from the
date of purchase, to enter the same with the
Auditor.
By an agreement between the United States
and the state of Illinois, it is stipulated that
:" the bounty lands granted, or hereafter to be
granted, for military services during the late
war, shall, rrhile they continue to be heidi by the pa
te7tees or their heirs, remain exempt from all
taxes for the term Of three gears from and after
the date Of the patents respectively" This
agreement being paramount to the state Law,
such lands are not considered rs taxable.
The subscriber viii pay strict attention TO
any orders accompanied by the cash) in rela-
ton to the entering of lands with the Auditor.
& the payment of the taxes thereon. His price
will be one dollar per quarter section tor enter
ing lands and paying the tax. A deduction Of
IS per cent. from this price will be made when
so or more tracts are to be entered for the
same person. Bank paper transmitted either
for recorders fees or taxes, must be such as IS
receivable in the Land Office at Edwards
VILE list of the banks whose bills are thus
received, is subjoned.
GEORGE CHURCHILL.
Eslsvardspiis, & Is. .]ioS %, 1919.
References.
"A. Worth, Esq. Cashier u.s.B.B. Cincinnati.
Mr.. II. Deming, Printer, Louisville, Ky.
Mr. George Bacon, Philadelphia.
Messrs. Woodruff & Candle, S. Whiting, and
Daniel Fanshaw, New-York.
Messrs. Nebsters s. SINNERS, John BoardInaE,
f. Backus, and +. & F.. Hosford, Albany.
Mr.. Richard Corss, Printer Hudson. N. Y.
Isaac Riggs, Esq. Schenectady, N. Y.
Mr. Everard Peck, Rochester, n. Y.
Gen. w. l.. Churchill, Batavia, N. Y.
s. Is. Leonard, Esq. Owego, n. Y.
DIR. J.I. Prendergast, and Rev. Jesse Churchill,
Winfield, NY.
E. Tiden, Esq. P. M-New-Lebanon, NY.
William Pay, Esq. Rutland, Vt.
Mr.. N. Smith and Mr.. w. L.stone, Hartford, Ct.
Mai. Joseph Stillnan, Wethersfeld, Conn.
Mr.. Levi SGlman, New-Hayen, Conn.
Mr.. Chauncys- Payn, Detroit.
LAND OFFICE MONEY.
Bills ofthc fsHoHi',g Banks are receioabfe ct tie
Land Office IN Edwardssi1c.
Rank of the United States and its branches.
| Bank of Illinois, Shawanotown,