Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-08
To nonresident Lcndholders and Pr.
cha8erS of Illinois Bounty LQnas.

To nonresident Lcndholders and p..y-
chasers Of Illinois Bounty Land.
TESHE subscriber. formerly of the city o. Al.
IL bany, and now residing at Edwardsq lie,
(lllinois) will 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
filedtor record within one year from their dates
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, be promptly attended to,
By law of the state of Illinois, it is required
that every nonresident owning land, "whether
by deed, entry, bond for conveyance, patent.
grant, or otherwise, or where the same has
been entered in any land office established for
the sale Of lands lying within this state" shall,
on or before the first day Of august in each year,
enter the same with the Auditor of public ac-
counts, by presenting to him list Of his lands.
the quality and class of each tract of the sal e.
the number of acres in each tract, and he
county in which it is situated. This list must
be accompanied by an affidavit of the owner, or
his agent, stating that such list contains true.
description Of such lands, to the best of the
deponent's knowledge and belief.
The taxes imposed on lands, by this law, are
as tollows:-
Lands of the 1st quality and class, SO per 100
acres, or $500 per quarter section.
Lands OF the I'd quality and class, Sl,5 per
100 acres, or s2,4O per quarter section.
Lands OF the Sd quality and class, 81 per 100
acres, or S1,60 per quarter section.
This tax is required to be paid by non-resi-
dents to the state treasurer, on or before the
FIRST day Of October in each year. A failure eli
Their in entering his land with the Auditor By
the LIST of august, OF 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 So9,oU per quarter secton-which sum. to-
gether with the sheriff fees and costs of adj.
vertising, may be paid to the sheriff authorized
to sell the land, before or at the time appoint
ed for such sale. Non-rcsidents' lands which
shall not have been entered with the Auditor
as aforesaid, and such as 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
H.
mentiss situated, atthe door otthe courthouse of
such county-previous notice having been civ
Ell OF such sale by an advertisement inserted
hive 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 paving to the
Auditor of public accounts the price for which
such lands were sold, with an addition of 100
per cent.-amounting to S12 per 100 acres, or
$500 per quarter section, besides sherifT'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 Personsp ur.
chasing 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, rujle they continue to be heldby the ba-
teateeS or their heirs, remain exempt from all
taxes for the termof three years from and aft er
the date OF the patents respectively" This
agreement being paramount to the state law.
such lands are not considered as taxable
Bounty lands purchased from the patentees
'Nio'> .4iN A'e 4AuG AoAo, VII lllG LAX
has not been paid are charged with triple tax
for that year, amounting to 1925 per hundred
acres, or $500 per quarter section.
The subscriber will pay strict attention to
any orders accompanied by the cash) in rela-
ton to the entering of lands with the Auditor.
&, the payment ofthe taxes thereon. His price
viii be one dollar per quarter section for enter
ing lands and paying the tax. 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. A list Of the banks whose bills are thus
received, is subjoned.
GEORGE CHURCHILL.
Ed.uGrdsviHe, { Is jan. %, 1920.
References.
GA. Worth, Esq. Cashier u IS B B. Cincinnati.
Mr.. H. Deming. Printer. Louisville XIV