Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-06-20
80 zon.residezr Landhoiders and PuY.
chaSerS Of Illinois Bounty Lands.


FENHE subscriber, formerly of the city of Al
| Il bany, and now residing at Edw ardsv lie
| Qllinois) 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 recordedatthe Recorders office in Edwards
vile; and, in order to hold against subsequent
| sale of the land, it is necessary to have them
filedfor 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 (Land Office money! for each deed
ofthe usual length, will be promptly attended to.
By a 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 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, 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 follows =
Lands of the 1st quality and class, So per 100
| acres, or $500 per quarter section.
Lands of the Cd quality and class, S1,50 per
| 100 acres, or $40 per quarter section.
Lands of the Sd quality and class, 81 per 100
| acres, or SLIGO per quarter section.
This tax is required to be paid by non-resi-
| IN he cta ito Al
first day Of 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 $500 per quarter section-whch sum, to-
gether with the sheriff fees and costs of ad-
vertising, may be paid to the sheriff authorized
| to sell the land, before or at the time appoint
| ed for such sale. Non-residents' 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, to be sold for the tax and fees, by the
sheriff of the county which the seat of govern
mentiS situated atthe door ofthe court house of
such county-previous notice having been Civ
| ell of such sale by an advertisement inserted
| five weeks successfully i'll 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 S12 per 100 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 heirbecomes ofage. Persons pur-
| 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, 1chale they cofatinue to be hed6y the ba-
| fentees 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 as taxable.
Bounty lands purchased from the patentees
before the 1st August 1918, on which the tax
has not been paid, are charged with triple tax
| for that year, amounting to 1925 per hundred
| acres, or $3.50 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
will be one doilarper quarter section for 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
tor recorders fees or taxes, must be such as is
receivable i'll the Land Office at Edwards