Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-03-28
To non-re8ident La ndAoiders and PR"
chaSers Of Illinois Bounty Lands.

To non-Ye8ident La ndhoiders and Pr"
chaSerS Of Illinois Bounty Lands.
vHVIIE subscriber, formerly of the city of Al
Il bany, and now residing at Edwardsvile,
Qllinois) will act agent for such gentlemen
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 atthe Recorders office in Edwards
vile; and, in order to hold against subsequent
sale of the land, it is necessary to have them
fedfor 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 attendedto,
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 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, OF
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, arc
Lands Of the 1st quality and class, 81 per 100
acres, or 0per quarter section.
Lands of the I'd quality and class, l,50 per
100 acres, or $40 per quarter section.
Lands OF the Sd quality and class, 81 per 100
acres, or 1850 per quarter section.
This tax is required to be paid by non-res-
dents to the state treasurer, on or before the
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 1st 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 S6per 100 acres,
or $500 per quarter section-which sum. to-
gether with the sheriff's fees and costs Of adj
vertising, may be paid to the sheriff au aorised
to sell the lane, before or at the time appoint
ed for such sale. NONRESIDENT 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 andfees by the
sheriff ofthe county inwhicht the seat Of govern
such county-previous 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 ucice for which
| such lands We're sold, with an addition of 100
per cent.-amounting to S12 per 100 acres, or
$500 per quarter section, besides sheritt'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. Personspu
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 UntadStates
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, While they continue to be hed6y the pa
tentees or their heirs, remain exempt from all
| taxes for the term. of three years 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 patentcca
before the fst August, 1918, on which the tax
| has not been paid, are charged with triple tax
| for that year, amounting to gaps per hundred
| acres, or $3.50 per quarter section.
The subscriber will pay strict attention 10
any orders accompanied by the cash) in reia-
ton to the entering. of lands with the Auditor,
| & the payment of the taxes thereon. His price
will be one dollar per quarter .secton for enter
ing lands and paying the tax. A deduction of
Is per cent. from this price will be made when
! 50 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 subjoined.
GEORGE CHURCHILL.
Eavardsrile, Is. Jan. 90, 1920.
differences.
G. "A. Worth, ESQ. Cashier u. ST IA Cincinnati.
Mr. II. Deming, Printer, Louisville, Ky.
Mr.. George Bacon. Philadelphia.
Mcssrs Woodruff s. Candle, s. Whiting, and
Daniel Fanshaw, New-York.
Messrs. Websters & SINNERS, John Boardman,
T.. F. Backus, and E. BE. Hosford, Albany.
Mr.. Richard Corss, Printer, Hudson, NY
Mr. Everard Peck, Rochester, N. Y.
Gen. w. J.. Churchill Batavia, NY.
S. b. Leonard, Esq. Owego, NY.
DIR. J. l. Prendergast, and Rev. Jesse Churchill,
Winfield, NY.
F. Tilden, Esq. p. d. New-L ehanon,N N. "
Mr.. N. Smith and Mr.. w. L.Stone, Hartford, Ct.
LAND OFFICE MONEY.
Bias ofshe. foi2ozvine Banks are receipasls at the
Land Office in Ed.vardsviNe.
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