Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-03-14
70 nonresident Lqndholders and PDs.


cha8ers Of Illinois Bounty Lands.
1EVHE subscriber, formerly of the city of Al
4 bany, and now residing at EdwardsTfles
Qllinois) will act as agent for such gentlemen
as may think proper to confide to him theff
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 the 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, 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, 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
Lands of the list quality and class, So per 100
acres, or $500 per quarter section.
Lands of the ID quality and class, S1,5o 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-
| 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 LIST 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 section--which sum, to-
gether with the sheriti's fees and costs of adj
vertislng, 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 in whichthe seat of govern
| mentis situated, the door the courthouse of
| en- of such sale by an advertisement inserted
five weeks successfully in some newspaper
| printed at the seat of government, if there btc
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 sherf'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 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 tc DC
| granted, for military services during the late
war, shall, rhile they continue to de heldby the pa
| tentees 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 S2,25 per hundred
| acres, or $500 per quarter SECTION.
| The subscriber will pay strict attention tn
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 doAlarper 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
| for recorders fees or taxes, must be such is
receivable in the Land Office at Edwards
Vile. A list of the banks whose bills are thu,
received, is subjoined.
GEORGE CHURCHILL.
Edwardsville, CLs. J Jan. %, 1890.
References.
| G. A. Worth, Esq. Cashier U S BIB. Cincinnati,
Mr.. II. Deming, Printer, Louisville, Ky.
Mr.. George Bacon, Philadelphia.
Messrs. Woodruff & Candle, S. Whiting, ana
| Daniel Fanshaw, New-York
| Messrs. Websters & SINNERS, John Boardma7,
f. F. Backus, and f. & Z. Hostord, Albany.
! Mr.. Richard Corss, Printer, Hudson, NY.
Mr.. Everard Peck, Rochester, n. y.
| Gen. w. L. Churchill, Batavia, N. Y.
| s. b. Leonard, Esq. Owego, n Y.
Dr. ]. l. Prendergast, and Revue Churchill,
Winfield, NY.
r. T'lden, Esq. PM. New-Lebanon,N Y.
Mr. N. Smith and Mr. w. L.Stone, Hartford, CT.
LAND OFFICE MONEY.
Bills ofthe following Banks are receivable at tho
Land Office in ElpardS1iHe-
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