Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-04-04
TO non-resident Landholders and Par
chaSer8 of Illinois Bounty Lands.

chaserS Of Illinois Bounty Lands.
yExHE subscriber, formerly of the city of AT
L bany, and now residing at Edwardsvile,
(Illinois) will act as agent for such gentlemen
as may think proper to confde to him Sheir
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 recordedatt the Recorders office in Edwards.
vile; and, in order to hold against subsequent
sale Of the land, it is necessary to have them
fledfor 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, will be promptly attended to.
BY law of the state of Illinois, it is required
that every nonresident owning land, j" 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 August in each year,
enter the same with the Auditor of public &C.
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
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 LIST quality and class, 50 per 100
acres, or $500 per quarter, section.
Lands of the I'd quality and class, $3.50 per
100 acres, or $40 per quarter section.
Lands of the Sd quality and class, 81 per 100
acres, OF 81 so per quarter section
This tax rs required to be paid by non-resi-
dents to the state treasurer, on or before the
first day Of October in each year. failure Ell
ther in entering his land with the Auditor by
the lst 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 Sc per 100 acres,
or $3.50 per quarter section-which sum, to-
gether with the sheriff IS fees and costs of adj
vertising, may be paid to the sheriff authorized
to sefl 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. are to be sold for the tax and fees, BY the
sheriff of the county whichthe seat of govern
ment is situated, atthe door ofthe courthouse of
en- 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 All addition of 100
per cent.-amounting to Slipper 100 acres, or
$3.50 per quarter section, besides sher;i'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 to be
granted, for military services during the late
war, shall, zciie they continue 10 be held 6y the b1-
fe'tees o. their heirs, remain exempt from all
taxes for the term Of three yeqrs from and after
the date of the patents respectively" This
agreement being paramount to the state law,
such lands are not considered rs taxable.
Bounty lands purchased from the patentees
before the LIST August, 1878, On which the tax
has not been paid, are charged NTH triple tax
~ e-A''e Sai, "iiouNehS W Z1~,Ao per uuilurcu
acres, or $3.50 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 Of the taxes thereon. His price
will be one doHorper 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 as is
receivable in the Land Office at Edwards
vile. A list Of the banks whose bills are thus
received, is subjoined.
GEORGE CHURCHILL.
EdpardsziNe, (k. } Jan. 80, 1920.
Reference.
G. A. Worth, Esq. Cashier U IS B B. Cincinnati.
Mr.. II. Dem;ng, Printer, Louisville, KY.
Mr.. George Bacon, Philadelphia.
Messrs, Woodruff & Candle, S. Whiting, and
Daniel Fanshaw, New-YorlS
Messrs. Websters < SINNERS, John Boardman,
Il. +. Backus, and L. & T.. Hosford, Albany.
Mr.. Richard Corss, Printer, Hudson, NJ
Mr.. Eyerard Peck, Rochester N. Y.
Gen. W. L. Churchill, Batavia, NY.
S. B. Leonard, Esq. Owego, NY.
DR. 4, Prendergast, and Rev Jesse Churchill,
Winfield, N. Y.
F.. Tiltlen, Esq. p. .New-L Lebanon, NY.
Mr.. n. Smith and Mr.. W. L.Stone, Hartford, CT.
LAND OFFICE MONEY.
BIS ofMe. faNo.ping Ba,sks are receivable at tie
Land Office IN Edwardsri1c.