County commissioners' minute and account books of the U.S. Deposit Fund

The U.S. Deposit Fund was established by Laws of 1837, Chapter 150, to make surplus monies distributed to the states from the U.S. Treasury available for loans for improved real estate.

Two commissioners were appointed in each county to administer that county's share of the Fund. The Commissioners' minute and account books were delivered to the Comptroller when Commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund were abolished in 1911 (Laws of 1911, Chapter 634).

This series consists of minute and account books kept by the County Commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund.

The format varies considerably, but the books typically contain minutes of actions of the Commissioners, including: allotment of monies to the various towns and city wards in the county; statements of loans applied for and awarded; annual reports submitted to the Comptroller; lists of persons to whom notices of default were served; minutes (or "synopses") of mortgages taken, including mortgage number, name of mortgagor, date, terms of mortgage, bounds of property mortgaged, date and place of recording, signatures or marks of mortgagor and Commissioners, and sometimes a record of payments; minuted receipts and disbursements; and receipts from State Treasurer for monies credited to the state. For some counties minute books and cash book or journal are kept separately.

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