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Scope and Content Note

These volumes record payments made and monies received by the Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor.

One volume recording payments and receipts provides: date; voucher number; to whom paid or from whom received; and amount paid or received.

Three volumes recording payments received by the Surveyor General for sales of state land and paid into the treasury provide: date of payment: voucher number; lot number; number of acres; location, tract, or village; purchaser; amount sold for; and amount paid. Some land sales recorded in these volumes are also recorded in Books of Sales of State Land.