Entered, according to the Act of Congross, in the year 1857, by K EEN & LEE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Dedicated TO THE BRAVE AND INDUSTRIOUS CITIZENS OP ILLINOIS, AND TO ALL THOSE WHO INTEND TO BUILD A HOME THERE, MAY THE FLOURISHING AND FERTILE PRAIRIE-STAT E UNFOLD, FROM YEAR TO YEAR, MORE AND MORE GLORIOUSLY; AND MAY VIRTUE, WEALTH, AND HAPPINESS, FOR EVER HAVE THEIR ABODE WITHIN HER BORDERS. FINANCES .... 175 ...... 177 .............................. LAWS - LAND TITLES ... 169 EXECUTION OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES. 172 FORY OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT 173 RECORDING OP DEEDS AND MORTGAGES 174 WILLS OF REAL ESTATE.... THE PROBATE AND RECORDING OF WILLS TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY INHERITANCE .... 179 LEVY AND COLLECTION OF LAND TAXES........ ***............... 180 LAND TAX FORFEITURES AND REDEMPTION ................................................... 184 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ........................................................ 184 LIMITATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF REAL ESTATE................................................ 185 EXEMPTIONS .................................................................................. 186 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ..................................................................................... 187 LIEN LAW ........... 188 CHATTLE MORTGAGES.... 189 CONTRACT .... 189 COLLECTION OF DEBTS 189 RATS OF INTEREST LANDLORD AND TENANT 191 PROMISSORY NOTES AND BILLS OF EXCHANGE ........... 193 APPRENTICES...... 193 RIGHTS OP MARRIED WOMEN AND WIDOWS ......................................................... 194 ESTRAYS ......................................................................................................... 195 GAME LAW.............................. ............................. ............... 197 GEOGRAPHY ............... 199 STATISTICS.......... 218 CLIMATE, SOIL, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS 230 STATE OF HEALTH AND DISEASES 259 TIIE PRAIRIES .. 191 ............. .......... 271 AMOUNT OF BUSHES RAISED PER ACRE DIVISION OF FARMS, ROTATION OF CROPS, AND MANURING. ....................... 312 LABOR, WAGES, AND IMPLEMENTS .............. .......................................... 320 .............................................. 330 .............................................................. 330 PEACH ........................................................................................ 312 PEAR ....................................................................................... 343 QUINCE............................................................................... 314 PLUM..................................................... ............................. 344 PRUNE .............................. CATTLE BREEDING.. ............................... GEOLOGY AND MINING............................................................................... COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES OF CHICAGO ...................................................... 388 |