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| F-795 Cover Page: vs Sebastian Butcher |
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Page one To the Circuit Court of Ste Genevive in Chancery meeting. Humbly complaining there with this court your__________ Sebastian Butcher of the County of Ste Genevive that hereto fore to act on the (Blank space) the State of Missouri by his circuit attorney ?commissioned? ?commenced ? ?about? on the common ____________of this court against your orator to foreclose on mortgage _______ your orator to________ to________ the sum of $250. (blankspace) with legal interest at the rate of ?six? per ?antum? from the (blank space) day in the year (blank space) being the ____________ amount of the loan office certificates borrowed by your orator of the loan office at Jackson from said state under and by ________ of an act of the general assembly of the state of Missouri entitled ________ the acts for the establishment of loan office appraised the 27th of June 1821 by which act the state of Missouri was _________ unto five ?districts? in cash of which was established a loan office. The auditor of public accounts & ?treasurer? of said state under the duration of the ?quorum? thereof were ___________ to ?open? certificate signed by the paid?(said?) auditor of the treasurer to the amount of $200 dollars of denomination not exceeding ten and no less than fifty cents..... |
| (page two) in the following form to __________ this certificate shall be _________ at the treasury as any of the loanissues of the state of Missouri in discharge of taxes or _______ due the state for the sum of $ with interest for the sum at the rate of ?six? per ?antum? from the date this day of (blank space). The said certificates were made at the treasury of said state in payment of all taxes & by all tax gathered & other problem affairs in payment of taxes on other monies due the state or to become due the state or any county or town therein & by all affairs ___________ & ?military? in the state and discharge in the discharge of dollars or furs of ?office? Affairs? ?common? __________ appointed to manage each of the loan affairs & were impounded to make loans of said certificates the same being as owed by mortgage as personal so ____________-the salt springs by ________ to the said state was to be leased out & the _______ was compelled to be __________ said certificates in payment for ?salt?, the ?proceede? of the ?late? spring the interest answering to the state on said certificate all ?duties? due to the state or to become due all estates purchased by the state under.. |
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(Page three) Judgement against the borrowers of said certificates & the faith of the state was pledged & constituted a fund for the redemptionof said certificates required by said act to be issued in which ________ commanded against your orator as afore said such procedings were had against your orator at the cost ________ the term of the court that a decree was then and there entered against your orator & the land & ?appastenamus? on said mortgage maintained were ordered to be sold for the payment for the sum on said mortgage mentioned with all interest & costs of ?suit? your orator further saith that said mortgaged premises are _________________ for sale this day and be sold unless permitted by the _________ position of this court.Your orator further saith that ___________ and to making defence by him in said court of this state and demand that the state of Missouri _______ _________by them to the state in consideration of said certificates were ___________ & that the same court be informed that considering said discussion to be the law of the land your orator be advised his councel did not attempt... |
| (page four) to _____________ said instrument of mortgage on the ground that the same was given to ___ __________ the payments of loan issue certificate borrowed as aforesaid which loan issue certificates were___________ of_____________& ______________in______________ of the constitution of the United States.Your orator further charges that at the time he borrowed the certificates he_________the State had the right of_____________-them that in the ?conguage? of the peramble to said act said certificates __________ be of great utility to said state & it's actions that in full consideration of the right and ________ utility he borrowed the nominal sum of $250 in ____________certificates & for no other __________ duration he expected said mortgage your orator further said that he is informed that said discussion of thet_________ promise your _______ Further ____ ____ that said certificate depreciated and his lands & ?were? of little value as it is your orator as ____ ______ at the common _________ he prays the (corporation) of this court & for such ____________ & relief as _________ requires & will _________________ . |
| (page five/last page) Sebastian Butcher the same named defendant being sworn that the facts in the above bill alledge are true & so far as stated from his own knowledge are true & so far as stated from the information of others his testment to his tr----------. His mark Sworn to and submitted in open court. Geo. Jas D. Grafton clerk George W. Jones DC (note: I'm not sure if the mark for Sebastian is an X- it looks like either an I or J. All the lower part was written in a different hand than all the rest. fmb) Arthur L. ?--__________ ? for Com---------------------------- |
| (along the side of page): Court __________ the duty of said certificate is not considered final & binding by those present judges of the Supreme Court of the state. |