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Record Group Number: 000593
Series/Collection Number: .S 2372
Creator: Florida. Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
Title, Dates: Survey field notes and letter books, 1824-1930.
Amount: .50 cubic ft.
18 microfilm reels
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Organization/Arrangement: Numerical by roll number.
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Biographical/Historical:     The General Assembly of 1850 created the Internal Improvement Board to manage the swamp and overflow lands and the 500,000 acres of public lands transferred to state ownership when Florida entered the Union (Chapter 332, Laws of Florida).  In 1854, the General Assembly created the Internal Improvement Fund to control current and future funds accumulated from land sales (Ch. 610, Laws). In the same year, an act authorized the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to transfer and sell lands; to collect revenues from railroad companies; to approve the building of railroads, bridges, and canals; and to invest surplus monies in United States stocks, stocks of other states, or internal improvement bonds (Ch. 631, Laws).

    In 1963, the Board took control of the State Land Office from the Commissioner of Agriculture (Ch. 63-294, Laws). Then in 1969, the name changed to Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (Ch. 69-106, Laws). The powers and duties of the Board concerning state lands were transferred to the Department of Natural Resources in 1975 (Ch. 75-22, Laws) and its Division of State Lands in 1979 (Ch. 79-255, Laws). The Board currently holds title to state lands held in trust for the use and benefit of the people of Florida and maintains the State Land Office.
Summary:     This series contains microfilmed land records maintained by the Board of Trustees of the Internal improvement Trust Fund. The records include plat surveys, private land claims and survey field notes, as well as letter books containing correspondence to and from the U.S. Surveyor-General for Florida District and the Commissioner of U.S. General Land Office.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available. 0
A more detailed index for Reels 1 - 6 is included in Box 1.
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Subject Access Fields: Land subdivision Florida
Public land sales Florida
Surveying Public lands
Surveyors Florida
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