Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 15 ILCS 535/1

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     The State Treasurer may, within the amount of any appropriation for such purpose, purchase, either before or after maturity, any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness of the State of Illinois which has been mutilated in any manner, upon the presentation to him of the principal and essential parts of the evidence of indebtedness. No more than par value plus accrued interest shall be paid for any such evidence of indebtedness. Any evidence of indebtedness so purchased shall be marked redeemed and cancelled and shall be disposed of in the manner provided by “An Act in relation to the cremation or sale of bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, including interest coupons, which have been paid, redeemed or cancelled by the State of Illinois”, approved July 17, 1941, as amended.