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Sol Finding #1120 — Tonawanda Bridge Three-County School-Fund Loans

1848 ch.315 finances a proposed Tonawanda Creek bridge near the reservation council house via three $500 loans from common-school-fund capital — not a tribal-land tax and not proof of construction.

Sol Finding #1120 (repo 1848-tonawanda-bridge-three-county-school-fund-loans, commit 6d9b986): New York Laws of 1848 chapter 315 (April 12, pp.444–445) authorized a bridge over Tonawanda Creek near the Indian council house on the reservation in Genesee County.

Financing: comptroller to loan $500 each to Erie, Genesee, and Orleans from the capital of the common school fund ($1,500 aggregate), booked as separate county debts. Commissioners Charles B. Rich (Erie), Valentine Reynolds (Genesee), Lathrop A. G. B. Grant (Orleans) each needed a $3,000 penal bond before funds. Supervisors then levied half principal per year for two years ($250/county/year) plus interest; commissioners could claim $1.50/day actual time, charged to their own county.

Boundaries: distinct from the 1841/1843 Cattaraugus/Collins–Perrysburg bridge levy (finding 1092). Act text does not set tribal-consent procedure and does not prove construction, advances, bond execution, levies collected, land rights, or consent.

Primary: Laws of NY 1848 ch.315 pp.444–445 (Archive.org PDF pp.456–457). Archive index c8cf372. Keep separate from #1118 school deposit-fund lines and #1119 tribal annuity budget.