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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concuring herein) That our Senators in congress be instructed and our Representatives be requested to use their exertions to obtain
the aid of congress in improving the road leading from Vincennes to Chicago ^and also on the road leading from Shawneetown to [Vandalia]^, Either by a a donation of money or of unsold Lands which have been in [worker?] ten years lying in the counties through which [sa]id road passes2
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Resolved by the Senate and house of Representatives of the state of Illinois that in the opinion of this General Assembly a good road from point on the Wabash River opposite Vincennes to Chicago on Lake Michigan is an improvement calculated to produce innumerable and lasting benefits to the interests
of the United States and of this state that such a road passing as it would for many miles exclusively over the public lands
would increase their value and hasten their settlements and sales, while it would
secure to a very large and valuable portion of the citizens of Illinois the advantages of a commerce and intercource with their fellow citizens on the lakes and the Atlantic states.
Resolved that this General assembly recommend the passage of a bill reported by the committee on the public lands in
the House of Rep. at the last session and which is now before congress which bill provides for appropriating a quantity of Land for constructing said road
Resolved ^That ^ in the opinion of this general assembly that the report accompanying3 said bill which was made by the commttee on public lands contains a just clear and proper view of the subject and meets our
entire approbation
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1Uri Manly introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 12, 1834. The House referred the resolution to a select committee.
The select committee reported back the resolution on December 17 with a substitute,
in which the House concurred. The House adopted the resolution as substituted. On
December 18, the Senate referred the resolution to a select committee. The select committee reported back
the resolution on December 19 without amendment, recommending that the Senate concur
with the House. The Senate adopted the resolution. On January 7, 1835, the House
and Senate delivered the resolution to Governor Joseph Duncan for his signature.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December
1, 1834 (Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 109, 128, 141, 241; Journal of the Senate, of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 1, 1834 (Vandalia, IL: J. W. Sawyer, 1835), 107, 114, 115, 192, 196.
2This was the original text of Manly’s resolution. On December 17, the House replaced this text with a substitute, which
the House and Senate adopted.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December
1, 1834 (Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 128-29.
Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 278, GA Session: 9-1,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL)