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21^t Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That the auditor
of Public Accounts shall contract with the president and directors of the State Bank of Illinois to
receive upon deposit and disburse the revenue of the State upon the Terms and Conditions following
First the Bank shall open and keep accounts in the name of the State of Illinois and receive upon deposit in their Branch at the seat of Government all money paid into the state treasury and
receive upon deposit at their principal Bank and the other Branches all money which may [be] deposited
in the said Principal Bank or any Branch thereof by any collector or agent of the state
Second The Bank shall be bound to pay out the money deposited as aforesaid either
at the principal Bank or any Branch thereof
upon the Warrant of the Auditor of Public accounts
Third The Bank shall be bound when money
is deposited [~~with~~?] ^by^ the treasurer or any officer

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deposit or receipt for the same in the name
of the State of Illinois
Fourth The Bank shall make no charge against
the State for receiving and disbursing the
revenue as aforesaid
Sec 2. Upon making the Contract aforesaid
the Auditor shall notify the Treasurer thereof
and the Treasurer shall without delay deposit
in the Branch of the State Bank of Illinois at
Vandalia all money and Bank notes in his

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66 possession belonging to the state and at the end
of Every Week thereafter deposit in the said
Branch Bank all money and Bank notes
received by him during the preceding week
and take Certificates of deposit or receipts for
the same

Sec 3 After the Contract shall be made with
the Bank as herein required all Warrants
issued by the Auditor shall be Countersigned
by the Treasurer as heretofore and shall be
made payable either at the principal Bank
or some Branch thereof to the order of the
person in whose favor the same may be issued
and the plan of payment shall be at the option
of the payee

Sec 4 After ^the^ making the contract aforesaid
it shall be lawful for any Collector of public
money to deposit all money collected in the
said State Bank or any Branch thereof and
certificates of deposite or receipts in the name
of the State of Illinois shall be received by the
Treasurer as so much Cash.

Sec 5 When the Treasurer shall make his monthly
reports to the Auditor as required by the act
entitled “An act to Consolodate the acts relative
to the Auditor and Treasurer and Election of
Attorney General Approved on the 2^nd of March
one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
he shall deliver to the Auditor certificates of
deposit or Bank receipts for all money paid
into the Treasury during the preceding month

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amount of said Certificates and receipts
and the Auditor shall give a receipt
for the Same
Sec 6 The Auditor shall settle the accounts
of the State with the Bank quarterlyThe
Bank Shall be charged with all certificates
of deposits and receipts which may have been
delivered to the Auditor by the Treasurer and
Shall be credited by all warrants paid
and if a balance be found against the Bank
at any such settlement the auditor Shall take a
certificate of deposit therefor and if a Balance
be found against the state the auditor shall
issue a Warrant to Co be Countersigned by the
Treasurer in favor of the Bank for such balance
at every such settlement the certificates of Deposit
and receipts shall be returned to the Bank and the
Warrants paid by the Bank shall be returned to
the Auditor and immediately after every settlement
with the Bank âs aforesaid^ the auditor shall cause a statement

of the amount of money received and paid out during the preceding quarter to be published in the newspaper published by the public printer

Sec 71 All lands and real estate of every person hereafter elected or appointed state Treasurer of the State shall be bound to the state and held as security from the time of executing bond as treasurer as well as all lands and real estate which such treasurer may at any time own during ^the term of^ his continuance in office for all sums of money which may ât any time^ be recovered against such Treasurer upon the bond aforesaid

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And a lien is hereby created and declared to exist in favor of the state upon all lands owned by every such treasurer from and after the date aforesaid And no alienation or transfer of any lands or real estate upon which a lien is created by this act shall affect the right and lien of the State upon the same or any part thereof

Sec 8 If the Treasurer shall at any time fail to make a monthly report to the Auditor as required by law or if it shall appear from any monthly report made by him or from any settlement made with the Bank that the Treasurer is in default to the State the auditor shall give information thereof to the Governor whose duty it shall be to cause suit to be instituted upon the Bond of such Treasurer ând^ to coerce payment of all sums of money recovered

Sec. 9. Suits may hereafter be instituted and maintained upon Treasurers Bonds against the Treasurer ând his securities or against the Treasurer^ or any one of his securities without first establishing the liability of the Treasurer by obtaining judgment against him alone

Sec 10 The provisions of this act shall not apply to or affect the disposition of any money which may be received by the state Treasurer from the United States under the provisions of the act of Congress of the United States regulating the deposit^s^ of the public money nor any moneys borrowed for purposes of internal improvement.

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Sec 11. The 20^th Section of the act entitled An act to consolodate the acts in relation to the Auditor and Treasurer and Election of Attorney General Approved 2^nd March 1833 is hereby repealed

Sec. 12. This act shall take effect on the passage thereof

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02/28/1837
Thomas Jr., Jesse B.

Passed the Senate, Feb’y 28, 1837
J B Thomas jr
Sec’y[Secretary] Senate

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Nô 421.

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An act to provide for the safe keeping and security of the public money

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Last am^t[amendment] conc^d[concurred] in.

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com Fin

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Other amts not conc^d. in.

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Thomas
Edwards 2

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Engrossed

1“8” changed to “7”

2These legislators represented the Senate on a conference committee created to settle disagreement over the bill.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 631.

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32.	or agent of the State to give a certificate of deposit or receipt for the same in the name of the State of Illinois Fourth The Bank shall make no charge against the State for receiving and disbursing the revenue as aforesaid Sec 2. Upon making the Contract aforesaid the Auditor shall notify the Treasurer thereof and the Treasurer shall without delay deposit in the Branch of the State Bank of Illinois at Vandalia all money and Bank notes in his
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33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41. 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66	possession belonging to the state and at the end of Every Week thereafter deposit in the said Branch Bank all money and Bank notes received by him during the preceding week and take Certificates of deposit or receipts for the same Sec 3 After the Contract shall be made with the Bank as herein required all Warrants issued by the Auditor shall be Countersigned by the Treasurer as heretofore and shall be made payable either at the principal Bank or some Branch thereof to the order of the person in whose favor the same may be issued and the plan of payment shall be at the option of the payee Sec 4 After ^the^ making the contract aforesaid it shall be lawful for any Collector of public money to deposit all money collected in the said State Bank or any Branch thereof and certificates of deposite or receipts in the name of the State of Illinois shall be received by the Treasurer as so much Cash. Sec 5 When the Treasurer shall make his monthly reports to the Auditor as required by the act entitled “An act to Consolodate the acts relative to the Auditor and Treasurer and Election of Attorney General Approved on the 2^nd of March one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three he shall deliver to the Auditor certificates of deposit or Bank receipts for all money paid into the Treasury during the preceding month
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67. 68. 69. 70 71 72 73 74 75 76. 77. 78 79 80 81. 82 83 84 85 86 87.	the treasurer shall be entitled to a credit for the amount of said Certificates and receipts and the Auditor shall give a receipt for the Same Sec 6 The Auditor shall settle the accounts of the State with the Bank quarterlyThe Bank Shall be charged with all certificates of deposits and receipts which may have been delivered to the Auditor by the Treasurer and Shall be credited by all warrants paid and if a balance be found against the Bank at any such settlement the auditor Shall take a certificate of deposit therefor and if a Balance be found against the state the auditor shall issue a Warrant to Co be Countersigned by the Treasurer in favor of the Bank for such balance at every such settlement the certificates of Deposit and receipts shall be returned to the Bank and the Warrants paid by the Bank shall be returned to the Auditor and immediately after every settlement with the Bank ^as aforesaid^ the auditor shall cause a statement