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1 Be it enacted by the People of the state of Illinois Represented in the General assembly, That hereafter no member of the General assembly shall be eligible to any office or appointment under the Board of Public Works ^or the board of Canal Commissioners^ during the term for which he shall have been elected a member of the General assembly.
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A Bill for an act to prevent members of the Legislature from holding offices under the Board of Public Works or the Board of Canal Commissioners
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1On July 14, the House of Representatives passed a resolution instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to look into preventing
members of the Legislature from holding certain public offices. On July 15, John J. Hardin from the Committee on the Judiciary introduced HB 50 in the House. On July 18, the
House amended the bill by adding a section making members of the Legislature ineligible
to hold any office or appointment under the Governor or the Senate. The House passed the bill as amended on July 20. On July 21, the Senate read the
bill twice, but took no further action.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at a Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 70, 79, 110-12, 139; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
a Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 118, 124.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 42, HB 50, GA Session 10-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,