Strike out all the proposed amt[amendment] after the word Court
Seven commissioners shall be Elected by Joint vote of both houses one from each Judicial
circuit,1 whose duty it shall be to make a careful examination of the country near the Geographical
centre of the state, and such other suitable places as they may see proper to examine, and to make a
statement under their hands of the advantages and disadvantages of each place to the
next meeting of the General assembly, when the said General assembly shall proceed to make a selection of a permanent seat of Government for the state
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Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Lincoln Collection, SB 117, GA Session: 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL)