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Originated in the House of RepresentativesD Prickett Clk[Clerk]. H R1
“An act making an appropriation for the Penitentiary
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Be it enacted by the people of the
State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly,
That the sum of twenty-three hundred dollars, be, and
the same is hereby appropriated, to defray the incidental
expenses of thePenitentiary , from the 22 of November, 1838, to the close of the present session of the General Assembly, and to pay the superintendent the balance due him as superintendent; and the sum of five hundred and sixty-five and 63/100 dollars, expended by him out of his own funds for the use of said Penitentiary: Also to pay the sum of ten hundred and thirty-seven and 36/100 dollars loaned by the Inspectors of said Penitentiary to ^the^ superintendent out of the building fund.
Sec[Section] 2 The above appropriations shall be subject to the order and direction of the inspectors of the Penitentiary; and a detailed statement of the manner in which they expend the same, shall be laid before the next General Assembly.
Sec 3 The auditor of Public accounts is hereby authorized to draw his order on the Treasurer of the State, in favor of the inspectors of said Penitentiary, upon their application for the aforesaid appropriation.
Wm L D Ewing
Speaker of the House of Representatives
S H. Anderson
Speasker of the Senate

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No 16.
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H. R.
[]An act making an appropriation for the Penitentiary
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01/10/1839
Laid before the Council of Revision the 10th January 1839.
J. M. McLean Secty[Secretary]
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Enrolled .
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to be re-Enrolled
as amended
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1Text written in the right margin.

Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 47, HB 57, GA Session: 11-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,