Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That so much of any law of this State as authorises the governor of this State to appoint agents for the purpose of selling State Bonds, or for any other similar purpose connected therewith, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Sec[Section] 2 The duties heretofore required by law to be performed by the Governor of this state or by agents to be appointed by him, in reference to the negotiation & sale of State Bonds for any purpose whatever, shall hereafter be performed by the Fund Commissioner of this State.

Sec 3 The Bond of the Fund Commissioner shall contain a Condition providing for the faithful discharge of the duty imposed on him by this act.

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A Bill for an act to increase the Duties of ^the^ Fund Commissioner.

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Ord Eng.[Ordered Engrossed]

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1John J. Hardin introduced HB 150 in the House of Representatives on January 30, 1841. The House passed the bill on February 11. On February 12, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Finance. The Committee on Finance reported back the bill on February 27 with amendments, and the Senate indefinitely postponed further consideration of the bill and proposed amendments.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, At Their Second Session, Begun and Held in the City of Springfield, December 7, 1840 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840) 300, 315, 368; Journal of the Senate of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, At Their Second Session, Begun and Held in the City of the Springfield, December 7, 1840 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 294, 306, 442.