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A Bill for an act concerning certain moneys therein named
Sec.[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That the sum of Two Thousand dollars heretofore appropriated by the Legislature for
the improvement of the Sangamon River is hereby appropriated for the construction of the State house
Sec 2. The county commissioners of the county of Sangamon are hereby authorised and required to pay over to said Two thousand dollars to the
state house commissioners or sutch other person or persons as may be authorised by
law to superintend the construction of said state house whenever the same may be required
by said commissioners or other person or persons.
Sec. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage
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1Lewis W. Ross introduced HB 226 in the House of Representatives on February 11, 1841. The House refused to read the bill a second time by a vote
of 37 yeas to 45 nays, with Abraham Lincoln voting nay.
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), 373.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 163, HB 226, GA Session 12-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,