In force, Feb.[February] 26, 1841.
An ACT in relation to the present State House Commissioners.
1Board of auditors to settle accounts.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Auditor of public accounts, Secretary of State, and Treasurer be, and they are hereby required and empowered to thoroughly investigate the acts and
doings of the State house commissioners, and if any or either of them should be found
upon such investigation in arrears to the State, the said commissioners are directed to make report of the same to the Attorney General,
who, on receiving the same shall forthwith bring suit against said delinquent commissioner
or commissioners.2
Approved, February, 26, 1841.
1William J. Hankins introduced HB 251 in the House of Representatives on February 15, 1841. The House passed the bill on February 20. The Senate concurred on February 25. On February 26, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 403, 422, 445, 453, 508, 528, 530, 550; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 360-61, 405.
2In the act to permanently locate the seat of government in Illinois, the General Assembly stipulated that money appropriated for the construction of a state house and other
public buildings would be expended under the direction of three commissioners to be
appointed by the General Assembly. In an act supplemental to the this act, the General Assembly appointed Archibald Job, Anson G. Henry, and Thomas Houghan as commissioners to superintend the construction of the state house and other public
buildings.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 300, GA Session 12-2,