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Sec 1 Be it enacted by the people of the
state of Illinois represented in the General
Assembly
: That any sum not exceeding
Twenty thousand dollars be and the
same is hereby appropriated which
sum shall be applied to the payment
of debts due from this state for work
done upon the state house, and for fur
nature furnished by different persons
Sec 2. No payment shall be made out of
the above appropriation to any person or
persons having claims against the state
for work done upon the State House and furnature furnished untill the validity of the same be appertained as is herein after provided for
Sec 3 It shall be the duty of the Auditor, Treasurer & Secretary of State or any two of them to examine all claims ^against^ this state for work done upon the State House, and furnature furnished, and to give a certificate to all such persons for the amount due them, and it shall be the duty of the Auditor to issue his warrant upon the Treasury upon the presentation of such certificate for the amount of the same
Sec 4. That from and after the passage of this act the present State House commissioners shall be no longer authorised to make any contract respecting
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the State House, or any thing respecting the same, and the pay to which they may be entitled shall no longer accrue, or be paid them, untill the further action of the Legislature, (And that the Auditor of Public accounts be authorised and required to put in immediate train of collection the sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty dollars 66/100 due by bond from the citizens of Springfield to the state. And that the Auditor be directed to institute immediate proceedings in favor of the state against any commissioner or other officer, who may not have paid over money appearing to be in his hands arising from Saline lands from 1826 to the present time, and all other debts to the state
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01/27/1841
passed the House of Reps
Jany 27, 1841
John Calhoun
Clk H. R.

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No 38
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Senate
A bill for an act making an appropriation for work done upon the State House & materials furnished
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to be Enrolled as amended M L Covell Secty
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Tues. on. Brown amt
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Engrossed
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Finance
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Ord 3
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passed
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 278, SB 78, GA Session 12-2, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,