In force Feb.[February] 26, 1841.
An ACT requiring the Secretary of State and State Treasurer to take
charge of the public buildings, aud for other purposes.
1Officers to take charge of buildings.
Sec. [Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and Treasurer to take charge
of and safely preserve from waste, the houses, lots, grounds, and appurtenances, situated
within the city of Springfield and belonging to the State of Illinois, they shall also safely preserve furniture appertaining to the State house.
To superintend completion.
Buildings, &c[etc] may be sold.
Sec. 2. They, the said Secretary of State and Treasurer, shall superintend the further completion of the State house in manner following,
viz: The materials procured for the finish and embellishment of the State house, they
shall in part use for that purpose, other parts thereof, to consist of articles that
may be sold to good advantage, they shall sell and dispose of, and with the monies
derived from such sale cause the work on the State house to be prosecuted in the manner
which to them shall seem most conducive of the public interest. The buildings on the public grounds in Springfield not required for public use, together with all tools, implements and machinery procured
for State house purposes, and not now required for the purposes aforesaid, the said
Secretary of State and Treasurer shall sell and dispose of on such terms as they shall
think just and proper, and for the benefit of the State; the monies received upon such sales they shall apply to the finishing of the State
house as aforesaid.
Quarterly report.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and Treasurer to report to the
Auditor quarterly, all their acts and doings in the premises, in which they shall exhibit the receipts
and expenditures for the purposes aforesaid, which reports shall be accompanied by
the receipts or vouchers for all expenditures made as aforesaid.
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Approved, February 26, 1841.
1Archer G. Herndon introduced SB 225, originally titled “A Bill Appointing a State House Agent,” in the Senate on February 23, 1841. The Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Public Accounts
and Expenditures. The Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures reported back
the bill on February 24 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate
passed the bill as amended, amending the title so as to read “A Bill Requiring the
Secretary of State and State Treasurer to Take Charge of the Public Buildings, and
for Other Purposes.” On February 25, The House of Representatives considered an amendment adding a section on internal improvements. The House refused
to table an amendment to said amendment to the bill by a vote of 21 yeas to 42 nays,
with Abraham Lincoln voting yea. The House then tabled the amendment by a vote of 51 yeas to 19 nays,
with Lincoln voting nay. The House passed the bill without amendment. On February
26, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 487, 510, 512-13; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 376, 384-85, 411, 412-13, 415.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 302, GA Session 12-2,