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Resolved—That the Committee on Finance be instructed to enquire into the Justice and
propriety of providing by law for the redemption of scrip in the hands of citizens
of this State and others, who hold it in payment for services rendered to the State on the works of Internal Improvement [&?] for other services rendered the State. And to report to this House, at as early a day as practicable, by Bill or otherwise.
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1John J. Brown introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 29, 1840, and the House adopted it. The Committee on Finance, which
included Abraham Lincoln, took no action.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, At Their Second Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 160.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), GA Session: 12-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) , Â