1
Resolved,
That the Committee on Finance be instructed to report a Bill to this House, within the next two days, fixing the per diem allowance of the members of the present
General Assembly of this State, at three dollars per day, and reducing the salaries of all officers and Agents whose
salaries are fixed by this General Assembly, at least one fourth.
<Page 2>
[ docketing
]
lost
[ docketing
]
Dec.[December] 2.
[ docketing
]
Com on Finance
[ docketing
]
7
1On December 2, 1840, Isaac Froman introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. The House amended the resolution by striking out everything following the word “Resolved,”
and inserting the following text in lieu thereof: “That a select committee be appointed
to enquire into the expediency of reducing the fees and compensation of all officers
under the laws of this State.” The House then passed the resolution as amended.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 47.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 426, GA Session: 12-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,