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Whereas, it is represented that some incorporated cities and towns in this State pay a State, county and corporation tax, on all taxable property within the same,
and that others are exempt from a portion of said taxes;
Therefore,
Ordered, That the committee on Finance be instructed to report a bill, making the taxes on
all incorporated cities and towns uniform, either by exempting said incorporated cities
and towns from a portion of said tax, or by making all pay equally alike[.]
1John J. Hardin introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 29, 1840, and the House rejected it. The House later rec-considered
this vote and adopted the resolution. On January 14, 1841 the Committee on Finance,
which included Abraham Lincoln, reported HB 106 in response to the resolution.
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, 225.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), 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