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Resolved, That the Governor be requested to furnish this
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House with all the information in his power, or which he can obtain from the Auditor and
Treasurer, or other accounting officers, of the amount due the State Bank and Branches; the amount due on individual security; the amount due for which Mortgages
have been executed; the amount due from the late Treasurer, and the amount due from
the several late Cashiers, and the probable amount the State will lose by the late decision of the Supreme Court.21On December 6, 1834, John D. Hughes introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. On December 11, Governor Joseph Duncan replied that the State Treasurer would respond with the requested information. On
January 22, 1835, Duncan transmitted to the House the report of John Dement, the State Treasurer, and the House tabled the report.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 68-69, 100, 367-368.
2The Illinois Supreme Court case referred to here is likely Duncan et al. v. President and Directors of the State Bank of Illinois, 2 Ill. (1 Scammon) (1836), 262-64.
Printed Transcription, 2 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session (Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 68-69