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Resolved, That the President of the State Bank be requested to infor[m] this House what was the amount of indebtedness, both as principals a[nd] securities, of the President and Directors of the Bank and branches, on t[th] 1st day of December, instant; also, the liabilities as principals and securities,
[of] the stock-holders, distinguishing between residents and non-residents of th[e] State; also, the amount of liabilities, of a similar kind, of the Directors [on the] part of the State; also, what number of stock-holders are indebted [in] sums of $50,000 and upwards; what number between $20,000 and $50,000; what number
between $10,000 and $20,000; a[nd] what number between $5,000 and $10,000; also whether the Sta[te], which owns about three-fifths of the stock, is not equally entitl[ed] to receive accommodations by paying the same rate of interest as priva[te] stock-holders; also, whether a similar order has been made by the Ban[k], refusing accommodations to the private stock-holders, to the one recent[ly] adopted respecting the payment of Auditor’s warrants, by which the cred[it] of the State is virtually dishonored; also, the whole amount of liabilities [of] firms or trading houses with which the President and Directors may ha[ve] been connected in trade.
1Richard Murphy introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 21, 1840, and the House adopted it.
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), 140.
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), 140