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Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the Fund Commissioner be, and he is hereby directed to make no payments of
interest on internal improvement bonds, where the contracts for the sale of the same
have been illegally made, and where the consideration for the same has not been paid.
1Richard Bentley introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 17, 1840. Representatives proposed amendments, and the House referred
the resolution and proposed amendments to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee
on the Judiciary reported back the resolution and proposed amendments on December
18, deeming the laws governing the Fund Commissioner sufficient, and requesting it
be discharged from further consideration of the resolution. The House concurred in
the committee’s report.
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), 129-30.
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), 129