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Resolved, That the committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures, be instructed to enquire
into the probable amount of revenue, that will be necessary for defraying the current
expenses of the State Government, for the years 1835 and 1836, including the present session of the Legislature.
1On December 9, 1834, John D. Whiteside introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. The Committee, of which Abraham Lincoln was a member, reported their response to the House on December 16.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 91, 123.
Printed Transcription, 1 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), 91