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Resolved, That the State House Commissioners, without delay, report to this House, the receipts and expenditures upon the State House at Springfield, in obedience to the following accounts:
First. That said Commissioners furnish, without delay, a statement of the whole amount
of money by them expended on the State House at Springfield, from the commencement of the work up to the present time;
Second. That they show, in said report, the amount of money by them paid for each
kind of work done, and materials furnished for said House, and the names of persons
to whom said money was paid, in the following order:
1st. How much for rock?
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2d. How much for quarrying rock?
3d. How much for cutting and dressing rock?
4th. How much for laying rock?
5th. How much for brick?
6th. How much for laying brick?
7th. How much for any and all other materials, embracing (separately specified) lumber,
lime, iron, copper, &c.[etc.] &c. &c.
Third. That they report the number and cost of teams, wagons, carts, cranes, carriages,
and the amount and description of all other property by them purchased, for the erection,
completion, and furnishing said building, and of whom said property of every kind
and description was purchased, and how much money, and out of what money the same
has been paid.
Forth. That they report the number of perchs, or cubic yards of rock which has been quarried and purchased for said building since
the commencement of erecting the same, up to the present time, and specify particularly
the quantity of rock either in perches or cubic yards, included and placed in said
building: also, the quantity now prepared for the same, in and about the said town
of Springfield.
Fifth. That they report the names of each and every laborer which has been employed
for the erection of said building, and the amount of labor by the day, or month, or
otherwise, as the case may be, which each and every one have performed, as well as
the amount of money which they have paid to each and every one of said laborers, from
the commencement of the work up to the present time.
Sixth. That they report the number, and each of the number of the jobs of work let
by them in the building, &c., of said house, to whom the said jobs were let, and how much money each and every
one of said jobs have cost, and how much of the same has been paid, and whether or
not any additional allowances have been paid upon any of said jobs to the contractors,
or either of them, and to what amount, if any.
Seventh. That they report the amount of scrip and state house checks, if any issued
by them, and inform under what law, and by what authority said checks or scrip has
been by them issued, also, how much if any of said scrip and checks, or both in amount
is still outstanding and unpaid, and what other debts if any, have been contracted
by them still unpaid on account of said building, and to what amount as well as the
particular articles purchased, and services rendered for which said indebtedness has
occurred.
Eighth. That they report whether or not, each and every one of said commissioners
have acted or participated in all the orders, acts, and resolutions of the board which
they constitute, if not, what one of them has refused to concur in them, and upon
this call or enquiry, that each commissioner have liberty to report.
Ninth. That they report how much time each of them has been employed in the service
of the State in the erection of said buildings, and the amount of compensation which has been
paid or taken by each for said service, and that they exhibit their respective accounts
against the State, showing the amount of services which they have rendered, and when the money for
said services was paid, or by them received.
Tenth. That they report whether or not, the hands and teams employed in the service
of the State, or any one of said hands or teams hav-
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ing at any time during said service been employed for any other purpose than that
of the State in the erection of said house, and if so, for what purpose, and when performed, and
how much was received for the same to the State.
Eleventh. That they report the quantity of all materials on hand for said building,
and all other things not yet used in the erection, completion, and furnishing of said
house, which have been purchased for the same.
Twelfth. That they report the amount of money paid for house rent, office rent, clerk
hire, stationary, drawings, plans and furniture, and the names of persons to whom such rents, hire,
&c., was paid, and the dates of the payments. That they state all other things necessary
to a full trial, balance and settlement of all accounts arising out of, and connected
with the erection, completion, and furnishing of said house from the commencement
of the work to the present time.
1Joseph W. Ormsbee introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 9, 1840, and the House referred it to the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds.
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), 95-97.
resolution, 3 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), 95-97