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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