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Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the Secretary of State be required to make out a tabular statement of the census
of this State, showing the number of inhabitants, their ages, sexes, and color; also, the number
of the militia, and the number of mills, machinery, manufactures, &c[etc.].
1Cyrus Edwards introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 8, 1840, and the House adopted it. On December 9, Secretary of State
Stephen A. Douglas sent the House census returns in response to this resolution. The House tabled this
communication, returning it to Douglas on December 10. The Senate concurred with the House resolution on December 10.
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), 90, 94, 98, 105; Journal of the Senate of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, At
Their Second Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 61, 67.
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), 90