Whereas, it becomes our duty to sustain the good faith and credit of the State, to make provision for the interest on the State debt; and to do this, it is also our duty to obtain all the information in our power respecting this subject.

And whereas, it would be little less than criminal negligence with the evils of hasty Legislation still before our eyes, to rush on and pledge still deeper the faith of the State on a mere declaration, that a large amount of interest is due without having the exact amount of interest, and whether such amount includes interest as well upon those bonds for which the State has received payment, as those for which it has never yet received any consideration, and which are believed not to have been sold in accordance with the special powers vested in the agents of the State by the law authorizing their sale; Therefore,

Resolved, That the Fund Commissioner be requested to furnish this House as speedily as possible with the following information, to wit2:

How many bonds have been sold, for which this State has not received pay, and also to whom sold, and whether he knows who are now the holders of bonds so sold, and if so, who they are.3