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Resolved, That the Fund Commissioner be requested to furnish this House as soon as practicable with a statement showing the amount of interest which will
fall due on the State debt on the first of January next, and to meet which no means
have been provided on what account or con-
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tracts said interest will be due, also the quantity and cost of railroad iron now
in the United States, and where deposited.
1Lyman Trumbull introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 2, 1840, and the House adopted it. On December 3, Fund Commissioner
Richard F. Barrett responded with a report, which augmented a report he had submitted on December 1.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, Convened by Proclamation of the Governor, Being Their First Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 47-48, 48-51, 78.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, Convened by Proclamation of the Governor, Being Their First Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 47-48