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Resolved, That the Governor be requested to furnish this House all the information in his power, or which he can obtain in relation to a decision
of the Supreme Court of this State, declaring the “Act concerning the payment of money out of the State Treasury,” unconstitutional and void—whether the said court gave any opinion, in writing, agreeable to the 9th section of the “Act regulating
the Supreme and Circuit Courts;” and if so, to furnish this House with a copy of that opinion; and whether any money has been drawn from the Treasury
contrary to the act first above recited, and if so, what amount, and by whom the same
has been drawn[.]
1On January 29, 1835, Nelson W. Nunnally introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. The House adopted the resolution January 30. On February 3, the House received a
response from Governor Joseph Duncan, relaying a number of documents relating to “An Act concerning the Payment of Money
out of the State Treasury,” 20 March 1833, Revised Laws of Illinois (1833), 588-89.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 1st sess., 431, 438, 474-494.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session (Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 431