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Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, That the memorial of John Van Horn be referred to the Board of Public Works, with instructions to make such indemnification
as may appear to be just.
1On January 20, 1840, Jesse M. McCutchen in the House of Representatives presented the petition of John Van Horn, which the House referred to the Committee on Claims. In response to this petition,
John Henry from the Committee on Claims introduced the resolution in the House on January 21,
and the House adopted it. The Senate concurred on January 23.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at Their Called Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 206, 220; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
Their Called Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 167.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 220