Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Resolved, That the State House Commissioners report forthwith to this House the amount of money expended on the State House; the amount paid for work actually done; the amount paid to Commissioners; the amount paid to agents, and whether there is a probability of the citizens of Springfield paying the balance due from them, for the building of said State House.

And what is the probable amount that will be necessary to complete said State House; and whether any other house or houses have been paid for out of the State House Fund; and if so, what house or houses, and the amount paid for the same; and whether said expenditure was in conformity to law. 2

1Newton Cloud introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on January 20, 1840. The House amended the resolution by adding the second paragraph. The House adopted the resolution as amended. On January 22, the State House Commissioners responded to the resolution, and the House tabled this communication.
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), 205, 233.

2On January 20, 1840, the House of Representatives amended the resolution by adding the second paragraph.
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), 205.