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Resolved, That the committee on Finance be instructed to enquire into the expediency of so
amending the laws of this State, as to levy a tax on all real estate throughout the State, according to its intrlnsic value for the purpose of raising a State Revenue with instructions to report by bill
or otherwise.2
1On December 19, 1836, James H. Ralston introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. Representatives offered amendments, and the House tabled the resolution and proposed
amendments.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 30-31.
2In 1827, the General Assembly enacted general legislation related to taxation and raising a revenue. The General
Assembly further amended and supplemented this act in 1829, 1831, and 1833.
“An Act to Provide for Raising a Revenue,” 19 February 1827, The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois (1827), 325-36; “An Act Supplemental to an Act, Entitled ‘An Act to Provide for Raising
a Revenue,’” 19 January 1829, The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois (1829), 119-24; “An Act to Amend the Several Revenue Laws of this State,” 12 February
1831, The Laws of Illinois (1831), 125-26; “An Act concerning the Public Revenue,” 27 February 1833, The Revised Laws of Illinois (1833), 528-34.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1836), 30