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Resolved, by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring herein,) That a deposite (by John Dement, late Treasurer,) of the whole balance shown to be in the Treasury, (on his ceasing to be the Treasurer,) in the Branch of the State Bank of Illinois, at Vandalia, to the credit of the State of Illinois, shall be a liquidation of his accounts with the State for that amount; and the sum to be deposited, may be drawn in specie from the Bank at the pleasure of the State, by any legally authorized person:
And, That the committee on Finance be authorized to ascertain from the Bank, whether the sum due the State has been deposited according to the resolution, and to report so soon as practicable the facts.2
1On December 27, 1836, John Dement introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives, and the House tabled it.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 126.
2On the same day, the Senate adopted, but the the House of Representatives tabled, another resolution relating to the accounts of John Dement as treasurer, and both Houses concurred on a resolution inquiring into the state of the State Treasury.

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), 126