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Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, That the Auditor of Public Accounts be required to obtain from the late Treasurer a check upon the Branch of the State Bank of Illinois, at Vandalia, for all the money which the said Treasurer states in his report to this General Assembly, has been deposited in the said Branch Bank;—the check to be made payable to the State of Illinois, and the Auditor is further required to present the check to the said Branch Bank, and cause the money to be deposited to the credit of the State of Illinois; and when the deposite is so made, the Auditor shall
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deliver to the late Treasurer a receipt for the same, and the late Treasurer shall be entitled to a credit for the amount of money so deposited and the Auditor
is required to report to this General Assembly without delay his proceedings under this resolution.21On December 27, 1836, William Thomas introduced the resolution in the Senate, and the Senate adopted it. The same day, House of Representatives tabled the resolution and a proposed amendment, by a vote of 46 yeas to 28 nays,
with Abraham Lincoln voting nay.
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), 126-28; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at their
First Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1836), 111.
2On the same day,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, 2 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), 126-127