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Resolved, That the committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the propriety of requiring
all State Treasurers hereafter to be elected, to give bond and security sufficient
to cover all moneys, which may hereafter be placed in the State Treasury, and report
by bill or otherwise.2
1On January 4, 1837, Elijah Charles introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives, and the House adopted it. The Committee on Finance, of which Abraham Lincoln was a member, took no action on the resolution.
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), 171.
2Later in the same session, the General Assembly passed an act increasing the treasurer’s bond from $50,000 to $100,000.
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), 171