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Resolved, That each of the acting Commissioners of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th
Judicial Circuits be required to report to this House at as early a day as practicable, what amount of money is due to contractors, engineers
and others upon drafts or other vouchers by them respectively, filed with the Secretary
of the Board of Public Works, specifying the number or description of each of such
drafts or vouchers, the amount due upon each, and the name of the person to whom due.
1Archibald Williams introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on January 9, 1840, and the House adopted it.
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), 141.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), 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), 141