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Resolved, That a select committee of seven be appointed to enquire whether under the Constitution
and laws of this State, a law could be passed, authorizing an appropriation out of the State Treasury to
indemnify the county of Fayette, for the charges and expenses of keeping the State prisoner, Antony Gikoski in the jail of Clinton county, and that said committee report by bill or otherwise[.]
1William F. Elkin introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on January 7, 1840, and the House adopted it. In response, the House appointed a
seven-person select committee that included Abraham Lincoln.
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), 135.
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), 135