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Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works, of the first Judicial Circuit, be requested to report to this House, the entire cost of that part of the Northern Cross Railroad, between Jacksonville and the Illinois river, including the cost of construction, the cost of locomotive and cars, the amount paid for the right of way, together with the amount of incidental expenses; the amount of money actually paid, together with the present liabilities of the State to contractors and others on said road; also the length of the road between said points.
1John Moore introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 30, 1839, and the House adopted it. On January 9, 1840 Jesse B. Thomas, Jr., fund commissioner for the First Judicial Circuit, responded, and the House tabled his communication.
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), 104, 140.

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