Whereas, The General Government, in surveying and subdividing the lands on Embarrass river, omitted to subdivide Township five North, Range fourteen West, or any part thereof, considering and returning the whole of said Township as inundated and drowned land, in which situation it still remains, a part of which may be cultivated, and is now partly settled; and whereas, it is highly important to the settlers in said Township, that the same should be disposed of and they secured in their homes; and as the improvement of said river is of great importance to the citizens who are living near said river to enable them to transport their surplus produce.

Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives requested to use their best exertions to have a law passed by Congress donating said drowned Township to the State, authorizing the State to sell the same, the avails thereof to be applied exclusively to the improvement of the said Embarrass river, which river is navigable some distance from its mouth and which has been examined according to an act passed at the last General Assembly, and it is found to be fully susceptible of improvement.

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.