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Resolved, by the House of Representatives, That the Auditor of Public Accounts report to this House without delay, the amount of money allowed by the Secretary of State for the distribution
of the laws and journals of the two late sessions of the General Assembly of this State, and the persons names to whom such allowances were made, and the counties in which
the individuals distributed laws in consideration of such allowances[.]2
1On February 13, 1837, John A. McClernand introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives, and the House adopted it. On February 14, Auditor of Public Accounts Levi Davis responded to the resolution.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 584, 595-96.
2Davis reported that the amount allowed for distributing the laws and journals of the 1834-35
session of the General Assembly was $1,100, with four recipients. The amount allowed for the 1835-36 session was
$1,435, with six recipients. Davis could not report as to which counties the respective
individuals distributed the journals and laws, as the certificates of payment did
not list the counties in which the distributions took place.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 603-604.
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), 584