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[Resolved,2] By the General Assembly, That the Auditor of Public Accounts be and he is hereby authorized and required
to audit, adjust and settle, the accounts of the late Treasurer3 of the Board of Canal Commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and that he retain on file in his office all vouchers and papers relating to said
accounts, or correct copies of said vouchers and papers, subject to the inspection
of the Governor, Attorney General, and any member of the General Assembly, and in all cases, if any, where in his opinion money has been disbursed by said
Treasurer without authority of law, to obtain the legal opinion of the Attorney General
in relation thereto, before allowing the same.
1An unknown representative introduced this resolution, which related to the revenue
of the State, in the House of Representatives sometime after the opening of the session, December 5, 1836. The House tabled the
resolution. On March 4, 1837, the House took up the resolution and amended it by
striking out all after the word “resolved” and inserting a substitute. The House
adopted the resolution as substituted. On the same day, the Senate tabled the resolution.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 842, 843-44; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 630, 632.
2On March 4, 1836, the House of Representatives amended the resolution by striking out all after the word “resolved” and inserting
substitute language. The text below is the substitute.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 843.
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), 843