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Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring here,) That the Secretary of State be authorized and directed to distribute
among the several counties of this state, in the ratio that the laws and journals are distributed,2 all the unbound copies of the Acts of Congress now in, and that may hereafter come into the office of the Secretary of State, reserving
for the use of the state five3 copies of each session.
1On July 14, 1837, William L. D. Ewing introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. On July 17, the Senate amended the resolution and then referred it to a select committee. On July 19, the
select committee reported back the bill with another amendment, which the Senate approved
before adopting the resolution as amended.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at a Special Session, (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 62, 126; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a
Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 54, 77, 101-02.
2On July 19, 1837, the Senate amended the resolution by inserting here “and at the time the laws of the State are distributed.”
3On July 17, 1837, the Senate amended the resolution by striking out “five” and inserting “ten” in lieu thereof.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 62