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Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring herein,) That the Board of Public Works appointed under the provisions of “An Act to establish and maintain a general system of Internal Improvements,” approved February 27th, 1837, are hereby required to make quarterly report to the Governor of the State of Illinois, a minute and particular statement of the number of Engineers, Officers and Agents, employed by them on the several improvements contemplated by said act, specifying the nature of the services required by each, of the salaries or sum per diem allowed each, and the length of time or number of days such Engineer, Officer, or Agent, will necessarily be engaged in service, which report, when so made to the Governor, shall be published in the public newspapers throughout the State.
1On July 13, 1837, Benjamin Bond introduced the resolution in the Senate. The Senate adopted the resolution on July 14. The House of Representatives adopted it on July 17.
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), 72, 94-95; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 46, 51.

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