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Resolved, That so much of the Governor’s Message as relates to the Bank of Illinois be referred to the committee on Finance, with instructions to report a bill in accordance
with the recommendation of the message.
1Samuel D. Marshall introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 21, 1839, and the House adopted it. The Committee on Finance, of which
Abraham Lincoln was a member, took no action.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at Their Called Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 74.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 74