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Resolved, That so much of the Governor’s Inaugural Address as relates to the school fund be
referred to the committee on Education; that that part which relates to internal improvements
be referred to the committee on Internal Improvements; that that part which refers
to improvement of the river bottoms be referred to the committee on Agriculture and
Manufactures; and that that part which relates to the currency be referred to the
committee on Finance.2
1On August 6, 1838, voters in Illinois elected Thomas Carlin as Governor. On December 7, he took his oath of office and delivered his inaugural
message to the General Assembly. On December 11, John Henry introduced the resolution to refer the portions that related to currency to the Committee
on Finance, of which Abraham Lincoln was a member.
Illinois House Journal. 1838, 11th G.A., 1st sess., 26-30, 56.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois at their First Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 56