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Resolved, That the Governor be requested to cause to be prepared and report to this House, a tabular statement containing the following information, viz:
1st. The number of State Bonds for the payment of dollars, and the amount of each which have been executed, the number and amount of which have been sold, and at what places the principal and interest are
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made payable; and the amount of money realized, or to be realized by the State on such sales.
2d. The number of State Bonds for the payment of pounds sterling, (or funds of other denominations) and the amount of each which have been executed; the number and amount which have been sold, and at what places the principal and interest are made payable; and the amount of money in dollars and cents realized, and to be realized by the State on such sales, specifying such sales as are conditional, and require confirmation or approbation of the State or its authorities, specifying also, and dividing such information under the proper heads of Canal Bonds, Bank Bonds, Internal Improvement Bonds, &c[etc.]. Also, the value in dollars and cents of the pound sterling, or the rate at which the same is received or directed to be received at the Treasury of the United States.
1Edwin B. Webb introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 21, 1839, and the House adopted it.
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), 73-74.

Printed Transcription, 2 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), 73-74