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Resolved, That the committee on Internal Improvements be instructed to prepare and report
to this House, a bill providing for the suspension until the first day of March, 1841, of all the
public works commenced in this State, under an act entitled “An act to construct and maintain a general system of Internal
Improvements.” And also for the preservation as far as possible of the property of
the State procured under said act.
1Richard Murphy introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 13, 1839. Representatives rejected an amendment to exempt work on the
State House. Representatives proposed exempting work in large rivers, and the House
referred the bill and proposed amendment to the Committee on the Whole. On January
4, 1840, the Committee of the Whole struck out all after the word “resolved,” but
the House refused to concur. The House tabled the resolution.
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), 35-36, 94, 106, 112, 117, 126, 127.
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), 35