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Resolved, That the Committee on Finance, be instructed to enquire whether any county or counties
in this State, have failed or refused to levy and collect a tax, in conformity to the fifteenth
section of the “Act entitled an act concerning the public revenue,” and if so, that
they report a bill for the purpose of enforcing the assessment and collection of the
same.
1Wyatt B. Stapp introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 12, 1839, and the House adopted it. The Committee on Finance, on which
sat Abraham Lincoln, 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), 26.
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), 26