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Resolved, That the Governor be respectfully requested to communicate to this House the following information:
1. The Names of all the agents, commissioners, or officers employed or selected by
him to borrow money, sell State bonds or in any otherwise to procure funds for the
use of the State, likewise the names of all persons employed to transmit bonds, drafts, checks, or
to perform any other duties connected with procuring or transmitting money or bonds.
2. The powers and instructions to all such agents, officers, and commissioners.
3. The nature and amount of their compensation, when, where, by whom, and how paid.
1Edward D. Baker introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 12, 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), 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