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Resolved, That the Committee on Finance, be requested to enquire into the expediency of so
amending the revenue law of this State, as to make the Assessors and Collectors of the revenue elective by the people, and
that
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they enquire whether any further amendments to that law are necessary, and that they
report by bill or otherwise.
1John Moore introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 10, 1839, and the House adopted it. On December 21, the Committee on
Finance, on which sat Abraham Lincoln, reported back the resolution, requesting to be discharged from further consideration.
The House granted this request.
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), 8-9, 70.
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), 8-9