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Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring herein,) That for the purpose of ascertaining the best mode of improving
the navigation of the Embarrass river, and the probable cost thereof, the Board of Commissioners of Public Works be, and
they are hereby, required to cause a survey and examination of said river, from its mouth up to Norfolkâs mills in Coles county, and make a report thereof to the next General Assembly of this State.
1Abner Greer introduced the resolution in the Senate on February 8, 1839, and the Senate adopted it on February 9. On February 19, the
House of Representatives refused to concur.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December
3, 1838 (Vandalia,IL: William Walters, 1838), 376, 443; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3, 1838 (Vandalia, IL; William Walters, 1838), 301, 304.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois at their First Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 376