232 CONGEESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



In witness whereof the governor, auditor, and treasurer of the State of Illinois 

 have signed this certificate, and have caused the seal of the said State to 

 L '■ '^■-' l)e hereunto afhxed, this 31st day of July, 1837. 



Joseph Duncan, Governor. 

 Levi Davis, Auditor. 

 John D. Whiteside, Trcasnrri-. 



13 Ijoiuls of this descrii)tii>ii — 4 iimnlu'rcd 7(), 71, 73, 74, and 1h(^ resiiluc nuiii))rred 

 81 to 89, inclusive. 



UNITED S'I'ATES OF AMERICA, STATE OK ILLINOIS. 



$1,000.] Interest six })er cent. [$1,000. 



Certificate of Illinois. 



No. 24()(\] Intcnud iniproviniicnl f:io('k. [No. 2460. 



Know all men by these presents, that there is due from the State of Illinois to 

 Nevins, Townsend & Co., or bearer, one thousand dollars, lawful money of the 

 United States, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable lialf 

 yearly, on the first Mondays of January and July, at the Bank of the United States 

 in Philadelphia, or at its agency in New York, at the option of the holder, on the 

 presentation and surrender of the annexed warrants. The principal is reimbursable 

 at either of the above places, at the pleasure of the State, after the first day of Janu- 

 ary, 1870. For the performance of all which the faith of the State of Illinois is 

 irrevocably pledged, agreeably to ' ' An act to establish and maintain a general sys- 

 tem of internal imiirovements," approved February 27, 1837. 

 Witness our hands, at Yandalia, tliis first day of January, 1838. 



Chas. Oakley, 

 M. M. Rawlings, 

 Thomas Mather, 



Co I urn ission ers. 

 Levi Davis, Auditor. 



3 l)onds of this description— 2457, 2459, 2460. 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



$1,000.] Six i)er cent stock, interest half yearly. [$1,000. 



Illinois and Michigan. 



Canal stock. No. 1241. 



KiK iw all men by these presents, that there is due from the State of Illinois to the 

 State Bank of Illinois, or bearer, one thousand dollars, lawful money of the United 

 States, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable half yearly, 

 on the first Mondays of January and July, at the Bank of the United States in Phila- 

 delphia, or at its agency in New York, at the option of the holder, on the presenta- 

 tion and surrender of the annexed warrants. The principal is reimbursable at cither 

 <jf the above places, at the pleasure of the State, after the year 1860. For the per- 

 formance of all which the faith of the State of Illinois is irrevocably pledged, as also 

 the property, tolls, and revenues of the Illinois and Michigan canal, agreeal)ly to an 



