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The Board of Commissioners to Settle Claims of Contractors on the Illinois and Michigan Canal was established by the General Assembly under an act of February 14, 1855 (L. 1855, p. 161). The board, composed of three Supreme Court justices, was empowered to review claims submitted by canal contractors who had subscribed to the Thornton Loan or who held state bonds, scrip, or other certificates of canal indebtedness. The board's report and recommendations were sent to the General Assembly in 1856 and based on these recommendations an act was passed in 1861 authorizing payments to some canal contractors (L. 1861, p. 212).
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS. April 16, 1855-June 29, 1855; April 1, 1856-May 2, 1856. 1 vol. No index.
Record is of proceedings of the board in reviewing claims made by contractors working on Illinois and Michigan Canal and in some cases includes verbatim transcripts of hearings. Testimony concerns amount and type of labor performed or materials supplied, section of the canal involved, and applicability of the Thornton Loan. Record includes copy of report to the General Assembly prepared by the board with its recommendations concerning those contractors deserving payments.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.
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