Excerpt from Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to His Excellency, John L. Beveridge, Governor of Illinois: December 15, 1874 The law also makes the Secretary of State the custodian of all the property of the State in this city, the stationery and other articles for the use of the officers of the State and General Assembly and directs that officer to deliver the same upon the preper order to keep an accu rate account' of all stationery, printing paper and uel furnished the State on contract or otherwise, and also of all such articles furnished by him to any State officer, the General Assembly, or any contractor, show. In g distinctly how much has been furnished to each. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.