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Resolved, That a select committee be appointed to enquire into the causes which have produced the very large expenditure for the
item of public printing, and they be instructed to report a bill to the House having for its object the reduction of that item of expenditure, if in their judgment such reduction can be had without detriment to the public interest.
[1] House Journal, Twelfth General Assembly, First Session, p. 137. After considerable discussion (vide infra) the resolution was adopted and Lincoln was made a member of the select committee.