Excerpt from Message From the Governor to the General Assembly of Illinois, Transmitting the Semi-Annual Reports of the Board of Commissioners of Public Works: Made in Compliance With the Tenth Section of the Act Establishing a General System of Internal Improvements Sir: In compliance with the 10th section of the act establishing a general system of internal improvements, I have the honor, herewith, to transmit lo you the semi-annual reports of the Board of Commissioners of Public Works, together with exhibits and accompanying documents, which embrace all the information in possession of this department, in relation to the conduct and management of the public works under the direction of the said Board. The great importance of these documents renders it highly necessary that the originals should be carefully preserved on the files of this Department; and their voluminous character would have prevented me, in any reasonable time, to have them copied. I would therefore respectfully recommend to the House of Representatives the propriety of appointing a committee to superintend their printing, with a view to preserve, as far as practicable, the originals without being defaced or injured, and cause them to be returned to this Department. 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.