Samuel Harvey Shapiro correspondence, 1968-1969.

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Samuel Harvey Shapiro correspondence, 1968-1969.

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File primarily contains memoranda, working papers, correspondence, transcripts, reports and sound recordings gathered by the Governor's Revenue Study Committee which was established to study the tax structure of the state and explore the possibility of instituting a state income tax. The correspondence also includes appropriations authorizations; resignations and appointments; consular courtesy cards requests; Attorney General and Court of Claims opinions; executive orders (e.g. creation of Committee on Criminal Justice; orders to the Adjutant General to activate the militia to "execute the requests of the said Mayor of the City of Chicago"); materials collected at National Conference of Lieutenant Governors and at National Governors' Conference; and the official list of votes received by presidential electors in Illinois during 1968 election. Correspondents usually are local, state and federal governments officials.

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