Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices

[RJNorton]

It's Lincoln's fault. If he hadn't voted for all those costly government expenditures on civic improvements when he was in the state legislature back in the 1830's, none of this would have happened.

In 1838-1839 legislative session one of the bills Lincoln voted for was the imposition of a $1,000 fine to be levied on anyone betting on an election. The bill passed. I do not know if this is still in effect in Illinois, but if so, it might be a way in which the state could raise a lot of money.