Convened at the Capitol in Springfield, January 6, 1920, [Printed by authority of the State of Illinois.] *།། % 12-30-1924 OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION. President CHARLES E. WOODWARD, Ottawa. Secretary B. H. MCCANN, Bloomington. JOURNAL OF THE Constitutional Convention STATE OF ILLINOIS Hall of the House of Representatives TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1920. Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled "An Act to assemble a Convention to revise, alter or amend the Constitution of the State of Illinois," approved June 21, 1919. The Governor, Hon. Frank O. Lowden, at 12:00 o'clock m., called the Convention to order and presided over its deliberations until the election of a Temporary President. Prayer was offered by the Rev. John T. Thomas, of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield. The Governor designated A. C. Millspaugh as Provisional Secretary pending the temporary organization of the Convention and directed Mr. Millspaugh to call the roll of the Delegates-elect compiled as follows from the official returns on file in the office of the Secretary of State: First District-Composed of the First and Second Wards in the city of Chicago-Walter H. Wilson and Levy Mayer. Second District-Composed of the Twentieth Ward and parts of the Eleventh and Twelfth Wards in the city of Chicago-John J. Gorman and Michael F. Sullivan. Third District-Composed of the Third Ward and parts of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wards in the city of Chicago-Edward H. Morris and Archibald J. Carey. |