Download or read book Constitutional Conventions in Illinois Classic Reprint written by Illinois General Assembly and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Constitutional Conventions in Illinois The Fiftieth General Assembly adopted a resolution favoring the assembling of a Constitutional Convention in this State. The question of assembling a Constitutional Convention to revise, alter or amend the Constitution of Illinois will be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held on the fifth day of November, 1918. This bulletin is prepared in the hope that it Will be of assistance to the people, Who, on November fifth of this year, must decide Whether or not a convention shall be assembled. A detailed treatment of all questions relating to a convention is, of course, impossible. But, for the purpose of assisting the voter in determining Whether he shall vote for or against the resolution adopted by the General Assembly in 1917, an attempt is here made to present, as briefly and concisely as possible, a discussion of the more important of such questions. This paper, however, is not intended as an argument for or against the assembling of a convention. Its only purpose is to discuss fairly and impartially the main issues raised by the adoption of the resolution for a Constitutional Convention. 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.

Download or read book Constitutional Convention written by Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Constitutional Convention: Constitution of the State of Illinois, Annotated The present constitution of the State of Illinois was adopted by the people on July 2, 1870, and became operative on August 8. 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.

Download or read book Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois written by Illinois Constitutional Convention and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois: Convened at Springfield, December 13, 1869 Mr. Church called the Convention to order, and nominated William Car of J o Devices, for President, pro tam. 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.

Download or read book Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois Convened January 6 1920 Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by William Scott Gray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois Convened January 6, 1920, Vol. 1 The above summary includes only delegates originally elected. Summary of delegates elected to fill vacancies. 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.

Download or read book The Constitutional History of Illinois Classic Reprint written by Elliott Anthony and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitutional History of Illinois Of the four conventions referred to it has fallen to our lot to be a member of two of them, one in 1862 and the other in 1870, which framed our present Constitution. Many of the members of these conventions were men of great experience, and whose knowledge of events reach back to the very beginnings of our history as a State. 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.

Download or read book Draft of the Constitution of Illinois written by Committee on Phraseology and Style and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Draft of the Constitution of Illinois: Prepared by the Committee on Phraseology and Style, Embodying Provisions Adopted on Second Reading Up to May 5, 1922; Illinois Constitutional Convention, 1920-1922 Section 1. All men are by nature free and independent and have certain inherent and inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To secure these rights and the protection of property, governments are instituted among men, de= riving their just powers from the consent of the governed. A ire quent recurrence to the fundamental principles of civil government is necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty. 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.

Download or read book Illinois State Constitutional Convention of 1862 Classic Reprint written by Oliver Morton Dickerson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illinois State Constitutional Convention of 1862 Before the delegates could be elected, however, moment )us things had happened. The storm of civil war burst upon the country and party issues were forgotten. The southern half of the state was overwhelmingly Democratic and at the same time intensely op posed to abolition. The position of the majority appears to have been that slavery was all right in the south, that the southern states had a perfect right to keep slaves, and that property rights in these slaves should be protected; but they were not willing that negroes should enter Illinois, and few probably favored any measure that would introduce slavery into any territory already free uh less the people of such section were in favor of its introduction. While they would not support any measure looking toward interfer ence with slavery wherefit existed, and even looked with favor upon slavery as an institution, the great majority would not support the slavery men in their attempt to destroy the Union. They were, in 1861, in a humor heartily to support a war for the maintenance of the Union, but would not have supported such a war if they had seen that the logical and inevitable result would.be the destruo tion of slavery. Because of their loyalty to the government, and because of the excitement following the fall of pt.sumter, party controversies were almost forgotten. There was but one party and. 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.

Download or read book The Constitution of Illinois written by Charlotte B. Stillwell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitution of Illinois: A Selective Bibliography The 1969-1970 Constitutional Convention assembled in Springfield marks an historic and important moment in the history of Illinois. 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.

Download or read book The Proposed New Constitution for Illinois to Be Voted Upon December 12 1922 Classic Reprint written by Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Proposed New Constitution for Illinois to Be Voted Upon December 12, 1922 The Constitutional Convention in submitting the proposed new constitution to the people says: It is not to be pretended that the instrument is perfect, or even that it represents all the hopes and wishes of any one man or of any group of men. It is, as was the Federal Constitution and as all such measures must be, the result of compromise. The address of the Convention also says that the only question to be answered is: Does the proposed new Constitution, on the whole and in view of the needs of all of the people of the whole state, promise better governmental conditions than the present Constitution? 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.

Download or read book Journal of the Committee of the Whole of the Constitutional Convention 1920 1922 of the State of Illinois written by Illinois Constitutional Convention and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the Committee of the Whole of the Constitutional Convention, 1920 1922, of the State of Illinois: Convened at the Capitol in Springfield, January 6, 1920, and Adjourned Sine Die October 10, 1922 Mr. Hull, Chairman of the Committee on Chicago and Cook County, presiding. The subject matter under consideration being the further discussion of Proposal N o. 55, Alderman John A. Richert, representing the Special Committee of the City Council of Chicago, addressed the Committee at length. On motion of Mr. Revel], a vote of thanks was extended to the gentlemen representing the City Council of Chicago for their instructive addresses at the sessions of yesterday and today. 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.

Download or read book The Constitution of the State of Illinois as Adopted in Convention May 13th 1870 written by Illinois Constitutional Convention and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-07-13 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitution of the State of Illinois, as Adopted in Convention, May 13th, 1870: And Ratified by the People of the State July 2d, A. D. 1870 II. All penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offence, and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate; nor shall any person be transported out of the State for any offence committed within the same. 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.

Download or read book A List of Documentary Material Relating to State Constitutional Conventions 1776 1912 Classic Reprint written by Augustus Hunt Shearer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A List of Documentary Material Relating to State Constitutional Conventions, 1776-1912 The location in certain Chicago libraries is also given, and following the plan of the List of serials in public libraries of Chicago and Evanston 1901, and Supplement 1905, letters are used to indi cate where the material may be found, Chicago Pub lic, C; Chicago Historical Society, H; John Crerar, J; Newberry, N; Northwestern University, Nw; North western University Law, Nwl; University of Chicago, U, e.g. For the Illinois convention of 1869 - 70. Debates and proceedings. 1870. 2v. [j chjnnwnwlu (this is the only case, however, where all seven libraries have the publication) The num ber of titles in the other libraries is doubtless, however, larger than noted here, for only their ti tles cataloged under the heading Constitutional conventions have been listed, and not their mate rial included in other works. 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.

Download or read book An Appeal to the People of Illinois on the Question of a Convention Classic Reprint written by Morris Birkbeck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Appeal to the People of Illinois on the Question of a Convention Under the sacred transcript of univ ersal rights on which the people of the United States founded their constitution, if it had not pre existed in the community. It could not have been introduced: they could not have created slavery; nor can the people of Illinois create it for the same reason. It is. Moreover, expressly prohibited in this State. Not only by our own compact above alluded to, but by the ordinance of Congress pro Viding against its introduction into the North Western Territory or the states formed therefrom; which ordinance is the supreme law of the land, according to article 6 of the constitution of the United States which is as follows. 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.

Download or read book Illinois Constitutions Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Emil Joseph Verlie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illinois Constitutions, Vol. 1 A brief account of the constitutional history of Illinois has been added-for the convenience of the reader. For assistance in this work I wish to express my indebtedness to the editor-in-chief, Clarence W. Alvord, and his assist ants. Miss Ruth E. Hodsdon, Miss Leila C. White, and Miss Margaret Doherty. In the preparation of this volume I have received many valuable suggestions from Major W. F. Dodd, Secretary of the Legislative Reference Bureau. 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.

Download or read book The Proposed New Constitution of Illinois 1922 written by Illinois Constitutional Convention and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Proposed New Constitution of Illinois, 1922: With Explanatory Notes and Address to the People; For Submission to the People at a Special Election on Tuesday, December 12, 1922 Changed conditions and increasing knowledge demand from time to time adjustments in the mechanism of government. 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.

Download or read book The Civic Federation Constitutional Convention Series written by Civic Federation and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Civic Federation Constitutional Convention Series: General Considerations Illinois Faces a Real Problem For the fourth time in our State's history of one hundred years, the electors, on November 5, 1918, ratified the call for a Convention "to revise, alter or amend the State Constitution of Illinois." The action taken by the Fiftieth General Assembly in 1917 in voting to submit this question for the approval or rejection of the people, was more important and more broadly significant than if it had voted merely to submit a single specific amendment. An amendment would have proposed a change in only one phase of the fundamental law of our State. The voters would have been casting their ballots for or against a definite proposed change; whereas, now they have voted to open the whole Constitution to such changes or revisions as the Convention soon to be elected may choose to propose. Progress And Peril In The Balance The general election of 1918, with the huge vote cast to open this wide door for revision of our Constitution, therefore may prove to be another mile-post in the political and economic history of Illinois; and while we hope for great benefits to be gained from the holding of this Convention, it also is possible that the finger on this mile-post may point the way up some rough by-path of doubtful and dangerous experiment, instead of along the broad highway of true progress. Almost equally menacing is the possibility that the Convention may not be able to agree upon such a revision or such amendments as the people would approve, and that, after years of effort, we shall have to continue to break our way through the new country of future years with the plow and scraper of 1870 instead of with modern road-making machinery. 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.

Download or read book The Constitutional Debates of 1847 Classic Reprint written by Arthur Charles Cole and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitutional Debates of 1847 The preparation of this volume has been made possible by the cooperation of Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber of the Illinois State Historical Library and of Dr. W. F. Dodd of the Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau The newspaper files used in the text were those of the Illinois State Historical Library. They have been supple mented for editorial work by the files Of the Chicago Historical Society, of the Newberry Library, Chicago, of the Library of Congress, and of the Illinois Historical Survey. The index has been prepared for the practical use of students of political science by Miss Ethel Gwinn, working under the direction of Professor John A. Fairlie. I am especially indebted to Miss Nellie C. Armstrong, who, in the capacity of editorial assistant, has shown the greatest zeal and care in collating and proof-reading. 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.