OF THE SENATE OF THE FORTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CONVENED AT THE CAPITOL IN SPRINGFIELD, JANUARY 9, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. OFFICERS OF THE SENATE, 1901. Président, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR WILLIAM A. NORTHCOTT, Greenville. President pro tempore, Secretary, JAMES H. PADDOCK, Springfield. Assistants, JAMES W. TURNER, LaGrange. Sergeant-at-arms, J. G. REUL, Mendota. Assistants, J. ALBIN, Heyworth. Postmaster, IDA M. BACON, Aurora. Assistant, IRENE A. COON, Springfield. Journal of the Senate OF THE FORTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, A. D. 1901. At a session of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, begun and held in the city of Springfield, on Wednesday, the ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, being the Wednesday after the first Monday in January, it being the first session of the Forty-second General Assembly, Honorable William A. Northcott, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate, appeared at 12 o'clock M. and called the Senate to order. Prayer by the Rev. A. G. Goodspeed. Mr. Townsend offered the following resolution, which was adopted: SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1. Resolved, That the following persons are hereby declared elected as temporary officers of the Senate, viz.: For Secretary-J. H. Paddock. For Sergeant-at-Arms-J. G. Reul. By direction of the President of the Senate, the roll of the Senators holding over was then called, when the following answered to their |