Bill Text: IL HR0965 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares December 3, 2022 as St. John's Conclave Day in the State of Illinois.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-15 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0965 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HR0965-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave is the State of Illinois'
premier body of the Order of the Red Cross of Constantine; the
organization was initially chartered by the Grand Imperial
Conclave of the Red Cross of England on February 3, 1872; and
WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave was declared to be the
Conclave No. 1 of the Grand Imperial Council of Knights of the
Red Cross of Constantine and Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of
the State of Illinois on August 30, 1872, heading the Empire of
the West; and
WHEREAS, The membership of St. John's Conclave has
included many distinguished citizens who have contributed
significantly to Chicago and the State of Illinois, including
Chicago City Comptroller Theodore T. Gurney (1820–1886),
Chicago Mayor DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898), Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois and Brigadier General John Corson Smith
(1832–1910), Chief Executive Officer W. Clement Stone
(1902–2002), Governor of Illinois Richard B. Ogilvie
(1923–1988), and many other leaders in medicine, law, and
business; and
WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave continues in its 150th year
of providing fraternal support to the community and following

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out the chivalric traditions of Constantinian Freemasonry;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we declare December 3, 2022 as St. John's Conclave Day in the
State of Illinois; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the Recorder Martin P. Starr of St. John's
Conclave.