Bill Text: IL HJR0078 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates the portion of Illinois Route 47 over Interstate 80 from Romines Drive to Illinois Route 6 East as the "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins Memorial Road".

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0078 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0078-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given
their lives in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, Enoch Hopkins was born on March 22, 1824 in
Jefferson, Maine; he began his long career as a law enforcer
shortly after coming to Morris in the summer of 1854; and
WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins' honorable service was tragically
cut short when he was killed in the line of duty on September
14, 1878; and
WHEREAS, On the night of September 14, notorious roughs
Frank Foster and Charles Miller came to town; the pair shortly
became intoxicated; and
WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins advised the men several times over
the course of the evening to go home as they became disorderly;
Foster and Miller ignored the multitude of warnings they
received and persisted their drinking until late into the
evening; and
WHEREAS, Around midnight, Marshal Hopkins found it
necessary to arrest the two drunk men and caught them in a

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downtown alleyway; as Marshal Hopkins was leading them out of
the alley, the men fled on foot; and
WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins pursued the men when Charles
Miller suddenly drew his revolver and fired twice at the
officer; Marshal Hopkins was hit by one of the shots and died
almost instantly; and
WHEREAS, The funeral for Marshal Hopkins was the largest
seen in Morris at the time; he was an honored member of the
Masonic Order, a great, noble man, and a respected citizen of
the community; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE
CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of Illinois
Route 47 over Interstate 80 from Romines Drive to Illinois
Route 6 East as the "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins Memorial Road";
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
giving notice of the name of the "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins
Memorial Road"; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
presented to the family of Marshal Hopkins, the Secretary of
the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Morris Police
Department, and the Mayor of the City of Morris.