Bill Text: IL HR0587 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the citizens of the City of Wamac on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the city.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR0587 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0587-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representative are pleased to recognize the citizens of the | ||||||
| 4 | City of Wamac on the occasion of the city's 100th anniversary | ||||||
| 5 | on July 5, 2013; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The City of Wamac was initially organized as a | ||||||
| 7 | village on July 5, 1913 and was incorporated into a city on | ||||||
| 8 | July 25, 1913; Mr. A.P. Bindham had the honor of naming the new | ||||||
| 9 | city and derived the name from the first letter of each of the | ||||||
| 10 | three counties bordering the city: "WA" for Washington County, | ||||||
| 11 | "MA" for Marion County, and "C" for Clinton County; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The first Wamac City Hall was built in 1918 on | ||||||
| 13 | Center Street; in 1979, the city's offices were moved to a | ||||||
| 14 | building at 361 East 17th Street; in April of 2011, the | ||||||
| 15 | building faced high winds that removed a portion of the | ||||||
| 16 | building, causing damage to the roof; the damage was so great | ||||||
| 17 | that plans for a new building went underway; on April 15, 2013, | ||||||
| 18 | the city's offices were moved to their new location at 100 | ||||||
| 19 | South Wabash Avenue; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The population of the City of Wamac is 1,185; the | ||||||
| 21 | City of Wamac is known for being the location of the first vote | ||||||
| 22 | cast by a woman in Illinois, as well as for the No. 5 Coal Mine | ||||||
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| 1 | Disaster on March 25, 1947, where 111 men lost their lives; in | ||||||
| 2 | 2010, the City of Wamac was placed in the Governor's Cup Finals | ||||||
| 3 | for its Centralia #5 Coal Mine Memorial; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | we congratulate the citizens of the City of Wamac on the | ||||||
| 7 | occasion of the city's 100th anniversary and wish them success | ||||||
| 8 | and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the City of Wamac as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 11 | respect.
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