Bill Text: IL SJR0008 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Assignments [SJR0008 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SJR0008-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given | ||||||
| 4 | their lives in the line of duty; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins was born in Jefferson, | ||||||
| 6 | Maine on March 22, 1824; he began his long career as a law | ||||||
| 7 | enforcer shortly after coming to Morris, Illinois in the | ||||||
| 8 | summer of 1854; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins' honorable service was tragically | ||||||
| 10 | cut short when he was killed in the line of duty on September | ||||||
| 11 | 14, 1878; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, On the night of September 14, notorious roughs | ||||||
| 13 | Frank Foster and Charles Miller came to town, where the pair | ||||||
| 14 | shortly became intoxicated; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins advised the men several times | ||||||
| 16 | over the course of the evening to go home as they became | ||||||
| 17 | disorderly; the pair ignored the multiple warnings they | ||||||
| 18 | received and persisted with their drinking until late into the | ||||||
| 19 | evening; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Around midnight, Marshal Hopkins found it | ||||||
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| 1 | necessary to arrest the two intoxicated men and caught them in | ||||||
| 2 | a downtown alleyway; as he was leading them out of the alley, | ||||||
| 3 | the men fled on foot; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins pursued the men when Charles | ||||||
| 5 | Miller suddenly drew his revolver and fired twice at the | ||||||
| 6 | officer, who was hit by one of the shots and died almost | ||||||
| 7 | instantly; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The funeral for Marshal Hopkins was the largest | ||||||
| 9 | seen in Morris at the time; he was an honored member of the | ||||||
| 10 | Masonic Order, a great, noble man, and a respected citizen of | ||||||
| 11 | the community; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 14 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the | ||||||
| 15 | portion of Illinois Route 47 over Interstate 80 from Romines | ||||||
| 16 | Drive to Illinois Route 6 East as the "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins | ||||||
| 17 | Memorial Road"; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 19 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 20 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 21 | giving notice of the name of the "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins | ||||||
| 22 | Memorial Road"; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Marshal Hopkins, the Secretary of | ||||||
| 3 | the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Morris Police | ||||||
| 4 | Department, and the Mayor of the City of Morris.
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