Bill Text: TX HR1770 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing May 19, 2023, as Manor Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1770 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1770-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing May 19, 2023, as Manor Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1770 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1770-Introduced.html
88R30031 CW-D | ||
By: Cole | H.R. No. 1770 |
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WHEREAS, Proud residents of the City of Manor are gathering | ||
in Austin on May 19, 2023, to celebrate Manor Day at the State | ||
Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Located 12 miles northeast of Austin on U.S. Highway | ||
290 in Travis County, Manor traces its origins to 1836, when James | ||
B. Manor moved his family from Tennessee and settled on prime | ||
prairie land in Central Texas; in 1871, the Houston and Texas | ||
Central Railway Company received 200 acres of land from Mr. Manor | ||
on which to lay out a town and build a railroad station; a railroad | ||
document dated January 10, 1872, declared that the town was to be | ||
named Manor; and | ||
WHEREAS, The presence of the Houston and Texas Central | ||
railroad greatly benefited farmers, who used its tracks to move | ||
their livestock and dairy products; grain, cottonseed, and cotton | ||
were the principal commodities shipped from the area, with | ||
thousands of bales of cotton loaded onto trains every year; the | ||
railroad helped usher in an era of significant growth for the town, | ||
which by the mid-1880s had a district school, three churches, and | ||
six general stores; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, Manor is a vibrant and diverse community with | ||
a population of more than 18,000 residents; one of the fastest | ||
growing suburbs in the nation, it is poised to experience even more | ||
explosive growth over the next decade, thanks to its abundance of | ||
affordable land and its proximity to the capital city and to such | ||
major thoroughfares as Texas State Highway 130; and | ||
WHEREAS, Celebrating their rich history as they work to build | ||
an even brighter future, the citizens of Manor are justifiably | ||
proud of their community, and it is indeed fitting to honor their | ||
contributions to the story of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize May 19, 2023, as Manor Day at the State | ||
Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the visiting delegation. |