Bill Text: TX HR292 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Recognizing February 8, 2011, as Mansfield Day at the State Capitol.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-02-09 - Reported enrolled [HR292 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR292-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 292

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Proud citizens of Mansfield are gathering in Austin
on February 8, 2011, to celebrate Mansfield Day at the State
Capitol; and
WHEREAS, Located in North Central Texas, the Mansfield area
was first settled by Scots-Irish pioneer farmers in the 1840s; the
town itself developed some two decades later around a sawmill and a
steam-powered gristmill built by Ralph S. Man and Julian B. Feild,
for whom it was named; and
WHEREAS, The gristmill provided flour to the Confederate Army
during the Civil War and later supplied flour and meal to Indian
reservations and U.S. Army outposts in West Texas and New Mexico; in
1869, Mansfield Male and Female College was founded, later becoming
part of the Mansfield Independent School District; the town was
incorporated in 1909; and
WHEREAS, Mansfield has since transformed from a rural farming
community to a dynamic suburb of Fort Worth and Arlington; in the
1970s, when the population was just 5,000, civic leaders encouraged
graduate students from the Institute of Urban Studies at The
University of Texas at Arlington to renovate the downtown, and
today, more than 50,000 residents appreciate those efforts; and
WHEREAS, Boasting 240 acres of parkland and a popular annual
Pecan Festival, Mansfield appeals to locals and tourists alike; the
city's family friendly atmosphere as well as its easy access to
Dallas and Fort Worth helped place it in Money magazine's top 25
places in the nation to live in 2009; and
WHEREAS, Mansfield combines the best qualities of small town
life with all the advantages of a thriving Metroplex suburb, and its
citizens may take great pride in their hometown's contributions to
the culture and economy of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby recognize February 8, 2011, as Mansfield Day at
the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere
best wishes for a meaningful and memorable stay in Austin.
Zedler
Nash
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
Allen Gooden Murphy
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
Aycock Harless Parker
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
Berman Hartnett Paxton
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
Branch Hochberg Phillips
Brown Hopson Pickett
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
Button Huberty Quintanilla
Cain Hughes Raymond
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
Carter Isaac Riddle
Castro Jackson Ritter
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
Christian Keffer Schwertner
Coleman King of Parker Scott
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
Deshotel Lavender Strama
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
Dutton Lozano Thompson
Eiland Lucio III Torres
Eissler Lyne Truitt
Elkins Madden Turner
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
Farrar Margo Villarreal
Fletcher Marquez Vo
Flynn Martinez Walle
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
Gallego McClendon White
Garza Menendez Woolley
Geren Miles Workman
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 292 was adopted by the House on February
8, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House