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. - Resolution No. _ N. C. S.
_ of the City of Petaluma, California
APPROVING PROCLAMATION •.ISSUED BY THE
MAYOR. REGARDING "RINGING OF THE BELLS" , AND
URGING CITIZENS; TO COMPLY
WHEREAS, Fred V . Mattei, Mayor of the City of Petaluma, has
issued a proclamation reading as follows
~- WHEREAS, two hundred seven years a°go on 3uly 4th, fifty-six
freedom-loving men penned democracy's greatest manifesto, the
Declaration of Independence.; and,
WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence embodies our proven
and great American pr-n'cples and represents the foundation of our
nation and people. This was a divinely inspired document voicing what
our nation's founders believed would be a new order of the ages; and,.
WHEREAS, on July .Fourth each year Petaluma citizens pause with
the rest of the country to pay tribute to the founding day of our
nation and to reaffirm our deep and unwavering belief in our rich
American heritage and principles; and,
WHEREAS, we, must, however, do mor-e than make this a day of
rest and vacation.. We must let the rest of- the world. know that we do
"hold these truths to be self-evident that. all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights .
To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed."
NOW, THEREFORE,. T, Fred V. Mattei, Mayor of the City of
Petaluma, do hereby proclaim acity-wide,
"RINGING OF THE BELLS"
for four minutes at 11:00 a.m. daylight time on .July Fourth as a solemn
tribute to our country's founders and as a rededication to our national
unity and our undying devotion to our country and for what it stands."
WHEREAS, this Council heartily concurs in the statements made
above,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Council strongly
urges the citizens of, the City of Petaluma to comply with the city-wide
"RINGING OF THE BELLS: for a period of four minutes at 11:00 a.m.
daylight time on •July 4, 1983.
Under the power
this
of said. City.
I hereby certify the foregoing. Resolution was introduced, and adopted by the pr d' as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a (Regular) (Adjourned) ($~ii~~ meeting rm
on the ........2 7th:.. day of ..............~I11T1 G.....-------......................, 19....8 3by th
following.. vote: I C •- - _. .. .....
AYES: Balshaw, Battaglia,. Bond, Cavanagh, Harberson, Perry, M~..~or Mattei
NOES: None
ABSENT:
__
ity Clerk Mayor
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Form GA 2 7181 Res. No...... ~.V..Q g...........