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Resolution No 6324 N. C. S.
RESOLUTION APPROVING PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY
THE MAYOR' REGARDING "RINGING OF THE. BELLS"
AND' URGING CITIZENS TO COMPLY.
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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN ...._- h: :C At y Regular Meeting of
the City Council of the City ofPetaluma on the - -18th day of JUNE yg
MUCREEMNOtitEDOW
WHEREASE,- Helen Putnam, Mayor of the City of Petaluma, has issued
a proclamation reading as follows:
P°-R 0 -C'.L' A M A T I' O :N
.City; of Petaluma
WHEREAS , one hundred ni.riety-seven_,years. agoCon
July Fourth -ifty-sitfreedom loving men penned
democracy.' s greatest manifesto, The. Declaration of
Independence.; and
WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence em-
bodies our proven and -great 'American principles 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 age's ; and
WHEREAS , on July. Fourth each year Petaluma citi-
zens pause With 'the rest of the Country to pay tribute
to the founding d'ay of our Nation and to reaffirm our
deep and -unwavering belief in our rich :American heri-
tage and-. principles; and
WHEREAS , we must, however', do more :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 'createdfequal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with °certain inalienable
rights. To secure .-:these rights,, governments are in-
stituted among men.,, deriving their just powers from.
the consent of the governed.
NOW, THEREFORE , I , Helen Putnam, Mayor of :the City.
of Petaluma, do hereby proclaim a citywide.
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RINGING OF THE BELLS" •
for four minutes at -11: 00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on
July Fourth -as a solemn tribute 'to our country-is: founders
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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 hereinabove :
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
o ' clock a.m. Pacific Daylight 'Time on July 4 , 1973 .
under the power and authority ?onferred upon,'this .Council by the Charter'ofsaid City.
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Seconded by `.V
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and Councilman Robert A. Brunner
regularly introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of John R . Cavanagh, Jr. X
Petaluma, on the 18th, day of JULY 1973 , by Richard W. Glecak X
the following vote ,
Robert E. Daly X
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Mayon of the City of Petaluma Fred V. Mattel X
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� William A. Perry, Jr. X
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!= �� City Clerk, Mayor Helen Putnam X