By:  Turner                                      S.R. No. 479
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Anderson County Historical Commission will
    1-3  receive the Texas Historical Commission's Distinguished Service
    1-4  Award for outstanding achievement in historic preservation work
    1-5  during 1992; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, The award honors county historical commissions
    1-7  and nonprofit heritage organizations that complete a well-balanced
    1-8  program of work and are leaders in the historic preservation field
    1-9  in their cities and counties; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, The prestigious award will be presented on
   1-11  April 30, 1993, at the opening session of the Texas State
   1-12  Historical Commission's annual preservation conference in Austin;
   1-13  and
   1-14        WHEREAS, The Anderson County Historical Commission
   1-15  fulfilled requirements in the organizational structure, museum
   1-16  assistance, and local archives categories; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, Over the past year the commission recruited and
   1-18  trained volunteers and cataloged artifacts for the Howard House
   1-19  Museum; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, The staff worked diligently to develop a master
   1-21  plan for organizing and maintaining their extensive local history
   1-22  collection of photographs and documents, thereby making the
   1-23  information more available to researchers; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, The Anderson County Historical Commission is
    2-2  truly worthy of legislative recognition for its invaluable work in
    2-3  preserving an important part of the history of Anderson County and
    2-4  for making this information available to others; now, therefore,
    2-5  be it
    2-6        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    2-7  73rd Legislature, hereby commend the Anderson County Historical
    2-8  Commission for receiving the Texas Historical Commission's
    2-9  Distinguished Service Award; and, be it further
   2-10        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
   2-11  the Anderson County Historical Commission as an expression of the
   2-12  admiration and appreciation of the Texas Senate.
   2-13                                 _____________________________________
   2-14                                        President of the Senate
   2-15                                      I hereby certify that the
   2-16                                 above Resolution was adopted by
   2-17                                 the Senate on March 23, 1993.
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   2-19                                        Secretary of the Senate
   2-20                                 _____________________________________
   2-21                                         Member, Texas Senate