1-1  By:  Leedom                                            S.C.R. No. 1
    1-2        (In the Senate - Filed November 22, 1994; January 10, 1995,
    1-3  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
    1-4  January 30, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas
    1-5  13, Nays 0; January 30, 1995, sent to printer.)
    1-6                     SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-7        WHEREAS, Section 4.10, Chapter 773, Acts of the 66th
    1-8  Legislature, 1979 (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes),
    1-9  specifies those persons eligible for graves and monuments in the
   1-10  State Cemetery and authorizes the legislature to grant eligibility
   1-11  to other persons through the adoption of a concurrent resolution;
   1-12  and
   1-13        WHEREAS, John J. Grumbles came to Texas in 1837 and moved to
   1-14  Travis County around 1840; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, The second owner of Barton Springs, Captain Grumbles
   1-16  operated a ferry across the Colorado River; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, In charge of the barbecue held on the Fourth of July
   1-18  in 1852 celebrating the then new "Colonial Capitol," Captain
   1-19  Grumbles built the Swante Palm Log Cabin in Zilker Park; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, One of the early Texas Rangers, Captain Grumbles
   1-21  formed a company that fought in the Mexican War in 1845 and also
   1-22  led a company of Rangers in the Indian Wars in 1850; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, After his death in 1858, Captain Grumbles was buried
   1-24  in the first grave in San Saba, Texas, which remains there today;
   1-25  and
   1-26        WHEREAS, The erection of a monument in the State Cemetery
   1-27  requires legislative authorization; now, therefore, be it
   1-28        RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
   1-29  hereby authorize the erection of a monument in the State Cemetery
   1-30  in memory of Captain John J. Grumbles at no cost to the state,
   1-31  provided proper application is made to the General Services
   1-32  Commission as required by state law.
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