R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           WHEREAS, There has long been a strong affinity between the

 1-2     people of the State of Texas and the people of the Commonwealth of

 1-3     Kentucky; and

 1-4           WHEREAS, The only battle standard carried by the Texas Army

 1-5     at the Battle of San Jacinto, now displayed behind the Speaker's

 1-6     rostrum in the Hall of the House, was sewn for a company of

 1-7     Kentucky volunteers by the women of Newport, Kentucky; and

 1-8           WHEREAS, Many of the early and modern-day immigrants to Texas

 1-9     were of Kentucky heritage; and

1-10           WHEREAS, The House has learned with pleasure that the

1-11     descendants of William Wyatt and Frances Gregory Clark, of Graves

1-12     County, Kentucky, will be holding a family reunion June 22, 1997;

1-13     and their great-grandson, Hugh L. Strange, a legislative assistant

1-14     to Representative Glen Maxey of Austin, will be attending that

1-15     reunion; and

1-16           WHEREAS, The Clark family has contributed much to Kentucky,

1-17     Texas, and the United States in the fields of farming, business,

1-18     medicine, politics, law, science, education, the military, fine

1-19     arts, accounting, civil service, transportation, and industrial

1-20     arts; and

1-21           WHEREAS, In an era when family ties are often forgotten and

1-22     lost, those families who honor and mark those bonds are entitled to

1-23     special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it

1-24           RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of

 2-1     Texas, That the House hereby honor the Clarks of Graves County,

 2-2     Kentucky, by recognizing June 22 as Clark Day at the Texas Capitol

 2-3     and extend to the family sincere best wishes for continued success

 2-4     and happiness in the future; and, be it further

 2-5           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be

 2-6     prepared for the Clark family as an expression of high regard by

 2-7     the Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                      Dunnam

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                                                   Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.R. No. 1374 was adopted by the House on June

         2, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House