By: Barrientos S.C.R. No. 100 97S1525/1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, State law (Section 2165.005, Government Code) 1-2 stipulates that the name of a state building must be approved and 1-3 authorized by a concurrent resolution passed by the legislature and 1-4 signed by the governor; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The Governing Board for the Texas School for the 1-6 Deaf is requesting that the Business Office/Warehouse on the school 1-7 campus at 1102 South Congress Avenue in Austin be designated as the 1-8 Elisha M. Pease Building; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Elisha M. Pease is among the great men of Texas who 1-10 have left their indelible mark on the state, having served as 1-11 Governor of Texas from 1853 to 1857; and 1-12 WHEREAS, Governor Pease recommended to the legislature the 1-13 establishment of the Texas School for the Deaf in 1856; the school 1-14 remains to this day in its original location; and 1-15 WHEREAS, A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Elisha Pease moved 1-16 to Texas in 1834 and continued to reside in his adopted state until 1-17 his death in August, 1883; and 1-18 WHEREAS, An avowed liberal with far-sighted humanitarian 1-19 idealism, Governor Pease espoused the plight of the unfortunate so 1-20 vigorously that considerable rehabilitative and protective 1-21 legislation was enacted during his four-year term; and 1-22 WHEREAS, Texans will remember Governor Pease for his 1-23 leadership and achievements, and it is fitting that a state 2-1 building be named in his honor; now, therefore, be it 2-2 RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-3 hereby direct that the Business Office/Warehouse on the Texas 2-4 School for the Deaf campus be named the Elisha M. Pease Building in 2-5 honor of one of the state's most distinguished leaders and 2-6 citizens; and, be it further 2-7 RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official 2-8 copy of this resolution to the executive director of the General 2-9 Services Commission.