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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 838
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
 1-4     welcome Elsa Ramos Rodriguez on her upcoming visit to the Texas
 1-5     State Capitol; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, A resident of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, Elsa
 1-7     will move to Austin in July, 2001, to marry Texan Royal Masset;
 1-8     she is the proud mother of three children, Jorge, Ernesto, and
 1-9     Elsa Isabel; and
1-10           WHEREAS, Elsa is well-known in her community as a former
1-11     "Senorita Coahuila," the equivalent of Miss Texas, and as the
1-12     former proprietor of Tio Sam, a restaurant in Saltillo; and
1-13           WHEREAS, Before Texas independence, the state was named
1-14     Coahuila Tejas, and its capitol was Saltillo; Stephen F. Austin
1-15     himself traveled to Saltillo to represent his region in the
1-16     Coahuila y Tejas legislature; and
1-17           WHEREAS, Elsa is also a descendant of Miguel Ramos Arizpe,
1-18     author of the 1824 Mexican Constitution, the government which
1-19     Texas was ruled under before claiming its independence; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, As her native city and state have ancestral ties
 2-2     to Texas, Elsa will surely adapt well to life in Austin, Texas;
 2-3     the Texas Senate is pleased to welcome this distinguished lady
 2-4     on her upcoming trip to the Capitol; now, therefore, be it
 2-5           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
 2-6     77th Legislature, hereby extend a warm welcome to
 2-7     Elsa Ramos Rodriguez when she visits the Texas State Capitol
 2-8     and send her best wishes for a happy life in her new home,
 2-9     Texas; and, be it further
2-10           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared
2-11     for Ms. Rodriguez to commemorate this occasion.
2-12                                                               Wentworth
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2-14                                          President of the Senate
2-15                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-16                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-17                                  on April 30, 2001.
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2-19                                          Secretary of the Senate
2-20                                  ______________________________________
2-21                                           Member, Texas Senate