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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Citizens of Texas have long enjoyed a reputation for |
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developing original and imaginative ideas that have been embraced |
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by individuals throughout the nation and beyond; and |
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WHEREAS, One such innovation is the domino game 42, a very |
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popular pastime that was created in the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, According to research conducted in 1985 by |
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journalist Christopher Evans of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the |
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game, also called "Texas 42," dates to 1887 and was developed by two |
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enterprising boys in the North Texas town of Trapp Spring, known |
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today as Garner; and |
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WHEREAS, There, 12-year-old William A. Thomas and |
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14-year-old Walter Earl one day found themselves in deep trouble |
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with their parents when they were discovered in a barn hayloft |
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playing the card game auction whist, which is similar to the modern |
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game of bridge; card games were considered sinful in the boys' |
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devoutly Baptist families, and William and Walter were disciplined |
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for their actions; and |
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WHEREAS, The punishment did not end their love of whist, |
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however, and they went on to devise a similar four-player game that |
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used dominoes instead of cards; because there was no prohibition |
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within their faith against playing dominoes, William and Walter |
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were able to show their friends how to play, and their invention was |
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soon taken up by other local residents; the activity later became |
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popular in Fannin County after the Thomas and Earl families moved to |
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the town of Windom; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the decades, the boys' creation spread far |
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and wide and became known as 42, an entertaining contest of skill |
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and chance that is enjoyed by countless people the world over; the |
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game is a true Lone Star original and a testament to the ingenuity |
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and fun-loving nature of Texans, making it a most fitting symbol for |
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our state; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby designate 42 as the official State Domino |
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Game of Texas. |
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Cain |
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White |
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King of Parker |
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Landtroop |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 84 was adopted by the House on May |
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13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.C.R. |
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No. 84 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 6, 3 |
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present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 84 was adopted by the Senate, as |
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amended, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |