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Senate
Resolution 434
By:
Senator Tolleson of the 20th
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Dedicating
a portion of US Highway 341 within the corporate limits of the City of McRae as
Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a distinguished Georgian whose efforts
to obtain a peaceful and just society earned a Nobel Prize; and
WHEREAS,
the mayor and council of the City of McRae have requested by unanimous vote that
the General Assembly honor the late Dr. King by dedicating a portion of
US Highway 341 within the corporate limits of that city in his name;
and
WHEREAS,
it is only fitting and proper that the life and memory of the late Dr. Martin
Luther King be so honored as requested.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of
South Railroad Street which is also US Highway 341 within the corporate limits
of the City of McRae is dedicated as Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., and the
Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain
signs so identifying the highway.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the Department of
Transportation and the mayor and council of the City of McRae.