HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 98- Constitution Week September 17-23 1998
PROCLAMATION
CONSTITUTION WEEK
September 17-23, 1998
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WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States of America, the guardian of our liberties,
embodies the principles of limited government in a Republic dedicated to rule
by law; and
WHEREAS, September 17, 1998 marks the two hundred eleventh anniversary of the
framing of the Constitution of the United States of America by the
Constitutional Convention; and
WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent
document and its memorable anniversary, and to the patriotic celebrations
which will commemorate it; and
WHEREAS, Public Law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the
President of the United States of America designating September 17 through
the 23 as Constitution Week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Alfred M. Stiff, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do hereby proclaim
the week of September 17 through 23, 1998 as
" CONSTITUTION WEEK"
in the City of Bozeman, and ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals the Framers of the
Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this
guardian of our liberties.
SEAL IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
City of Bozeman, in the State of Montana, to
be affixed at Bozeman, Montana, this the 8th
day of September in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-eight.
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ALFRE ' M. STI FF
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