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Mayoral Proclamation
Law Day
A Legacy of Liberty - Celebrating Lincoln's Bicentennial
May 1, 2009 .
WHEREAS, this country was founded on the principle that (~~~~R'
voluntary adherence to the rule of law expands, rather than -`~
limits, the opportunities. for freedom; and ( ~
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WHEREAS, a viable democracy requires understanding of the nature
and basis of our freedoms and recognition of the individual C~~~~~
responsibilities that those freedoms impose; and (~„~~
~~~'~~~ WHEREAS, the Law Day 2009 theme, A Legacy of Liberty -
~~~, Celebrating Lincoln's Bicentennial, encourages all Americans to
~~ explore he legacy of Abraham .Lincoln, regarded by many as. one of
~~~'~ ~ our- nation's greatest and most eloquent presidents.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that I, Kaaren Jacobson,
~~~'~~~ Mayor of the. City of Bozeman, Montana, do hereby proclaim Friday,
~~~~~1 May 1 S`, 2009 as Law Day. I urge .the citizens, schools, businesses,
'"~~ legal professionals and media of Bozeman, Montana to use this
~~~~ 1 occasion to preserve and strengthen the rule of law.
DATED this 27th day of April, 2009
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Kaaren Jacobson, .Mayor