Executive order, 1998 September 11a

EXECUTIVE ORDER

BY THE GOVERNOR: -- ,

WHEREAS. By resolution of the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia in 1750, a representative assembly of citizens was authorized to be convened for the purposes of hearing grievances from the colonists and submitting recommendations to the Trustees, and

WHEREAS

The first representative assembly in Georgia was convened on January 15, 1751, in Savannah and met for 24 days, submitting numerous recommendations to local authorities and Trustees for implementation, and

WHEREAS This first assembly of 16 citizen members was the forbearer of the modem Georgia General Assembly, and

WHEREAS

The 1998 General Assembly passed House Resolution 998, creating the Commission on the 250th Anniversary of a Representative Assembly in Georgia for the purpose of planning appropriate measures to commemorate and celebrate the 250th anniversary of representative government in Georgia in 2001, and

WHEREAS House Resolution 998 provides that the Governor shall appoint three members to the Commission on the 250th Anniversary of a Representative Assembly in Georgia,

NOW THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED That the following named persons be and they are hereby appointed as members of the Commission on the 250th Anniversary of a Representative Assembly in Georgia

Honorable Harold G Clarke Troutman Sanders 600 Peachtree Street, N E Suite 5200 Atlanta, Georgia 30308

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Ms Eleanor L Richardson 755 Park Lane Decatur, Georgia 30033
Mr Matt Towery ^GXC'CoIor"Graphics ' 4540 Frederick Drive, S W Atlanta, Georgia 30336

IT IS FURTHER

ORDERED

That the forenamed members shall serve a term along with members appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, according to House Resolution 998, and that the commission shall stand abolished on December 15, 1998

This 11th day of September, 1998

ATTEST EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

B-22-0222-1997