Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 161 - Rosa M. Tarbutton Memorial Library; designate

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1. Lord  121st            2. Bargeron  120th


House Comm: SI&P       /                Senate Comm: EDT&C      /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 105   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 51  Nays 0                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/26/95  Read 1st Time         2/7/95                                                 
              1/27/95  Read 2nd Time         1/10/96                                                
              2/1/95   Favorably Reported    1/9/96                                                 
              2/6/95   Read 3rd Time         1/12/96                                                
              2/6/95   Passed/Adopted        1/12/96                                                
              4/8/96   Sent to Governor                                                             
              4/15/96  Signed by Governor                                                           
              114      Act/Veto Number                                                              
              4/15/96  Effective Date                                                               
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HR 161                                            LC 11 8521






                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Designating the Rosa M. Tarbutton Memorial Library; and for
  1- 2  other purposes.

  1- 3  WHEREAS, Rosa McMaster Tarbutton was a native daughter of
  1- 4  Burke County, Georgia; and

  1- 5  WHEREAS, she was born in 1899, the daughter of Dr. Hugh
  1- 6  Buchannan McMaster and Rosa Moore McMaster; and

  1- 7  WHEREAS, she was the wife of Ben J. Tarbutton; and

  1- 8  WHEREAS, she was a graduate of Brenau College and received a
  1- 9  master's degree in history from Columbia University; and

  1-10  WHEREAS, she was a member of Sandersville United Methodist
  1-11  Church where she was president of the United Methodist Women
  1-12  and a Sunday school teacher; and

  1-13  WHEREAS, she was a member and past president of the
  1-14  Transylvania Club which has supported the Sandersville
  1-15  Public Library since 1909; and

  1-16  WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that a library be
  1-17  named in her honor.

  1-18  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY that
  1-19  the members of this body recognize the outstanding
  1-20  contributions of Rosa M. Tarbutton.

  1-21  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education is
  1-22  authorized and directed to designate the department's
  1-23  regional library in Sandersville, in Washington County, as
  1-24  the Rosa M. Tarbutton Memorial Library and to affix an
  1-25  appropriate plaque at the entrance to such library for that
  1-26  purpose.

  1-27  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of
  1-28  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an
  1-29  appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of Rosa M.
  1-30  Tarbutton.






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