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HR 181 - R. E. Lee Institute; commend

Crawford, Robert (Mack) M (129th)

Status Summary	HC:		SC:		FR:	02/01/99	LA:	02/01/99	H - Passed/Adopted

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A RESOLUTION recognizing the R. E. Lee Institute; and for other purposes.

HR 181                                             LC 22 3387 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Recognizing the R.E. Lee Institute; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 2  WHEREAS, the first building, erected in the 1840's, was 
  1- 3  built as the Female Academy of Thomaston High School, and an 
  1- 4  addition was built in 1877 as the Male Academy; and 
 
  1- 5  WHEREAS, the name R.E. Lee High School was officially 
  1- 6  adopted in 1882; and 
 
  1- 7  WHEREAS, the main building cost $5,000.00 to build in 1884, 
  1- 8  and the auditorium, built at a cost of $10,000.00, was first 
  1- 9  used in 1901; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, the main building and the auditorium burned in 
  1-11  February, 1909; and 
 
  1-12  WHEREAS, in March 1910, a new school was built at a cost of 
  1-13  $25,000.00, but burned in October, 1921, and the present 
  1-14  building was constructed in the following year within the 
  1-15  same walls; and 
 
  1-16  WHEREAS, the buildings were used as a public high school 
  1-17  until 1992, when the city and county schools were 
  1-18  consolidated, and students moved into the new city-county 
  1-19  high school; and 
 
  1-20  WHEREAS, a proposal for a special local option sales tax was 
  1-21  approved by referendum in 1995 and the proposed use for the 
  1-22  proceeds from the tax was the renovation of the vacant R.E. 
  1-23  Lee buildings; and 
 
  1-24  WHEREAS, the total amount raised by the special local option 
  1-25  sales tax for renovation was $4,480,000.00, and the 
  1-26  renovation, begun in November 1996, was completed in July 
  1-27  1998; and 
 
  1-28  WHEREAS, the renovated R.E. Lee High School became the 
  1-29  Thomaston-Upson Government Complex, the administrative 
  1-30  offices for the city and county governments. 
 
  1-31  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-32  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize the 
  1-33  illustrious academic history of the R.E. Lee Institute and 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  its renovation for continued excellence in service to the 
  2- 2  people of Thomaston and Upson County. 
 
  2- 3  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  2- 4  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  2- 5  appropriate copy of this resolution to the governing 
  2- 6  authorities of Thomaston and Upson County. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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