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HR 288 - Pleasant Springs area in Laurens County; designate as community

Porter, DuBose (143rd)

Status Summary	HC:	LLeg	SC:		FR:	02/11/99	LA:	02/16/99	H - Passed/Adopted (CS)

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A RESOLUTION designating the Pleasant Springs area in Laurens County as a community; and for other purposes.

HR 288                                            LC 24 1396S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Recognizing the Pleasant Springs area in Laurens County as a 
  1- 2  community; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, Pleasant Springs is located on the Old Savannah 
  1- 4  Road in the Oconee District of Laurens County, in what was 
  1- 5  formerly known as the Johnson Community; and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, by 1860, this area was known as Pleasant Springs; 
  1- 7  and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, Pleasant Springs developed and grew in conjunction 
  1- 9  with the Pleasant Springs Baptist Church.  Families banded 
  1-10  together there to worship, learn, and work together for the 
  1-11  good of their friends, neighbors, and state; and 
 
  1-12  WHEREAS, the Pleasant Springs Baptist Church has been an 
  1-13  integral part of life in the Pleasant Springs community for 
  1-14  over 100 years.  In fact, the church served as a mission 
  1-15  station during the Civil War; and 
 
  1-16  WHEREAS, the residents of the Pleasant Springs area have 
  1-17  developed and fostered a strong sense of community and 
  1-18  fellowship and would like to be recognized as a community by 
  1-19  the State of Georgia; and 
 
  1-20  WHEREAS, it is through the strength of such communities that 
  1-21  Georgia has become a powerhouse of the New South and a 
  1-22  wonderful place to live and work. 
 
  1-23  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-24  REPRESENTATIVES that the Pleasant Springs area in Laurens 
  1-25  County be recognized as a community in honor of its place in 
  1-26  Georgia history. 
 
  1-27  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation 
  1-28  is authorized and urged either to erect and maintain 
  1-29  appropriate signs so designating the community or to assist 
  1-30  the community in developing and erecting its own appropriate 
  1-31  signs. 
 
  1-32  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  1-33  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit 
  1-34  appropriate copies of this resolution to Emory Lake as 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  chairman of the Laurens County Board of Commissioners and to 
  2- 2  the Department of Transportation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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