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SR 41 - Herman H. Watson Memorial Bridge - designate

Dean, Nathan (31st)

Status Summary	SC:	Trans	HC:	Trans	FR:	01/27/99	LA:	03/24/99	H - Committed

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A resolution designating the Herman H. Watson Memorial Bridge.

SR 41  99                                          LC 19 4058 
 
      SENATE RESOLUTION 41 
 
      By:  Senator Dean of the 31st 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Designating the Herman H. Watson Memorial Bridge; and for 
  1- 2  other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, Herman H. Watson is an important figure in the 
  1- 4  history of Paulding County, Georgia; and 
 
  1- 5  WHEREAS, Mr. Watson played an instrumental role in paving 
  1- 6  the roads of Paulding County when the county was completely 
  1- 7  dust and mud; and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, in the 1930's, as a member of the State Highway 
  1- 9  Board, he used a state-wide farm-to-market plan already in 
  1-10  progress to hard surface the network of roads leading in 
  1-11  every direction out of Dallas, Georgia; and 
 
  1-12  WHEREAS, although he and his wife Lucille, a teacher, had no 
  1-13  children, they were extremely supportive of the Paulding 
  1-14  County school system; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, Mr. Watson was one of the dedicated members of the 
  1-16  board of trustees for the school in Dallas who borrowed 
  1-17  money on his personal note to support the school until taxes 
  1-18  were collected; and 
 
  1-19  WHEREAS, such devotion to public duty as displayed by Herman 
  1-20  H. Watson is a rare and commendable attribute; and 
 
  1-21  WHEREAS, he served as a member of the Georgia House of 
  1-22  Representatives in 1933 and 1935. 
 
  1-23  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  1-24  GEORGIA that the bridge located over Pumpkin Vine Creek west 
  1-25  of the City of Dallas on U.S. 278 in Paulding County is 
  1-26  designated the Herman H. Watson Memorial Bridge. 
 
  1-27  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation 
  1-28  is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate 
  1-29  signs at appropriate locations designating such bridge. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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