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House Resolution 115 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representative Greene of the 134th




A RESOLUTION

Designating that new portion of US 82 within the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown as Martin Luther King, Jr., Bypass; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a distinguished Georgian whose efforts to obtain a peaceful and just society earned a Nobel Prize; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Georgetown resolved unanimously to request the General Assembly to honor the late Dr. King by designating the new portion of US 82 within the corporate limits of that city in his name; and

WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that the life and memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King be so honored as requested.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the new portion of US 82 within the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown is designated Martin Luther King, Jr., Bypass, and the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain signs so identifying the highway.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the Department of Transportation and the Mayor and Council of the City of Georgetown.