HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011961 - RES-023 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of National
Library Week. RESOLUTION No, 0 0
WHEREAS, From April 16 through 22 communities throughout
the United States will celebrate National Library Week; and
WHEREAS, We live in a world which demands a re-dedication
to the enduring intellectual and spiritual values essential to the
progress of a free people in a free society;
WHEREAS, Our libraries make accessible the accumulated
experience of all mankind, from which present and future genera-
tions may derive the wisdom and understanding vital to our national
survival;
WHEREAS, The development of life-time reading habits are
necessary for individual fulfillment and for achieving the highest
qualities of citizen-capability;
WHEREAS, The freedom to read is the responsibility and
privilege of all people in a democracy;
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Contra Costa, do designate the week of April 16 through
22, 1961, as NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, and so urge the observance in
all parts of the county in this national effort to achieve "a
Better-Read, Better-Informed America."
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of April, 1961 by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, Mel F. Nielsen,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Linscheid, Joseph
S. Silva.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION
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