HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011969 - 69-776 IN, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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Constitutional, Revisions } 8ESf1LUT'IE?Y4 NUMBER 69/776Affecting Public Library
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WHEREAS the Legislature of the State of California, in en-
acting the Public Library Services Act, recognized the public libraryr
as a valuable and required supplement to the formal system of free
education, and
WHEREAS Article IX of the Constitution of the State of
California is proposed for revision by the California Constitution
Revision Commission In a manner such as to delete the phraseology
that provides the rationale for vital legislative enactments such
as the Public Library Services Act, and
WHEREAS the function of the public library has been long
established in the law and the tradition of our free democratic
society as the logical means by which to assist all people in con-
tinuously educating themselves;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA RESOLVED that the California
Constitution Revision Commission is requested to include in the new
Constitution which it recommends, provisions which recognize that
the state and local governments have responsibility for a public
library system,
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th clay of Novembers 1969 by the
following vote of the Beard:
AYES: Supervisors J. P. Kenny, A. M. Dias,
T. J. Coll, E. A. Linscheid.
NOES,: None.
ABSENT: Supervisor J. E. Moriarty.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 69/776