R 062
2003 -- H 6125
Enacted 02/26/03
H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
RENAMING,
AMENDING AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING DATE OF THE SPECIAL
HOUSE
COMMISSION TO STUDY THE DESIGNATION OF ROUTE 14 AS AN HISTORIC
HIGHWAY
Introduced
By: Representatives Gorham, and Crowley
Date
Introduced: February 26, 2003
RESOLVED,
That the name of the special house commission created by resolution No.
102
passed by the house of representatives at its January session, A.D. 2001, and
approved March
22,
2001, entitled "House Resolution Creating a Special House Commission to
Study the
Designation
of Route 14 as an Historic Highway" shall hereby be known as "A
Special House
Commission
to Study the Designation of Route 14 as an Historic Highway in Commemoration of
General
Rochambeau's March to Yorktown in the Revolutionary War"; and be it
further
RESOLVED,
That the composition of said house commission is hereby amended to
consist
of seven (7) members: four (4) of whom shall be from the house of
representatives, not
more
than two (2) from the same political party, of whom one (1) shall be a
representative from
Newport,
to be appointed by the speaker; one (1) of whom shall be a resident of Newport
versed
in
Revolutionary War history, to be appointed by the speaker; one (1) of whom
shall be the House
Parliamentarian;
and one (1) of whom shall be the Executive Director of the Rhode Island
Historical
Preservation and Heritage Commission, or designee; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the purpose of said commission shall be to study the designation of
Route
14 as an historic highway as a tribute to the march of General Jean Baptiste
Donatien de
Vimeur,
comte de Rochambeau and his troops on said road on the way to meet General
George
Washington
at Yorktown, and to coordinate its work with the Washington-Rochambeau
Revolutionary
Route project, a nine-state federal historic trail overseen by the National
Park
Service
following the route taken by General Washington and General Rochambeau during
the
American
Revolutionary War; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the special house commission created by resolution No. 102 passed by
the
house of representatives at its January session, A.D. 2001, and approved March
22, 2001
entitled
“House Resolution Creating a Special House Commission to Study the Designation
of
Route
14 as an Historic Highway” and as amended by resolution No. 52, passed by the
house of
representatives
at its January session, A.D. 2002, and approved January 30, 2002, entitled
"House
Resolution
Extending the Reporting Date of the Special House Commission to Study the
Designation
of Route 14 as an Historic Highway" is hereby authorized to continue its
study and
make
a report to the house of representatives on or before January 31, 2004, and
said commission
shall
expire on March 31, 2004; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the time for reporting authorized by resolution No. 102, passed by the
house
of representatives at its January session, A.D. 2001, and approved March 22,
2001, and
extended
by resolution No. 52 passed by the house of representatives at its January
session, A.D.
2002,
and approved January 30, 2002, be and the same are hereby rescinded.
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