0001|                          A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0002| REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO VETERANS' SERVICE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE
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0003| FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING NEW VETERANS' CEMETERIES IN THE STATE OF
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0004| NEW MEXICO.
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0006|      WHEREAS, the national cemetery in Santa Fe is full; and
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0007|      WHEREAS, New Mexico has a large veteran population of over one
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0008| hundred seventy thousand; and
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0009|      WHEREAS, it is incumbent on our society to honor the veterans who
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0010| have served their nation with honor and love; and
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0011|      WHEREAS, veterans of our armed services who fought in wars for
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0012| the preservation of our liberty, freedom and strength will follow the
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0013| course of all living things and succumb to the inevitable peace of
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0014| death;
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0015|      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
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0016| NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico veterans' service commission be
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0017| requested to study the feasibility of establishing new veterans'
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0018| cemeteries in New Mexico; and
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0019|      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission complete its task by
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0020| December 1, 1997 and report its progress to the appropriate interim
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0021| committee of the legislature; and
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0022|      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0023| transmitted to the members of the New Mexico veterans' service
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0024| commission.                                                     
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