0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 51
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     DECLARING THE YEAR 1998 AS THE YEAR OF THE CUARTOCENTENARIO.
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0012|     
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0013|          WHEREAS, the first Hispanic settlement in New Mexico was
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0014|     established in 1598 under Spain and by permission of King
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0015|     Felipe II; and
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0016|          WHEREAS, the first Hispanic settlement took place at San
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0017|     Juan de los Caballeros at San Juan Pueblo under Governor and
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0018|     Captain General don Juan de Onate; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, many New Mexicans today trace their ancestry
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0020|     from that Spanish colony; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, at least as late as 1607, a party led by Captain
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0022|     Juan Martinez de Montoya founded la Villa de Santa Fe, which
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0023|     became the permanent capital of New Mexico in 1610; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, for four hundred years the people of New Mexico
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0025|     have survived together, Hispanics and pueblo Indians living
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0001|     side by side in what is the oldest coexistence in the United
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0002|     States; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, New Mexico has become a unique part of the
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0004|     United States for the last one hundred fifty years and the
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0005|     same historical attitude of accommodation has prevailed;
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0006|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0007|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it declare the year 1998 as the year
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0008|     of the cuartocentenario and authorize the office of cultural
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0009|     affairs to coordinate and lead in statewide commemorative
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0010|     activities.
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