0001|                           HOUSE MEMORIAL 1
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                  LISA L. LUTZ & RICHARD T. KNOWLES
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO CREATE A COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH NEW
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0012|     VETERAN'S CEMETERIES IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, the national cemetery in Santa Fe is full; and
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0015|          WHEREAS, New Mexico has a large veteran population of over
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0016|     one hundred seventy thousand; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, it is incumbent on our society to honor and
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0018|     preserve customs that bind our people and thereby strengthen
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0019|     us; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, veterans of our armed services who fought in wars 
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0021|     for the preservation of our liberty, freedom and strength will
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0022|     follow the course of all living things and succumb to the
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0023|     inevitable peace of death; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, moral, health and legal necessities claim a final
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0025|     resting place for our warriors, a claim we all have on our
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0001|     fellows; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, there are several proposals currently being
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0003|     advanced to the legislative venue; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, it is incumbent that we move in a direction that
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0005|     will best serve the needs of the state for more than the short
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0006|     term;
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0007|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0008|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor be
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0009|     requested to create a commission to study the proposals and
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0010|     recommend the best plan to establish new veteran's cemeteries
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0011|     in New Mexico; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission be made up of
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0013|     two members of the house of representatives, two members of the
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0014|     senate, one member from the human services department and one
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0015|     member from each of the major veterans organizations in the
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0016|     state; and
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0017|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission complete its
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0018|     task by December 1, 1997 and report its progress to the
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0019|     appropriate interim committee of the legislature; and
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0020|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0021|     transmitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of
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0022|     representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate and
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0023|     the secretary of human services.
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