0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 40
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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|                            THOMAS P. FOY
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO DESIGNATE AND
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0012|     DEDICATE INTERSTATE 10 IN NEW MEXICO AS "PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL
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0013|     HIGHWAY".
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS,  December 7, 1941, the "day that will live in
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0016|     infamy" must be remembered by future generations; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, several states have designated their portions of
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0018|     interstate 10 as "Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway" as a way to
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0019|     honor the brave men and women veterans of the attack on Pearl
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0020|     Harbor, many, many of whom died in action that terrible day;
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0021|     and
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0022|          WHEREAS, the Pearl Harbor memorial highway is a way to
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0023|     provide lasting tribute to those living and dead veterans who
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0024|     paid a price for preserving the freedom of the United States
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0025|     of America; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, it is only fitting that New Mexico participate
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0002|     in this memorial, as so many New Mexico veterans, living and
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0003|     dead, served in the Pacific theater during World War II; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, the state highway commission has a mechanism,
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0005|     through the provisions of CP-61, the rule on memorial
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0006|     designation or dedication of highways and structures, to
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0007|     designate and dedicate highways under its control;  
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0008|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0009|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state highway commission be
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0010|     requested to designate the New Mexico portion of interstate 10
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0011|     as "Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway" and dedicate the highway to
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0012|     the veterans of Pearl Harbor and erect signs to that effect at
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0013|     the state borders and other appropriate places along the
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0014|     interstate; and
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0015|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0016|     transmitted to the state highway commission.
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0017|                                  
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