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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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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