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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, It is one of the privileges of the General
3 Assembly to pay due honor and respect to persons who devote
4 their lives to the protection and service of the general
5 public; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Deputy Craig A. Dorwart of Waverly was killed in a
7 traffic accident on April 5, 1994, while on duty as an
8 undercover narcotics officer for the Morgan County Sheriff's
9 Office; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Deputy Dorwart had served as a member of the
11 Waverly Fire and Rescue Squad before becoming a Morgan County
12 deputy on October 22, 1985; he always felt a duty to help those
13 in need; and
 
14     WHEREAS, A section of Illinois Route 104 extends between
15 Waverly and Jacksonville, the county seat of Morgan County;
16 therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
19 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the section of Illinois Route
20 104 between Waverly and Jacksonville be designated the Deputy
21 Craig A. Dorwart Memorial Highway; and be it further
 
22     RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation is
23 requested to erect, at suitable locations, consistent with
24 State regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving notice
25 of the name; and be it further
 
26     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
27 presented to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
28 Transportation, to Morgan County Sheriff James Robson, Jr., and
29 to the family of Deputy Craig A. Dorwart.