Full Text of HJR0004 95th General Assembly
HJ0004 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Robert Ridgway was an internationally known | 3 |
| scientist, explorer, ornithologist, naturalist, inventor, | 4 |
| author, and artist; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Ridgway served with the Smithsonian | 6 |
| Institution for 62 years and was Zoologist for the USGS 40th | 7 |
| Parallel Expedition and the Harriman Expedition in Alaska; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Robert Ridgway ranks with John James Audubon, | 9 |
| Daniel Boone, Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, and John C. | 10 |
| Fremont for his accomplishments and explorations for America | 11 |
| and the world; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, The Illinois State Historical Society and the | 13 |
| Illinois Department of Transportation in 1967 erected a | 14 |
| historical sign 1.5 miles east of the Fox River Bridge, along | 15 |
| U.S. Route 50, to honor Robert Ridgway; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 18 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the U.S. Route 50 Fox River | 19 |
| Bridge, west of the City of Olney in Richland County, be | 20 |
| designated the Robert Ridgway Bridge; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 2 |
| is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 3 |
| State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 4 |
| giving notice of the name; and be it further | 5 |
| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 6 |
| the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation; the | 7 |
| Secretary of the Illinois Department of transportation; the | 8 |
| mayor of the City of Olney; and the Richland County Board.
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