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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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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