0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 57
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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| JAMES ROGER MADALENA
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ISSUE
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0012| AND PROCLAIM THE OFFICIAL TARTAN OF NEW MEXICO.
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0014| WHEREAS, the New Mexico tartan has no one group,
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0015| association, society or organization proposing the New Mexico
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0016| tartan pattern; and
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0017| WHEREAS, the New Mexico tartan is made in the United
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0018| States of America; and
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0019| WHEREAS, most states have already adopted a state tartan;
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0020| and
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0021| WHEREAS, the New Mexico tartan's thread design is
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0022| available to all citizens for duplication; and
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0023| WHEREAS, the New Mexico tartan, by name and production,
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0024| was available as early as 1996; and
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0025| WHEREAS, the New Mexico tartan was recorded with the
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0001| Scottish tartans authority in Pitlochry, Scotland in 1996; and
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0002| WHEREAS, the New Mexico tartan was registered with the
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0003| secretary of state in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1996; and
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0004| WHEREAS, the designer intended the New Mexico tartan to
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0005| be shared by all citizens, regardless of cultural, racial or
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0006| political background and not to be coveted by one group;
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0007| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0008| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor and the secretary of
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0009| state be requested to declare the New Mexico tartan as the one
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0010| so registered with the Scottish tartans authority and the
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0011| secretary of state and having the colors of blue, for the all-
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0012| encompassing sky; green, for the state's plant life and
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0013| forests; red, for the original cultural providers; and gold,
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0014| for the minerals and the desert; and
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0015| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0016| transmitted to the governor, the secretary of state and the
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0017| Scottish tartans authority.
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