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HB5463 Enrolled |
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LRB096 19921 JAM 35385 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 155 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 490/155 new) |
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| Sec. 155. Emancipation Proclamation Week. The first full |
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| week of January of each year is designated as Emancipation |
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| Proclamation Week, to be observed throughout the State as a |
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| week for holding appropriate educational and celebratory |
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| events and observances in the public schools and elsewhere to |
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| honor and remember the work of Abraham Lincoln and others in |
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| emancipating Americans from slavery and in leading to the end |
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| of slavery in America.
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