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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are
3proud to recognize those who distinguish themselves in society;
4and
 
5    WHEREAS, Stan Musial, a career player with the St. Louis
6Cardinals and a Hall of Famer, hit .331 in a 22-season Major
7League Baseball career; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Stan Musial passed away on January 19, 2013 at the
9age of 92; and
 
10    WHEREAS, It is fitting that we honor the life and legacy of
11Stan Musial by naming the new bridge carrying Interstate 70
12over the Mississippi River in his honor; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
15CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the new bridge carrying
16Interstate 70 over the Mississippi River as the Stan Musial
17Memorial Bridge; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
19is requested to erect at suitable locations on the Illinois
20portion of the bridge, consistent with State and federal

 

 

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1regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving notice of the
2name of the Stan Musial Memorial Bridge; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That this resolution shall not become effective
4until the State of Missouri designates, through legislative act
5or otherwise, the portion of the bridge described in this
6resolution which is owned and maintained by the State of
7Missouri as the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge"; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
10presented to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
11Transportation and the family of Stan Musial.