Full Text of HR0159 95th General Assembly
HR0159 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, At a town meeting on 4 April 1882, the residents | 3 |
| of Batavia Township voted to create a tax-supported public | 4 |
| library and elected the library's first six trustees, creating | 5 |
| the Batavia Public Library; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The origins of the Batavia Public Library can be | 7 |
| traced to 1866, when the Batavia Lyceum, an organization of | 8 |
| young men, acquired a collection of books for $10 from the | 9 |
| Sigournean Society, an organization of young women, which led | 10 |
| to the creation of the Batavia Library Association, a | 11 |
| membership library; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, The Batavia Library Association was, upon its | 13 |
| incorporation in 1869, the first library in Kane County, and | 14 |
| became the first "public library" in Kane County when it | 15 |
| adopted a "free library plan" in 1873 and opened its doors to | 16 |
| all residents of Batavia Township; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Based on recommendations from a committee | 18 |
| appointed by the Batavia Library Association, the first six | 19 |
| persons to be elected Library trustees were J. Van Nortwick, O. | 20 |
| T. Snow, D. C. Newton, N. S. Young, W. H. Burnham, and F. P. | 21 |
| Conde; and |
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| WHEREAS, The Batavia Library Association held its last | 2 |
| meeting on April 12, 1882, at which it voted to transfer the | 3 |
| books and other personal property to the "Batavia Public | 4 |
| Library," a township organization; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, In 1975, the residents of Batavia Township voted | 6 |
| to convert the Library to a unit of local government as the | 7 |
| first Library District in Kane County; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, The Batavia Public Library dedicated its | 9 |
| beautiful new 54,000 square-foot building in January 2002, and | 10 |
| now checks out more than 540,000 books and other materials | 11 |
| annually while serving 420,000 annual visitors, leading to the | 12 |
| library being featured in Berkshire Publishing Group's 2007 | 13 |
| Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love: Treasured | 14 |
| Libraries of the United States and Canada, one of only 80 | 15 |
| libraries to receive this honor; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, On April 4, 2007, the Batavia Public Library | 17 |
| celebrates its 125th anniversary and hosts an event to | 18 |
| commemorate this milestone in Batavia and Kane County history; | 19 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| commend Board President Randall Gibson and Director George |
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| Scheetz on the Batavia Library's 125th year of service to its | 2 |
| constituents; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the Batavia Public Library as an expression of our | 5 |
| esteem.
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