Full Text of HR0046 95th General Assembly
HR0046 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS,
On July 26, 1775, members of the Second | 3 |
| Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed:
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| postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who | 5 |
| shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary | 6 |
| of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: | 7 |
| for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, | 8 |
| and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary.
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| That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the | 10 |
| Postmaster general, from Falmouth in New England to Savannah in | 11 |
| Georgia, with as many cross posts as he shall think fit."; and
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| WHEREAS, This simple statement signaled the birth of the | 13 |
| Post Office Department, the predecessor of the U.S. Postal | 14 |
| Service and the second oldest federal department or agency of | 15 |
| the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster | 17 |
| General; under him and his immediate successors, the postal | 18 |
| system mainly carried communications between Congress and the | 19 |
| armies; and
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| WHEREAS, America's present Postal Service descends in an | 21 |
| unbroken line from the system Franklin planned and placed in | 22 |
| operation; history rightfully accords him major credit for |
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| establishing the basis of the system that has well served the | 2 |
| growing and changing needs of the American people; and
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| WHEREAS, Today, the United States Postal Service is the | 4 |
| third largest employer in the nation, employing about 619,000 | 5 |
| individuals; the workers include clerks, mail carriers, mail | 6 |
| sorters, processors, and processing machine operators; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, The Postal Service operates the largest civilian | 8 |
| vehicle fleet in the world, with an estimated 260,000 vehicles, | 9 |
| most recognized and identified as the Grumman LLV, or "mail | 10 |
| truck"; and
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| WHEREAS, The motto of the Post Office "neither snow nor | 12 |
| rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the | 13 |
| swift completion of their appointed rounds" still tells us | 14 |
| today how hard the men and women of the United States Postal | 15 |
| Service work to ensure the smooth delivery of the mail to over | 16 |
| 141 million addresses; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| declare July 26 of each year to be Postal Workers Day in the | 20 |
| State of Illinois as a way to recognize the hard work and | 21 |
| dedication of the men and women of the United States Postal | 22 |
| Service.
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