H.C.R. 601

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RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING CENTENNIAL
2 OF MURRAY CITY
3 2002 SIXTH SPECIAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Chad E. Bennion
6 This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor recognizes the Centennial
7 of Murray City and extends best wishes to Murray City and its citizens.
8 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
9 WHEREAS, Murray City was incorporated on January 3, 1903 and will soon be
10 celebrating its Centennial;
11 WHEREAS, Murray City, like the rest of Salt Lake Valley, was settled by Latter-day
12 Saint pioneers who arrived in 1847;
13 WHEREAS, historical records show that, as early as 1860, twenty families lived in the
14 area then called "South Cottonwood";
15 WHEREAS, residents of the area wanted to be in control of their own destiny;
16 WHEREAS, in 1901 an Incorporation Committee drafted a petition stating the desire of
17 the citizens to incorporate, defining the boundaries for a proposed city, and requesting that the
18 city be named Murray, after Territorial Governor Eli H. Murray;
19 WHEREAS, after a successful incorporation election in November 1902, Murray City
20 was proclaimed a city of the third class;
21 WHEREAS, upon taking the Oath of Office on January 3, 1903, C.L. Miller, the first
22 Mayor of Murray, said, "This town of Murray is your town, and it will be what you make it";
23 WHEREAS, the first council members were James Gilbert, H.S. Sanders, A.E. White,
24 William McCleary, and Reynolds Cahoon;
25 WHEREAS, in 1905 Murray City achieved reclassification as a city of the second class
26 and was divided into five municipal wards for the purpose of electing a board of education for
27 a new city school district, which became Murray School District;

28 WHEREAS, through a special election in July 1981, the citizens of Murray approved
29 the adoption of a Mayor-Council form of government;
30 WHEREAS, Murray City will commemorate its Centennial on January 3, 2003 and the
31 state of Utah will commemorate Statehood Day on January 4, 2003; and
32 WHEREAS, the current officials of Murray City, which are Daniel C. Snarr, Mayor,
33 Krista K. Dunn, City Council Chair (District 5), and Council members Richard V. Stauffer
34 (District 1), Robert D. Robertson (District 2), "John" Christensen (District 3), and Patricia W.
35 Griffiths (District 4), invite all residents of Utah to join these celebrations:
36 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
37 Governor concurring therein, recognize the Centennial of Murray City and extend their warm
38 wishes to Murray City and its citizens as they commemorate the Centennial of their city.
39 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be presented to Mayor
40 Daniel C. Snarr, Council Chair Krista K. Dunn, Council members Richard V. Stauffer, Robert
41 D. Robertson, "John" Christensen, Patricia W. Griffiths, and Centennial Commission Chair
42 William E. Dunn.




Legislative Review Note
as of 12-17-02 4:37 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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