HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution No. 022-87 03-23-1987 RESOLUTION 22-87
• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AND
CITIZENS OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
TO DESIGNATE ENGLISH THE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES
WHEREAS, the people of the United States have brought
with them the ethnic heritages of many nations; and
WHEREAS, the United States has been greatly enriched by
such cultural diversity and recognizes the dignity of all ethnic
heritages; and
WHEREAS, the people of the United States must live
together as citizens of one nation; and
WHEREAS, the traditional language of the United States
has always been English, a knowledge of which is essential to the
full exercise of constitutional freedom a.nd civic responsibility,
and to individual prosperity and independence, and
WHEREAS, the English language has been our strongest
bond to one another as fellow citizens and has contributed
substantially to national and international unity and social
cohesiveness; and
WHEREAS, recent policies have unwisely granted
recognition to rival languages which threaten to undermine the
status of English as the language of the United States and of the
State of Texas
NOW THEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, BE IT RESOLVED by
the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas and the
citizens of the City of Richland Hills, Texas that we the
undersigned duly elected Mayor and Council of the City of
Richland Hills, Texas and citizens of the City of Richland Hills,
Texas do hereby signify by our signatures that we petition the
Texas Legislature and the Congress of the United States to
designate English as the official language by amendment of the
Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Texas.
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MOVED, SECONDED AND PASSED this -~3ca~_ day of March, 1987
by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Richland
Hills, Texas.
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MAYOR
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