State of Alabama Resolution

State of Alabama
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Resolution

By:     Messrs. Wise and Jackson

COMMENDING THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD FOR THEIR "SISTER CITY" PROGRAM. PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD, MINN., BY THE CITY OF HARTFORD AS A "SISTER CITY".

          WHEREAS, the people of the City of Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama, have initiated a program of friendship and cultural exchange with the people of the City of Litchfield, Minnesota; and

          WHEREAS, this exchange program grew from the common agricultural interest of the two towns and begun by F.F.A. members, parents and interested businessmen; and

          WHEREAS, the City of Hartford, Alabama, and the City of Litchfield, Minnesota, have exchanged visitors on several occasions; and

          WHEREAS, this exchange of visitors can only lead to a greater understanding between the people of these two cities and their culture, customs, and heritage; now therefore

          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That the people of the City of Hartford be commended for their "Sister City" program.

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the people of the City of Hartford, Alabama, be authorized to adopt the City of Litchfield, Minnesota, as their "Sister City".

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House send a copy of this resolution to the Mayor of the City of Litchfield, Minnesota, and request that he make it known to all the citizens of Litchfield.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder set my hand and have caused the GREAT SEAL of the State of Alabama to be affixed by the Secretary of State, at the Capitol in the City of Montgomery on this the 8th day of June 1973.

Signed - George Wallace
Governor