HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 10535 (Bill of Rights Day)RESOLUTION 10535
RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING DECEMBER 15, 1999 AS BILL OF RIGHTS DAY IN
THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
WHEREAS, government at all levels in this Nation is chartered by a Constitution, and
enabled by democratic process and majority rule; and
WHEREAS, democratic government, and any majority, need limitations on its power
over the individual, if the individual is to be secure and abide its authority; just as the
Constitution itself could not be ratified without a Bill of Rights to overcome the last
objections of its day; and
WHEREAS, the combination of constitutional democracy and individual liberty, has
secured the blessings of both democracy and liberty from that day December 15, 1791,
when the Bill of Rights was ratified to this;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City San Rafael
does hereby reaffirm that it can only govern justly when the individuals it governs are
secure in rights that are certain, inalienable, and enumerated in the Bill of Rights that is
integral to its charter of government; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the San Rafael City Council does hereby proclaim
the 15th day of December, 1999, and the 15th of December hereafter, to be Bill of
Rights Day in the City of San Rafael.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the Council of said City on the 6 t day of December, 1999 by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS : Cohen, Heller, Miller and Mayor Boro
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS : Phillips
AANNE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk
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