Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 834

STATE OF DELAWARE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

DOVER

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, in America we live under laws which have been passed by our elected representatives or which are the result of the moral customs of our times; and

WHEREAS, these laws are interpreted by judges selected from among us who themselves are governed by the rule of law; and

WHEREAS, it is important that each citizen help to maintain an independent and strong system of courts in America; and

WHEREAS, it is through our judicial system that the rights of the individual are made effective; and

WHEREAS, law and courts exist to protect every citizen in the rights and privileges he enjoys under our Federal and State Constitution, and our courts are the duly constituted means of upholding and protecting the individual rights of every citizen; and

WHEREAS, the theme of this year's Law Day is Young America; Leads the Way.

Help

Preserve Good Laws,

Change Bad Laws,

Make Better Laws.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sherman W. Tribbitt, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, May 1, 1974 as

LAW DAY IN DELAWARE

and call upon all citizens of this State to join in its observance through court visitations, appropriate ceremonies, programs and educational activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT, Governor of the State of Delaware, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the said State to be hereunto affixed at Dover this 30th day of April

(GREAL SEAL) in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninety-eighth.

SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT, Governor

Attest: ROBERT H. REED, Secretary of State