CHAPTER 387
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the building and maintaining of adequate highways is an important function of government; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the public be fully informed of all plans for construction of roadways within this state; and
WHEREAS, during the past three years, a week has annually been set aside for the chief purpose of providing public information concerning our highway facilities, with one day devoted to conferences and discussions under the sponsorship of the Associated General Contractors of Delaware; and
WHEREAS, these conferences and attending events have been most successful, justifying the continuance and expansion of this program; and
WHEREAS, by the authority vested in the office of the Governor, I have once again invited the Associated General Contractors to give leadership to this observance and have named Mr. James Julian as General Chairman; now
THEREFORE, I, J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby designate the week of April 6 through 11, 1959, as
DELAWARE HIGHWAY WEEK
and have caused to be set aside Monday, April 6, 1959, as
DELAWARE HIGHWAY DAY
I urge all Delawareans to avail themselves of the opportunity to visit and inspect those installations open during Highway Week and to participate, wherever possible, in the various special activities scheduled for this observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, J. Caleb Boggs, 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 first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and eighty-third.
(GREAT SEAL)
J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor
GEORGE J. SCHULZ, Secretary of State