DELAWARE STATE SENATE

140th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.

EXTENDING A WARM WELCOME TO THE YOUNG WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN THE 1999 DELAWARE GIRLS' STATE, COMMENDING THEM FOR THEIR INTEREST IN AND DEVOTION TO DELAWARE STATE GOVERNMENT, AND COMMENDING THE LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP OF THIS OUTSTANDING PROGRAM.

(Two-Thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

WHEREAS, during the week of June 14, 1999, some 69 young women from across the State of Delaware, students at the state’s public and private high schools, have come to Legislative Hall in Dover to participate in the 1999 session of Delaware Girls’ State; and

WHEREAS, during their stay here, these young women will be receiving valuable hands-on training and experience in the legislative process and in the ways of state government, which will serve them in good stead in their later lives; and

WHEREAS, the experience they are receiving during Girls’ State will prove especially useful to those among their number who go on to assume leadership roles in government or to seek elective office in the future; and

WHEREAS, the participants in Delaware Girls’ State have, during their session, elected from among their ranks a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, a State Treasurer, a State Auditor, a State Insurance Commissioner and members of both houses of the General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, the young women participating in the 1999 session of Girls’ State include:

and

WHEREAS, these young women have learned during their week-long session many of the details of the process whereby a bill becomes a law, and have debated and discussed many issues both timely and of great importance to the State of Delaware; and

WHEREAS, throughout the week the Girls’ Staters have been deeply involved in a study of such subjects as the conduct of elections, the operation of the legislative caucus and committee systems, majority and minority positions and many other aspects of the political process, all of which will give them valuable knowledge of the manner in which the American system of representative democracy operates; and

WHEREAS, the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion has once again sponsored this important educational program, as they have done for many years, thereby displaying a deep dedication to the American system of government and to the essential task of ensuring that our youth understand and appreciate that system.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the 140th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that the members do hereby commend each of the participants in the 1999 Girls’ State Session for her hard work and extend to each sincere congratulations on a very successful session at Legislative Hall.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the Senate and House of Representatives do hereby extend to every participant sincere best wishes for success in all her future endeavors, together with the hope that at least a few of these fine young Delawareans may one day find themselves again in the Senate or House chamber as duly elected representatives of their fellow citizens.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the Senate and House of Representatives do hereby commend and thank the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion for their sponsorship of this outstanding program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitable copies of this Resolution be presented to each of the delegates of the 1999 Session of Girls’ State, and to the sponsor of the event, the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion.