20-4799
| 1 | | COMMITTEE MINUTES | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 02/26/2020 & 09/22/2020 | approve | Pass |
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20-3460
| 2 | | JUNETEENTH RECOGNIZED AS A COOK COUNTY HOLIDAY | Ordinance Amendment | PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 20-3460
(Rules and Administration Committee 12/16/2020)
Sponsored by: STANLEY MOORE, DENNIS DEER, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT
R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, KEVIN B. MORRISON, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, DONNA MILLER, AND FRANK J. AGUILAR, Cook County Board of Commissioners
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
JUNETEENTH RECOGNIZED AS A COOK COUNTY HOLIDAY
WHEREAS, On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, The Emancipation Proclamation established that all enslaved people in Confederate states and against the Union shall be set free from slavery; and
WHEREAS, Many slave owners in the state of Texas did not release their slaves; and
WHEREAS, On June 19th, 1865, General Gordan Grainger and his troops made their way to Galveston, Texas after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee on Appomattox, Virginia. Upon General Grainger's arrival in Texas soil, he issued Generals Order No. 3; and
WHEREAS, This order officially declared the immediate release and | recommend for deferral | Pass |
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20-4796
| 1 | | | Journal of Proceedings | JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
COOK COUNTY CLERK, Karen A. Yarbrough, presented in printed form a record of the Journal of Proceedings of the regular (virtual) meeting held on 9/24/2020. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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