| 1 | 1 | | By: Cain, White, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.C.R. No. 84 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 17, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Administration; May 24, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0, 1 present not voting; May 24, 2011, sent to |
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| 6 | 6 | | printer.) |
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| 9 | 9 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Citizens of Texas have long enjoyed a reputation for |
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| 11 | 11 | | developing original and imaginative ideas that have been embraced |
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| 12 | 12 | | by individuals throughout the nation and beyond; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, One such innovation is the domino game 42, a very |
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| 14 | 14 | | popular pastime that was created in the Lone Star State; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, According to research conducted in 1985 by |
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| 16 | 16 | | journalist Christopher Evans of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the |
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| 17 | 17 | | game, also called "Texas 42," dates to 1887 and was developed by two |
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| 18 | 18 | | enterprising boys in the North Texas town of Trapp Spring, known |
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| 19 | 19 | | today as Garner; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, There, 12-year-old William A. Thomas and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 14-year-old Walter Earl one day found themselves in deep trouble |
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| 22 | 22 | | with their parents when they were discovered in a barn hayloft |
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| 23 | 23 | | playing the card game auction whist, which is similar to the modern |
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| 24 | 24 | | game of bridge; card games were considered sinful in the boys' |
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| 25 | 25 | | devoutly Baptist families, and William and Walter were disciplined |
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| 26 | 26 | | for their actions; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, The punishment did not end their love of whist, |
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| 28 | 28 | | however, and they went on to devise a similar four-player game that |
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| 29 | 29 | | used dominoes instead of cards; because there was no prohibition |
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| 30 | 30 | | within their faith against playing dominoes, William and Walter |
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| 31 | 31 | | were able to show their friends how to play, and their invention was |
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| 32 | 32 | | soon taken up by other local residents; the activity later became |
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| 33 | 33 | | popular in Fannin County after the Thomas and Earl families moved to |
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| 34 | 34 | | the town of Windom; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Through the decades, the boys' creation spread far |
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| 36 | 36 | | and wide and became known as 42, an entertaining contest of skill |
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| 37 | 37 | | and chance that is enjoyed by countless people the world over; the |
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| 38 | 38 | | game is a true Lone Star original and a testament to the ingenuity |
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| 39 | 39 | | and fun-loving nature of Texans, making it a most fitting symbol for |
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| 40 | 40 | | our state; now, therefore, be it |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 42 | 42 | | hereby designate 42 as the official State Table Game of Texas. |
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| 43 | 43 | | * * * * * |
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