| 1 | 1 | | StateofVermont |
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| 2 | 2 | | HouseofRepresentatives |
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| 3 | 3 | | Montpelier,Vermont |
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| 4 | 4 | | ConcurrentHouseResolution |
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| 5 | 5 | | H.C.R.103 |
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| 6 | 6 | | OfferedbyRepresentativesBurkeofBrattleboro,GoodnowofBrattleboro,andKornheiserofBrattleboro |
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| 7 | 7 | | OfferedbySenatorsHarrisonandHashim |
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| 8 | 8 | | HouseconcurrentresolutioncommemoratingtheestablishmentoftheAustineSchoolfortheDeafcollection |
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| 9 | 9 | | andexhibitattheVermontHistoricalSocietyLibraryinBarre |
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| 10 | 10 | | Whereas,inthe19thcentury,BrevetColonelWilliamAustineofBrattleborodonated$50,000.00forthe |
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| 11 | 11 | | constructionofahospitalinthecommunity, and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Whereas,becauseahospitalalreadyexistedinBrattleboro,aftertheColonel’sdeath,hisestateexecutor |
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| 13 | 13 | | arrangedforthelegalredesignationofthegiftforthepurposeofestablishingaschoolfortheblindand |
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| 14 | 14 | | deaf, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas,theGeneralAssembly,in1904ActsandResolvesNo.276,incorporated“TheAustine |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sanitarium,”anditamendedthelegislationin1908ActsandResolvesNo.319togivetheneworganization |
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| 17 | 17 | | flexibilityindesignatinganame, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas,finally,in1910ActsandResolvesNo.74,theGeneralAssemblyappropriated$50,000.00“forthe |
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| 19 | 19 | | purposeoferectingasuitablebuildingorplantfortheuseofsaidcorporation,uponthelandownedbyitin |
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| 20 | 20 | | Brattleboro,Vermont”subjecttoitbeingusedforaschoolforthedeaf, and |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas,theAustineSchoolfortheDeafopenedinthefallof1912with16studentsandatthefirst |
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| 22 | 22 | | commencementin1914,bothAlexanderGrahamBellandHelenKellerwerespeakers, and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas,operationoftheAustineSchoolfortheDeafcontinueduntil2014,andtheschool’shistoric |
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| 24 | 24 | | documentationandartifactsarelocatedattheWinstonProutyCenterinBrattleborounderthecuratorial |
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| 25 | 25 | | supervisionoftheAustineSchoolfortheDeafMuseumBoard,DonnaMarieAuditore-Pyne,President, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas,inordertoaffordgreaterprominencetothehistoryandroleoftheAustineSchoolfortheDeaf,a |
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| 27 | 27 | | selectcollectionoftheoldestartifactshasbeentransferredforexhibitiontotheVermontHistoricalSociety |
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| 28 | 28 | | LibraryinBarre,andadedicationceremony,atwhichStateofficialsspoke,occurredonOctober 26,2024,now |
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| 29 | 29 | | therefore be it |
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| 30 | 30 | | ResolvedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentatives: |
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| 31 | 31 | | ThattheGeneralAssemblycommemoratestheestablishmentoftheAustineSchoolfortheDeafcollection |
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| 32 | 32 | | andexhibitattheVermontHistoricalSocietyLibraryinBarre,andbeitfurther |
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| 33 | 33 | | Resolved:ThattheSecretaryofStatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolutiontotheimmediatepast |
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| 34 | 34 | | chairoftheAustineSchoolfortheDeafMuseumBoardandtheVermontHistoricalSociety. |
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