Senate Resolution No. 7–Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener
April 2, 1999
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Read and Adopted
SUMMARY—Inducts T. Tracy Fairchild into Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1677)
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SENATE RESOLUTION—Inducting T. Tracy Fairchild into the Senate Hall of Fame.
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Whereas, The Senate of the Legislature of the State of Nevada has1-2
established a Senate Hall of Fame whose members are selected by1-3
leadership from former state Senators who have served with distinction1-4
with exemplary contributions to the State of Nevada; and1-5
Whereas, Tracy Fairchild, a leader in the Republican Party in Elko1-6
County and this state, served in the Nevada Legislature with distinction and1-7
fairness for 18 years as an Assemblyman from 1914 through 1918 and 19201-8
through 1922, as a Senator from 1922 through 1934, and as President Pro-1-9
Tempore of the Senate in 1929; and1-10
Whereas, Former Senator Fairchild was Chairman of the Senate1-11
Standing Committee on Ways and Means for every legislative session he1-12
served as a Senator and was instrumental in establishing tax levies,1-13
providing appropriations for the operation of government, adopting1-14
biennial state budgets and setting the salaries of state officers and1-15
employees; now, therefore, be it1-16
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, That T. Tracy1-17
Fairchild, a powerful and influential leader who set many of the fiscal1-18
policies for the State of Nevada, is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of1-19
Fame of the Legislature of the State of Nevada.~