Assembly Resolution No. 13–Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

May 16, 2001

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Commends former Assemblyman George Holbrook Hawes for his public service. (BDR R‑1546)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Assembly RESOLUTION—Commending former Assemblyman George Holbrook Hawes for his public service.

 

1-1    Whereas, George Holbrook Hawes, born in Skowhegan, Maine, on

1-2  April 10, 1904, has served the people of the State of Nevada in various

1-3  public capacities for over 50 years; and

1-4    Whereas, George Hawes was elected by the residents of White Pine

1-5  County as a member of the Nevada Assembly from 1951 through 1954;

1-6  and

1-7    Whereas, During his years of legislative service, George Hawes served

1-8  on the Assembly Standing Committees on Fish and Game, Labor, Public

1-9  Health and Public Morals, and State Libraries; and

1-10    Whereas, George Hawes sponsored a number of important pieces of

1-11  legislation during his years of legislative service, including creation of the

1-12  Roadside Park and Rest Area Program along Nevada’s highways and

1-13  providing for Nevada’s Fish and Game Commission to establish

1-14  Cooperative Game Management Areas in cooperation with private

1-15  landowners; and

1-16    Whereas, George Hawes was the primary sponsor of important

1-17  legislation during the 1953 Legislative session, which included amending

1-18  the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Act to provide that the county’s share of the

1-19  tax not be used for administrative expenses, conferring upon the Chief

1-20  Parole and Probation Officer the full powers of a peace officer throughout

2-1  the state, and amending the Fish and Game Law to provide that beaver and

2-2  otter could not be taken in the open trapping season; and

2-3    Whereas, During the campaign for the presidential election in 1952,

2-4  George Hawes arranged and coordinated one of the largest public

2-5  celebrations in the history of Ely and White Pine County in honor of

2-6  Patricia Ryan Nixon, a native of White Pine County and wife of the vice

2-7  presidential nominee, Richard Milhous Nixon, the running mate of

2-8  presidential candidate, General Dwight David Eisenhower; and

2-9    Whereas, In 1988, at the age of 84, George Hawes was elected by the

2-10  voters as a hospital trustee for the Carson-Tahoe Hospital and, during the

2-11  10 years he served as a trustee, was instrumental in such projects of the

2-12  hospital as the construction of the women’s and children’s wing, purchase

2-13  of the Sierra Professional Center, establishment of the Carson

2-14  Rehabilitation Center and construction of the Minden Medical Center;

2-15  now, therefore, be it

2-16    Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That

2-17  George Holbrook Hawes is hereby commended by the members of the 71st

2-18  session of the Nevada Legislature for his many years of service to others,

2-19  including the 4 years he served the residents of Nevada in the Nevada

2-20  Assembly; and be it further

2-21    Resolved, That George Hawes is congratulated for serving as an

2-22  inspiration to all and as a role model for seniors throughout this state to

2-23  remain actively involved in their community; and be it further

2-24    Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit

2-25  a copy of this resolution to George Hawes as he begins his 98th year and

2-26  continues in his service to others.

 

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