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

 

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

 

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

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

 public capacities for over 50 years; and

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

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

 and

   Whereas, During his years of legislative service, George Hawes served

 on the Assembly Standing Committees on Fish and Game, Labor, Public

 Health and Public Morals, and State Libraries; and

   Whereas, George Hawes sponsored a number of important pieces of

 legislation during his years of legislative service, including creation of the

 Roadside Park and Rest Area Program along Nevada’s highways and

 providing for Nevada’s Fish and Game Commission to establish

 Cooperative Game Management Areas in cooperation with private

 landowners; and

   Whereas, George Hawes was the primary sponsor of important

 legislation during the 1953 Legislative session, which included amending

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

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

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

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

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

   Whereas, During the campaign for the presidential election in 1952,

 George Hawes arranged and coordinated one of the largest public

 celebrations in the history of Ely and White Pine County in honor of

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

 presidential nominee, Richard Milhous Nixon, the running mate of

 presidential candidate, General Dwight David Eisenhower; and

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

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

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

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

 of the Sierra Professional Center, establishment of the Carson

 Rehabilitation Center and construction of the Minden Medical Center;

 now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That

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

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

 including the 4 years he served the residents of Nevada in the Nevada

 Assembly; and be it further

   Resolved, That George Hawes is congratulated for serving as an

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

 remain actively involved in their community; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit

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

 continues in his service to others.

 

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