GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	Simple 
Resolution 
Adopted 

HOUSE RESOLUTION 1321
Second Edition Engrossed 4/23/99
Adopted 4/23/99

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Sponsors: Representatives Allred; Setzer, Teague, and Cole.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House.

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April 22, 1999

A HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF ALAMANCE COUNTY.
Whereas, one hundred fifty years ago, in 1849, the citizens of the area of then Orange County, known as the Alamance Section, desiring to be separate and distinct from Orange County, were authorized to become ordained as a county by the North Carolina House of Commons and Senate; and
Whereas, Alamance County was established as a county on April 24, 1849; and
Whereas, Alamance County was the first home of the Company Shops of the North Carolina Railroad which was also established by the legislature in 1849; and
Whereas, Alamance County is the home of the first armed resistance by colonialists against unfair taxes levied by representatives of the British colonial government, at the Battle of Alamance in May 1771; and
Whereas, in 1847, Calvin Wiley, father of the public school system in North Carolina, wrote in his book about Alamance of its honest, straightforward, and loyal people by saying, "These (people of the Alamance Section), with whom I mingled were a plain, unfrizzled people, … addicted to sobriety and matrimony and greatly deficient in the art of lying … . "; and
Whereas, the people of Alamance County continue to possess a strong spirit of freedom and independence; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
Section 1.  The North Carolina House of Representatives confirms, honors, and celebrates the County of Alamance upon its Sesquicentennial anniversary on April 24, 1999.
Section 2.  The Principal Clerk shall transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Alamance County Board of Commissioners.
Section 3.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.