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RESOLUTION
25-R-73
WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly is now considering ratification
of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Illinois have declared that
equality of rights under the law, regardless of sex, shall be constitution-
ally protected in this State; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Evanston recognizes that the guarantee
of such equality is indeed consequent to the just government of a free
• society:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Evanston,
Illinois, that ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States without delay by the Illinois General Assembly
,is hereby urged; and, pursuant thereto, that this resolution be forwarded
immediately to the State Senators and Representatives of the First and
Eleventh Districts.
Attest:
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
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Edear Vanneman. Jr -
Mayor