Full Text of HR0830 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Pulaski Road, which was named after American | 3 | | Revolution war hero Casimir Pulaski, is a major north-south | 4 | | thoroughfare in the City of Chicago; prior to 1913, Pulaski | 5 | | Road was known as 40th Avenue; the road was known as 40th | 6 | | Avenue until 1935 when, over local opposition and a legal | 7 | | battle that went all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court, the | 8 | | thoroughfare was named after Casimir Pulaski; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Pulaski Road still retains the name of Crawford | 10 | | Avenue in the north suburbs of Lincolnwood, Skokie, Evanston, | 11 | | and Wilmette, north of Devon Avenue (6400 N) and south from the | 12 | | Chicago City Limits to Lincoln Highway US-30; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | the entire north-south stretch of the thoroughfare, including | 16 | | the aforementioned sections of Crawford Avenue, shall be | 17 | | designated as Pulaski Road; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 19 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 20 | | State regulations, plaques or signs giving notice of the name | 21 | | of Pulaski Road; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | 3 | | Transportation, the Village of Lincolnwood, the Village of | 4 | | Skokie, the City of Evanston, the Village of Wilmette, and the | 5 | | City of Chicago.
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