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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of

3Representatives wish to congratulate the residents of Bond

4County on the 200th anniversary of the county's founding; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Bond County was formed on January 4, 1817 by an

6act of the Illinois Territorial Legislature; this event 
7occurred
nearly two years before Illinois was admitted into the 
8union as
the 21st state; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, The initial dimensions of Bond County were unique; 
10it was only 24 miles wide but stretched over 600 miles
north to 
11include a portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, The county got its name from Shadrach Bond who had

13been an United States Army Colonel in the War of 1812 and  the 
14first
Governor of Illinois; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Over time, Bond County was divided up to create 
16numerous other
counties in the State, and ceded some of its 
17land to Wisconsin
and Michigan; today, Bond County is one of 
18the smaller
counties in Illinois, yet its rich history, along 
19with the spirit
and pride of its people, has outlasted all of 
20these changes; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Residents of Bond County began celebrating their

2county's bicentennial on January 5, 2017, and will hold their

3main celebration on July 2, 2017; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
5HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
6congratulate the residents of Bond County on the 200th 
7anniversary of the county's founding, and we wish them many 
8more wonderful years; and be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to Bond County Board Chairman Howard Elmore.