Invitation to become a sister city, from Springfield, Ohio, to City of Berwick, Australia
Maker
City of Springfield, Ohio
Production date
1985
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Production date
1985
Description
Document reads "City of Springfield, Ohio/ A RESOLUTION NO. 4394/ Extending an invitation to the City of Berwick, Australia to become a/ sister city to The City of Springfield, Ohio; inviting the citizens of/ Berwick, Australia to participate in said Sister City Program; and/ declaring an emergency./ ...oooOOOooo.../ WHEREAS, the Sister City concept was inaugurated by the President of/ the United States in 1956 to establish greater friendship and understanding/ between the people of the United States and other nations through the/ medium of direct personal contact; and/ WHEREAS, all succeeding United States Presidents have endorsed said/ program to be conducted for the broad purposes of the exchange of ideas and/ people between the citizens of the United States of America and the/ citizens of other nations; and/ WHEREAS, to implement this program, Springfield, Ohio, and other/ communities in the United States have bene requested by Sister Cities/ International to affiliate with cities in other nations of similar/ characteristics and mutual interests; and/ WHEREAS The City of Springfield, Ohio, through its City Commission, recognizes and endorses this program with the hope that it will lead to a/ lasting friendship between the citizens of Springfield and Berwick,/ Australia; and/ WHEREAS, it is the determination of the Commission that said Sister/ City Program should be initiated at the earliest possible moment, which/ fact together with the necessity of providing for the immediate/ preservation of the public peace, health and safety, cause an emergency to/ exist which requires that this Resolution take effect and be in force from/ and after the time hereinafter specified: NOW, THEREFORE:/ BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of The City of Springfield,/ Ohio, at least four of its members concurring:/ Section 1. That this Commission hereby invites the City of Berwick,/ Australia to become a sister city to The City of Springfield, Ohio, and invites the citizens of Berwick, Australia to participate in said Sister/ City Program./ Section 2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to act as the official/ representative of Springfield, Ohio, in carrying out this program./ Section 3. That the Clerk of this Commission is hereby directed to/ send copies of this Resolution to the Mayor and Council of Berwick,/ Australia, Sister Cities International in Washington, D.C., the Embassy of/ Australia, and the United States Embassy in Australia./ Section 4. That by reason of the emergency set forth and defined in/ the preamble hereto, this Resolution shall take effect and be in force/ immediately./ ADOPTED this 24th day of September, A.D., 1985./ (signature)/ PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION/ (signature)/ CLERK OF THE CITY COMMISSION/ (signature)/ VICE MAYOR/ (signature)/ COMMISSIONER/ (signature)/ COMMISSIONER/ (signature)/ COMMISSIONER”
Artist/Maker and role
City of Springfield, Ohio: Author
Associated person
Media/Materials description
foil and ink on paper
Measurements
31.2 X 20.0 cm (each page, sight), 51.0 x 62.0 x 2.0 cm (frame)
Signature & date
Dated on second page within spaces in the printed text "24th" and "September". Signed on second page by City of Springfield office bearers, with titles printed below "Suland S. Schm(illeg.)/ PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COMMITTSION/ Priscilla Smither(illeg.)/ CLERK OF THE CITY COMMISSION/ Kenneth E. Whaley/ VICE MAYOR/ Timothy (illeg). Gyers/ COMMISSIONER/ Eugene B Kunk/ COMMISSIONER/ Jenny K Smedly/ COMMISSIONER"
Photography credit (first image)
Photograph: Viki Petherbridge
System ID
873