Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        RESOLUTION 8--H.F.No. 452
 A resolution memorializing the Postmaster General; 
urging the issuance of a postal stamp to commemorate 
the centennial of the first shipment of iron ore from 
Minnesota. 
    WHEREAS, iron ore was first shipped from the Iron Range of 
Minnesota in 1884; and 
    WHEREAS, since then the Iron Range has supplied millions of 
tons of iron ore that were used to create buildings, industry, 
communications systems, and transportation systems in America 
and the world; and 
    WHEREAS, during World War II the Iron Range furnished over 
90 percent of the iron ore used in that victorious effort; and 
    WHEREAS, the Iron Range continues to furnish its key 
resource to America and the world; and 
    WHEREAS, in 1984 the Iron Range will commemorate the 
centennial of the first shipment of iron ore; and 
    WHEREAS, an event as significant as this centennial must be 
specially commemorated; NOW, THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
that it urges the Postmaster General to authorize the issuance 
of a special stamp to commemorate the centennial of the first 
shipment of iron ore from Minnesota's Iron Range. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the 
state of Minnesota is directed to transmit certified copies of 
this memorial to the Postmaster General and to Minnesota's 
Senators and Representatives in Congress. 
    Approved June 14, 1983