Minnesota Session Laws - 1998, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 272-H.F.No. 3095 
                  An act relating to veterans; designating a date in 
                  February as Chaplains Day in honor of four United 
                  States army chaplains who sacrificed their lives at 
                  sea for other service members; proposing coding for 
                  new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [10.56] [FOUR CHAPLAINS DAY.] 
           February 3 is designated Four Chaplains Day in honor of the 
        four United States army chaplains, George L. Fox, Alexander D. 
        Goode, Clark V. Poling, and John P. Washington, who sacrificed 
        their lives to save the lives of other service personnel while 
        serving on the U.S.S. Dorchester, a United States army troop 
        transport that was sunk off the coast of Greenland on February 
        3, 1943.  Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation of 
        this observance. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following enactment. 
           Presented to the governor March 5, 1998 
           Signed by the governor March 6, 1998, 11:12 a.m.