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75 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING AND PROCLAIMING THE YEAR OF READING <br />AND LIBRARIES IN THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the life of the mind is central to the <br />development of any city; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Public Library is this City's <br />treasure house of wisdom; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the library was founded in one room behind the <br />Courthouse on December 1, 1914; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth recognizes the value of <br />reading among its children, the essential nature of access to <br />information for its business and industry, and the library as <br />a primary source of life enrichment for all its citizens. <br /> <br /> THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this seventy-fifth year of <br />operation, beginning on December 1, 1989 and ending November <br />30, 1990, is hereby designated and proclaimed as Portsmouth's <br />Year of Reading and Libraries, and that this resolution be <br />spread upon the Minute~of the Council. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held November 14, 1989. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />