Proc. 2010-38 Arbor Season Celebration Day 04-15-08PROCLAMATION
N09 2010 -38
WHEREAS in 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of
Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees,
and this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the
planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska; and
WHEREAS in Texas, in 1889, the citizens of Temple conceived an Arbor
Day Resolution which the Texas Legislature passed into law, and
Arbor Day was first celebrated in Texas in 1890, and is held in
Texas the last Friday in April each year; and
WHEREAS Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the
world, as trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by
wind and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the
temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen and provide habitatfor
wildlife; and
WHEREAS trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our
homes, fuel for our fires and countless other wood products; and
WHEREAS trees in our City increase property value, enhance the
economic vitality of business areas, and beautify our community,
and, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual
renewal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested
in me as Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
APRIL 15, 20o8
be declared: ARBOR SEASON CELEBRATION DAY
in the City of Huntsville and invite all citizens of Huntsville to participate
in the celebration by planting a tree.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED on this the 15th day of April 2010.