City of North Adams
In City Council
December 9, 2003

Whereas: our most precious liberties are enshrined and, therefore, protected in the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, know  as the Bill of Rights,

And Whereas, those amendments were declared to have been ratified on December 15, 1791,

And Whereas, December 15 was proclaimed to be recognized as Bill of Rights Day by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1941,

And Whereas, subsequent Presidents of the United States have also proclaimed December 15 to be recognized as Bill of Rights Day,

And Whereas, the Massachusetts State Senate resolved, on November 13, 2003, that December 15 be recognized as Bill of Rights Day,

And Whereas, the citizens of the United States, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the City of North Adams are the beneficiaries of the rights and liberties articulated in the Bill of Rights,

And Whereas, Some citizens feel the Bill of Rights is being weakened by the new federal law commonly known as the Patriot Act,

And Whereas, Some citizens feel the Bill of Rights is being weakened by Speech Codes on college campuses and in the work place,

Now Therefore Let It Be Resolved that
The City Council of the City of North Adams, on this Ninth day of December, 2003, hereby encourages citizens of the City of North dams to reflect on the values and liberties protected by the Bill of Rights on ill of Rights Day, Monday, December 15, 2003

And let it also be resolved that the following officials will reveive a copy of this resolution:
 
 State Senator Nuciforo
 State Representative Bosley
 U.S. Congressman Olver
 U.S. Senator Kennedy
 U.S. Senator Kerry