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COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Buster Baldwin ~/~/ % OFFICE: Commissioners' Court
MEETING DATE: JulX12, 1999 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
Consider and discuss letter to Phil Gramm re: Court Order 25874.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
Commissioner Pct. #1
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter
551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:

,All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has been
prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will be
appreciated and contribute towards you request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules
Adopted by Commissioners' Court.
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.
DRAFT
The Honorable Phil Gramm
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Gramm:
The Kerr County Commissioners Court recently passed a resolution expressing
its support of efforts to allow prayer and the Bible in America's public
schools. I write to you today to respectfully request that you initiate or
support a constitutional amendment which would allow for prayer and the use
of the Bible in classrooms throughout our great nation.
As an elected official, you deal daily with efforts to address the ills faced
by our society. We are of the belief that communities should have as many
tools as possible to combat the many problems facing us today. Therefore,
we believe that public schools should be allowed to return to the Christian
principles upon which our nation was founded and made great. Not only would
such a measure signify a return to our traditional values, but it would free
local school districts from unnecessary governmental interference. Whife
returning prayer and the Bible to the classroom will not solve all of our
country's problems, it will begin to reaff~rm the importance of Christian
values and morality to our young people, and will only be beneficial. We hope
that you agree.
We appreciate your consideration of our request, and we look foward to
hearing from you on this important matter. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
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ORDER NO. x:5974
LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM KERR COUNTY
:SI-{=~~G: FC!R Ah1 INITIATIOhJ OF AN AMENDMENT F~ERMITTING PRAYER
AND THE HOLY BIBLE TO BE FREELY USED Ih! ALL PUBLIC' SCHOOLS
On this the 4th day of May 199`3, upon motion made by
Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Let z, the Court
unanimously approved by a vote of 4-~-0, that the County Judge
be authorized to sign a letter from Herr Co~_~nty asking
Senator Gramm and other Kerr County Congressional
representatives to initiate an Amendment permitting
prayer and the Holy Bible to be freely used in all public
schools across the entire United States of America,
the language of which letter is to be approved by
the Commissioners prior to its being signed and sent.