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e 9'5~ 1 l'[-..; ltj Q:J <t. ~ <e::t e 1 . I e 1 e COUNCIL CHAMBERS, EUGENE, OREGON. MA Y I, I 952 A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, HELD IN THE CITY HALL ON MAY I, 1952 AT I :30 P.M. WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, SMITH, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER AND WATSON. COUNCILMEN ALLEN AND BOOTH WERE ABSENT. THE SUBJECT OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME WAS DISCUSSED AND A DRAFT OF A RESOLUTION TO PLACE THE CITY HALL TIME ON DAYLIGHT TIME AND URGE BUSINESS AND COMMERCE TO DO LIKEWISE WAS PRESENTED AND CONSIDERED. THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION READ AS FOLLOWS: '~HEREAS, DAYLIGHT TIME BECAME NATIONALLY PREVALENT AS OF 2:01 A.M. SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1952, AND WHEREAS, THE COUNCIL DEEMS IT TO BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THE WORK DAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY BE ADVANCED ONE HOUR WHICH WILL CORRESPOND TO'DAYLIGHT TIME AS IN EFFECT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC COAST, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE THAT IN ORDER TO,FURTHER UNIFORMITY BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH ARE ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, THE COUNCIL DOES HEREBY PUBLISH AND DECLARE THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION: IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THE PUBLIC POLICY OF THE CITY OF EUGENE ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE COUNCIL OF THE SAID CITY THAT WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS THEREOF BETWEEN I :59 O'CLOCK A.M. SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1952, AND I :59 O'CLOCK A.M. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1952, THE TRANSACTION OF ALL BUSINESS AND HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT, SAVE AND EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED BY LAW, SHALL BE ADVANCED ONE HOUR FROM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, WHICH ADVANCEMENT SHALL BE IN ACCORD WITH DAYLIGHT TIME AS IN FORCE AND EFFECT IN OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS AND IN SOME OTHER STATES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. IN CONFORMITY WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, BUSINESS, COMMERCE, AND OTHER ENTERPRISES OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, INSOFAR AS THE SAME MAY BE POSSIBLE, HEREBY ARE URGED TO ADVANCE CLOCKS ONE HOUR, BEGINNING AT 1:59 O'CLOCK A.M. SUNDAY, MAY 4,1952, AND CONTINUING UNTIL 1:59 O'CLOCK A.M. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1952." ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE THIS 1ST DAY OF MAY, 1952. THE QUESTION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION WAS SUBMITTED TO A VOTE. THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION IN AN ENDEAVOR TO BRING ABOUT UNIFORMITY BETWEEN THE CI TY OF EUGENE AND OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Ii I I I II II i' ,I II Ii I -~- ~