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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.
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