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RESOLUTION ~5-27 EI~DORSING CALIFOP~IA SENATE JOINT <br />RESOLUTIONS NO. 2 ASID NO. 3, AND URGING THE CONGRESS <br />OF THE UNITED STATES TO CALL A CONVENTION IN ACCORD- <br />ANCE WITH ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED <br />STATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ~'~L~NDING SAID CONSTITUTION <br />TO ALLOW BIC2~4ERAL STATE LEGISLATURES TO BASE ELECTION <br />OF ~LTJ~BERSHIP IN ONE HOUSE ON FAC~£ORS OTHER THAN <br />POPULATION <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Senate Joint Resolution NO. 2 requests the Congress <br />of the United States, under authority of Article V of the Constitution <br />of the United States, to call a convention in accordance with said <br />Article for the purpose of providing a new amendment to said <br />Constitution to allow states with bicameral legislative bodies to <br />provide for membership in one of said bodies on a basis other than <br />population; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 urges all legislators <br />of all states to petition the Congress of the Un~ ed States to call <br />such a convention for said purpose. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the <br />City of Santa Ana, California, that it endorses Senate Joint Resolu- <br />tions No. 2 and NO. 3, joins in the petitions and requests expressed <br />in each, urges all state legislatures to adopt and forward to the <br />Congress of the United States an urgent request for the calling of <br />a special convention to amend the Constitution of the United States <br />as requested in Senate Joint Resolution No. 3; requests the Congress <br />of the United States to call a convention in accordance with <br />Article V of the Constitution of the United States as requested in <br />Senate Joint Resolution NO. 2; urges each Member of Congress to <br />support, work for, and vote for the calling of such convention; and <br />urges all citizens of the City of Santa Ana to write their United <br />States Senators and Representatives to enlist their support and vote <br />for the calling of such a convention. <br /> <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa <br />Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of February, 1955. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br /> <br />STATE OF CALIFORNIA) <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE ) <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA ) <br /> <br />SS <br /> <br /> I, DORIS ~4. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of <br />the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Resolution <br />was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held <br />on the 1st day of February, 1955, and was at said meeting regularly <br />passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: <br /> <br />AYES, <br /> <br />CO~qCI~.~N: Hubbard, Harvey, Gi~uore, Schlueter, <br /> Hall <br /> <br />NOES, COUNCI~N: None <br /> <br />ABSENT, COUNC II~iEN: None <br /> <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br /> <br /> <br />