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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 10, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-h <br /> SUBJECT: Proclamation — Bill of Rights Day <br /> DEPARTMENT: BOCC PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proclamation <br /> Donna Baker, Clerk to the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners <br /> (919) 245-2130 <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a proclamation to officially recognize Bill of Rights Day in Orange County <br /> during the month of December. <br /> BACKGROUND: The necessary States ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to <br /> the United States Constitution, on December 15, 1791. The Bill of Rights protects every <br /> person of this state and nation from the infringement of basic human and civil rights; and the <br /> freedoms of speech and association and the right to due process and equal protection of the <br /> law, as embodied in the Bill of Rights, are a model for democratic institutions and laws all over <br /> the world. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board adopt the Proclamation <br /> regarding the Bill of Rights Day and authorize the Chair to sign the Proclamation. <br />