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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:December 9, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.6-g <br />SUBJECT: Proclamation –Bill of Rights Day <br />DEPARTMENT:BOCCPUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proclamation <br />DonnaBaker, Clerk to the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners <br />(919) 245-2130 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To adopt a proclamation to officially recognize Bill of Rights Day in Orange County <br />during the month of December. <br />BACKGROUND: Bill of Rights <br />The necessary States ratified the , the first ten amendments to <br />Bill of Rights <br />the United States Constitution, on December 15, 1791. The 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 theright to due process and equal protection of the <br />Bill of Rights <br />law, as embodied in the , are a model for democratic institutions and laws all over <br />the world. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S <br />): The Manager recommends the Board adopt the Proclamation <br />regarding the Bill of Rights Day and authorize the Chair to sign the Proclamation. <br /> <br />