72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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                   Senate Joint Resolution 31
 
Sponsored by Senator CLARNO (at the request of David Eddleston,
  High Desert Celtic Society)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Recognizes official tartan of State of Oregon.
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  Whereas Scots and Americans of Scottish descent have
contributed to the United States of America and to the State of
Oregon; and
  Whereas there is no clearer symbol of Scottish identity than
tartan, particularly when worn in the form of a kilt; and
  Whereas tartans have been worn for more than 1,000 years and
have become directly identified with certain clans or districts,
signifying clan or district allegiance and identification; and
  Whereas tartan patterns are now subject to the approval of the
clan chief, and official district or state tartans are subject to
legislative authority; and
  Whereas the United States Senate designated April 6th of each
year National Tartan Day in 1998 to recognize the contribution
Scots and Americans of Scottish descent have made to the United
States of America; and
  Whereas a distinctive tartan would symbolize recognition of the
contribution Scots and Americans of Scottish descent have made to
the State of Oregon; and
  Whereas Robbie Harding, Clan MacGregor, of the High Desert
Celtic Society and the Caledonian Society of Bend, has designed a
tartan for the State of Oregon whose colors symbolize the
distinctive features of our state:
  * Blue representing the blue of the flag of Oregon, the deep
blue waters of the ocean, the fishing industry, the deep blue
lakes and the major inland rivers;
  * Gold representing the center color of the flag of Oregon and
the many and varied agricultural regions of the state;
  * Green representing the many and varied forests;
  * White representing the beautiful snowcapped mountains;
  * Taupe representing the high desert and grasslands;
  * Crimson representing the fiery volcanic past and the cinder
buttes;
  * Azure representing the streams and creeks, the wetland
marshes, the shallow lakes and the wide sweep of the Oregon
skies; and
  * Black representing the obsidian buttes; and
 
  Whereas the tartan for the State of Oregon has been sent to the
Scottish Tartans Authority in Scotland and received worldwide
registration, number IT15743; and
  Whereas the tartan for the State of Oregon has been sent to the
Secretary of State and registered, number 36406; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That the tartan registered by the Secretary of State, number
36406, and by the Scottish Tartans Authority, number IT15743, is
recognized as and hereby is designated to be the official tartan
of the State of Oregon.
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