HomeMy WebLinkAboutR1942-02 Concerning Japanese Evacuees RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, it has been called to the attention of the
• Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle and State
of Colorado that a large number of Japanese evacuees are
entering the State of Coloredq, and;
WHEREAS, it has been further called to the attention
of the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County, Colorado, , .*
that other counties in the State of Colorado have banned the
settlement of such Japanese evacuees in their county or counties,
and;
WHEREAS, certain resident citizens and taxpayers of
Eagle County have protested the settlement of Japanese evacuees
within the boundaries of Eagle County, State of Colorado, and;
WHEREAS, it is the consensus of the Board of County
Commissioners of Eagle County, Colorado, that for the public
a • health, safety and general welfare of the residents, taxpayers
and citizens, of $agle County, that such Japanese evacuees be
not allowed to settle in the County of Eagle and the State of
Colorado.
• IT IS THEREFORE RESOLEVED That W. M. Wilson, Sheriff
of Eagle County, be furnished a copy of this Resolution and
be it further resolved that W. M. Wilson, as Sheriff of Eagle
County and his Undersheriff and Deputies be instructed to
notify any and all Japanese evacuees that they do not settle
in the County of Eagle and State of Colorado, and that they
remove themselves from such County and State within twenty-four
(24) hours after their arrival therein, unless such Japanese
evacuees are placed within a concentration camp or center and
unless such concentration camp and center i$ duly policed and
guarded by, an agency of the United States.Government.
Read, considered, passed and approved at a regular
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Colorado, this 27th day of April A. D. 1942.
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