Bill Text: NJ AR27 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges U.S. Postal Service to issue postage stamp in 2014 commemorating 350th anniversary of NJ.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [AR27 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-AR27-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ERIK PETERSON
District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Urges U.S. Postal Service to issue postage stamp in 2014 commemorating 350th anniversary of NJ.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Assembly Resolution urging the United States Postal Service to issue a postage stamp in 2014 commemorating the 350th anniversary of New Jersey.
Whereas, The year 2014 will mark the 350th anniversary of the patent conveying all the lands between the Connecticut river and the east side of the Delaware river from Charles II to James, Duke of York; and
Whereas, The year 2014 will also mark the 350th anniversary of the execution of deeds of lease and release by the said James, Duke of York, to John Lord Berkeley, Baron of Stratton, and Sir George Carteret, of Saltrum, of those lands "... bounded on the east part by the main sea, and part by Hudson's river, and hath upon the west Delaware bay or river, and extendeth southward to the main ocean as far as Cape May at the mouth of Delaware bay; and to the northward as far as the northernmost branch of the said bay or river of Delaware, which is forty-one degrees and forty minutes of latitude, and crosseth over thence in a strait line to Hudson's river in forty-one degrees of latitude; which said tract of land is hereafter to be called by the name or names of New Caesarea or New Jersey..." and of the right of government therein; and
Whereas, The year 2014 will also be the 350th anniversary of the signing and publication by John Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret of "The Concessions and Agreement of the Lords proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea or New Jersey to and with all and every the Adventurers and all such as shall settle or plant here," a declaration of the organic law of the colony and, truly, "the Magna Carta of New Jersey"; and
Whereas, Those foregoing events mark the beginning of the separate history of New Jersey as a colony; and
Whereas, It is fitting and desirable that New Jerseyans and all Americans commemorate the beginnings of this State, together with its subsequent history and its present and future role in the family of the United States, for the benefit of all the people of New Jersey and of our Nation; and
Whereas, In 1964, in honor of the Tercentenary, a five-cent commemorative postage stamp was designed, through the joint effort of the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission and the federal New Jersey Tercentenary Celebration Commission, and issued by the United States Post Office Department; and
Whereas, A competition for the design of the postage stamp was established and opened to professional artists resident or working in New Jersey, and the final design selected was submitted by Douglas Allen of Metuchen; and
Whereas, The tercentenary stamp, printed in blue and white, depicts a scene, imposed on an outline of the State, of the landing of Philip Carteret, the first proprietary governor of New Jersey, and two of his men walking into Elizabethtown; and
Whereas, The stamp was issued June 15, 1964 in the Elizabeth Post Office, and on that same day Governor Hughes and members of the federal New Jersey Tercentenary Celebration Commission presented a set of stamps to President Johnson; and
Whereas, Today, the United States Postal Service and the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee use certain criteria to determine the eligibility of subjects for commemoration on all U.S. stamps and stationary; and
Whereas, Statehood commemorative postage stamps may be issued at intervals of 50 years from the date of the state's first entry into the union, and may also be issued for the observance of other state-related or regional anniversaries at intervals of 50 years from the date of the event; and
Whereas, It is altogether fitting and proper and in the public interest of the citizens of this State for this House to urge the United States Postal Service to issue a postage stamp in 2014 commemorating the 350th anniversary of New Jersey; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. This House urges the United States Postal Service to issue a postage stamp in 2014 commemorating the 350th anniversary of New Jersey and urges the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
2. Duly authenticated copies of this resolution, signed by the Speaker of the General Assembly and attested by the Clerk of the General Assembly, shall be transmitted to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service, the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Services, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives, and every member of the United States Congress elected from the State of New Jersey.
STATEMENT
This resolution urges the United States Postal Service to issue a postage stamp in 2014 commemorating the 350th anniversary of New Jersey, and urges the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postal Service to recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
The year 2014 will mark the 350th anniversary of the patent conveying all the lands between the Connecticut river and the east side of the Delaware river from Charles II to James, Duke of York; the execution of deeds of lease and release by James, Duke of York, to John Lord Berkeley, Baron of Stratton, and Sir George Carteret, of Saltrum; and the signing and publication by John Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret of "The Concessions and Agreement of the Lords proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea or New Jersey to and with all and every the Adventurers and all such as shall settle or plant here," a declaration of the organic law of the colony.
The U.S. Postal Service and the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee use certain criteria to determine the eligibility of subjects for commemoration on all U.S. stamps and stationary. Statehood commemorative postage stamps may be issued at intervals of 50 years from the date of the state's first entry into the union, and may also be issued for the observance of other state-related or regional anniversaries at intervals of 50 years from the date of the event.
In 1964, in honor of the 300th anniversary of New Jersey, a five-cent commemorative postage stamp was designed, through the joint effort of the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission and the federal New Jersey Tercentenary Celebration Commission, and issued by the United States Post Office Department.
Support and acts by the Governor and the Legislature led to the creation of the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission and funding for its programs, and Congressional action led to the establishment of the federal New Jersey Tercentenary Celebration Commission. According to Paul L. Troast, Chairman of the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission, the tercentenary was celebrated by over a million people and its observance "instilled in the people of our State a renewed spirit of pride in the New Jersey heritage."
