Bill Text: WV HCR17 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: The "Captain Isaac Alt West Virginia Militia Memorial Bridge"
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-08 - House Message received [HCR17 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2014-HCR17-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 17
(By Delegates A. Evans and Sponaugle)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge locally known as the North Mill Creek Bridge on Route 220, Pendleton County, bridge number 36-220-32.32, as the “Captain Isaac Alt West Virginia Militia Memorial Bridge.”
Whereas, Captain Isaac Alt was a native of Pendleton County, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Captain Isaac Alt was born January 5, 1834, in Pendleton County, Virginia, and died in what was by then Pendleton County, West Virginia on March 22, 1898; and
Whereas, Captain Isaac Alt was elected Captain of the Pendleton County Home Guards on June 8, 1863, and then commissioned Captain of the Union Army’s 46th Militia, on July 1, 1863, during the Civil War; and
Whereas, Captain Isaac Alt also worked as a farmer, shoemaker and carpenter during his life; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Captain Isaac Alt’s life and service by naming the North Mill Creek Bridge after him; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name the bridge locally known as the North Mill Creek Bridge on Route 220, Pendleton County, bridge number 36-220-32.32, as the “Captain Isaac Alt West Virginia Militia Memorial Bridge”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “Captain Isaac Alt West Virginia Militia Memorial Bridge”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation; and Captain Isaac Alt’s surviving relatives.
