H*3157 Session 110 (1993-1994)
H*3157 Concurrent Resolution, By A.W. Byrd, Anderson, J.J. Bailey, D.W. Beatty,
Breeland, G. Brown, J. Brown, Canty, Cobb-Hunter, L.L. Elliott, Govan,
J.P. Harrelson, J.L. Harris, Harvin, B.H. Harwell, Haskins, J. Hines, Inabinett,
M.F. Jaskwhich, M.H. Kinon, Littlejohn, McMahand, J.H. Neal, Phillips, Robinson,
I.K. Rudnick, Scott, C.Y. Waites, L.S. Whipper, J.M. White, Wilder, J.B. Wilder and
R.M. Young
A Concurrent Resolution authorizing the commissioning of a portrait of
Modjeska Monteith Simkins to be placed in the State House
01/19/93 House Introduced HJ-25
01/19/93 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-25
02/09/94 House Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means HJ-25
02/10/94 House Adopted, sent to Senate HJ-546
02/15/94 Senate Introduced SJ-7
02/15/94 Senate Referred to Committee on General SJ-7
03/17/94 Senate Recalled from Committee on General SJ-8
03/22/94 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence SJ-26
RECALLED
March 17, 1994
H. 3157
Introduced by REPS. Byrd, J. Brown, Scott, Jaskwhich, Cobb-Hunter,
Phillips, Whipper, Littlejohn, Harwell, McMahand, Anderson, Haskins,
White, J. Harris, Hines, Robinson, Kinon, J. Bailey, Neal, Govan,
Elliott, Waites, Canty, J. Wilder, Beatty, D. Wilder, Inabinett,
R. Young, Harrelson, G. Brown, Breeland, Rudnick and Harvin
S. Printed 3/17/94--S.
Read the first time February 15, 1994.
STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED FISCAL
IMPACT
1. Estimated Cost to State-
First Year $10,000.00
2. Estimated Cost to State-Annually
Thereafter $-0-
H. 3157, if enacted, will commission a portrait of the late Modjeska
Monteith Simkins to be placed in the State House.
Estimated cost is not to exceed $10,000.00.
Prepared By: Approved By:
Scott Barnes George N. Dorn, Jr.
State Budget Analyst State Budget Division
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONING OF A PORTRAIT OF
MODJESKA MONTEITH SIMKINS TO BE PLACED IN THE
STATE HOUSE.
Whereas, Modjeska Monteith Simkins, a fearless outspoken champion
of the oppressed, was an original organizer of the state chapter of the
NAACP; and
Whereas, she was one of the architects of the Clarendon County
desegregation case that became part of the United States Supreme
Court's historic decision, Brown v. Board of Education in
1954; and
Whereas, her entire life was spent focusing on the liberation of people
from the oppression of segregation, poverty, illiteracy, and
disenfranchisement; and
Whereas, the granddaughter of a slave, she was born in Columbia,
December 5, 1899, and was graduated from Benedict College in 1921;
and
Whereas, it is with great sadness we turn a page in the history of our
State in witnessing the passing of this great humanitarian who leaves
a legacy of civil rights victories which will not be equaled in the near
future. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the General Assembly authorizes the placing of a portrait of
Modjeska Monteith Simkins, with an appropriate ceremony of the
General Assembly, in the State House as a memorial and tribute to
this great South Carolinian with the belief that her portrait will inspire
the children of today and tomorrow to stand up and speak out for
causes in which they believe.
Be it further resolved that the clerks of the House and Senate shall
determine an appropriate location to hang and the artist to paint the
portrait. The clerks shall consult with the South Carolina Museum and
the South Carolina Arts Commission. The cost of obtaining the
portrait may not exceed ten thousand dollars, to be paid from
approved accounts of both houses.
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