Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1281 Primary Sponsor:Martin Type of Legislation:CR Subject:Robert, Henry Martyn Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940512 Computer Document Number:1281 Introduced Date:19940322 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19940512 Last History Type:Received from House Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Martin Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved
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1281 Senate 19940512 Received from House
1281 House 19940510 Adopted, returned to Senate
with concurrence
1281 House 19940324 Committee Report: Favorable 24
1281 House 19940323 Introduced, referred to 24
Committee
1281 Senate 19940322 Introduced, adopted, sent to
House
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COMMITTEE REPORT
March 24, 1994
S. 1281
S. Printed 3/24/94--H.
Read the first time March 23, 1994.
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 1281), urging the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee to honor the late Henry Martyn Robert, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:
DEWITT WILLIAMS, for Committee.
URGING THE CITIZENS STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HONOR THE LATE HENRY MARTYN ROBERT, ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF "ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER".
Whereas, Mr. Henry Martyn Robert died in 1923 in Owego, New York, and was buried with full military honors in Arlington Cemetery; and
Whereas, Mr. Robert was born in Robertsville, South Carolina on May 2, 1837; and
Whereas, at the age of 32, Mr. Robert wrote the first Parliamentary Procedure Rules for conducting business in church meetings and other deliberative assemblies; and
Whereas, Mr. Robert's procedures filled a need for societies and assemblies to free themselves from confusion and dispute over rules
governing the use of the different motions of parliamentary law; and
Whereas, he personally paid for the publication of his first four thousand copies through conducting a promotion campaign sending questionnaires to legal authorities, colleges, presidents of church groups, and fraternal organizations, thus producing an overwhelming response to his orderly procedures; and
Whereas, Henry Martyn Robert stressed the principles reflecting that the majority must rule, the minority must be heard, the rights of the individual must be guaranteed, and justice and courtesy must prevail; and
Whereas, Mr. Robert retired from the United States Army on his birthday, as a Brigadier General and spent the rest of life dedicated to writing new rules and revising old ones to meet the needs of a growing democratic society; and
Whereas, Mr. Robert has touched lives in the nation, as well as other countries, who utilize the rules he created to preside and conduct business in a democratic and orderly manner; and
Whereas, the creation of "Robert's Rules of Order" is the most popularly adopted parliamentary authority in the world, even though the outstanding author has been departed from us for more than seventy years; and
Whereas, Mr. Henry Martyn Robert is considered a world legend in parliamentary procedure, and is it obvious that his work will continue to affect the lives of many. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly hereby encourage the Citizen Stamp Committee of the United States Postal Department to memorialize Mr. Henry Martyn Robert through establishing a commemorative stamp in his honor due to his outstanding contributions to parliamentary procedure.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee.