WHEREAS, one of the proposed designs for the Idaho State Quarter that was submitted to the U.S. Mint includes a portion of the chorus of the Idaho State Song “Here We Have Idaho;” and

WHEREAS, the use of any part of this chorus in any of the proposed designs for the Idaho State Quarter requires that credit for those words be given to McKinley Helm.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Governor of the State of Idaho, by the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of the State of Idaho do hereby order the following:

In compliance with title 67, section 4503 of the Idaho Code credit is hereby given to McKinley Helm for the words of the chorus of the Idaho State Song “Here We Have Idaho,” as they are depicted by the U.S. Mint for the Idaho State Quarter.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 1st day of November in the year of our Lord two thousand and five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirtieth and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred sixteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE