WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States of America, the guardian of our liberties, embodies the principles of limited government in a republic dedicated to the rule of law; and

        WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States of America is the fulfillment of the promise made in the Declaration of Independence to the people of our new nation; and

        WHEREAS, September 17, 2007 marks the two hundred twentieth anniversary of the framing of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention; and

        WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent document and its memorable anniversary, and to the patriotic celebrations which will commemorate it; and

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim September 17th through 23rd 2007, to be

CONSTITUTION WEEK

in Idaho.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho in Boise on this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE