STATE
OF LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT
OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE
BATON
ROUGE, LOUISIANA
November 14, 2005
General Circular
No. 001635
To: Heads of State Agencies and Human
Resource Directors
Subject: Legal Holiday -
Acadian Day - PROCLAMATION NO. 63 KBB 2005
Issue Date: November 14, 2005
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WHEREAS, pursuant
to R.S. 1:55(A)(1), Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 2005, is a legal
holiday and a day of rest in the state of Louisiana;
WHEREAS, R.S.
1:55(B)(3) empowers the governor to authorize, by executive proclamation, the
observance within the state of other holidays and half-holidays;
WHEREAS, traditionally,
when the Friday after Thanksgiving Day is declared a holiday by the governor,
such holiday is designated as Acadian Day to commemorate "the arrival in
Louisiana of the Acadian people from the French colony, Acadie, following the
ceding of that colony to England in 1713, and in recognition of the fact that
much of the early economic and political development of Louisiana is directly
attributable to the industry of the Acadian people, through the cultivation of
land, the utilization of Louisiana's natural resources, and the interest of the
Acadian people in political self-determination and American democracy,"
pursuant to R.S. 1:55(B)(3); and
WHEREAS, the
citizens of the state of Louisiana will benefit from an additional legal
holiday during a time period when families traditionally gather together to
remember their blessings and promote family values;
NOW THEREFORE I,
KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO, Governor
of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the
Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as
follows:
SECTION 1: Friday, November 25, 2005, is declared Acadian Day in
the state of Louisiana. It shall be
observed as a legal holiday and a day of rest.
SECTION 2: Insofar as practicable, the appointing authorities and/or
heads of all institutions, offices and departments of the state (hereinafter
"appointing authority") shall permit the officers and employees under
their control to observe Acadian Day as a day of rest. Nonetheless, an appointing authority shall
have discretion to require said officers or employees to work on Acadian Day
when, in the appointing authority's judgment, it is required for the efficient
administration of a state facility, the operation of which is necessary and
indispensable to the citizens of this state.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to
be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton
Rouge, on this 3rd day of November 2005.
s/Kathleen Babineaux
Blanco
GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
ATTESTED BY
THE GOVERNOR
s/Al Ater
SECRETARY OF STATE
Sincerely,
s/Anne S. Soileau
Acting Director