General
Circular No. 001261
To: Heads of State Agencies and Human
Resource
Directors
Subject: Acadian Day Proclamation
Issue
Date: November 7, 1996
There
is quoted below for your information and guidance a
proclamation
issued on November 6, 1996 by the Honorable M. J.
"Mike"
Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana.
STATE OF
LOUISIANA
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT
BATON ROUGE
P R O C L A M A T I O N
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 1:55(A)1, Thanksgiving
Day,
Thursday, November 28, 1996, is a
legal holiday 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; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 1:55(B)(3) provides that whenever
"the
governor declares the fourth Friday
in November a
holiday, such holiday shall be
designated as
Acadian Day" commemorating
"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";
NOW
THEREFORE I, M. J.
"MIKE" FOSTER, JR.,
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 29, 1996, 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 (hereafter
"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
hereunto
set
my hand officially and
caused to be
affixed the
Great Seal of the
State
of
Louisiana, at
the
Capitol, in the City
of
Baton Rouge, on this 6th day of
November, 1996.
s/ M. J.
"Mike" Foster,
Jr.
GOVERNOR
OF LOUISIANA
ATTEST
BY
THE
GOVERNOR
s/
Fox_McKeithen
Secretary
of State
Sincerely,
Allen
H. Reynolds
Acting
Director