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GA SR870
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/2/2016
Primary Sponsor
Butch Miller
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate encourages the U.S. House of Representatives to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse at 121 Spring Street SE, Gainesville, Georgia, as the "Sidney Olsin Smith, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse"
- Sidney O. Smith, Jr. served as a U.S. District Judge, having been appointed to the federal bench by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, after serving ten years as an assistant solicitor general and nearly three years as a state court judge
- Judge Smith was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his law degree from the University of Georgia in 1949
- Judge Smith served as a board member for the former Brenau College in Gainesville and was instrumental in its transition to a doctoral degree granting institution
- The Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and the press
Legislative Description
US House of Representatives; encouraged to designate; Sidney Olsin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Gainesville, Georgia
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/2/2016
Full Bill Text
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