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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 330
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rules
on February 3, 2003)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Deeds)
Requesting the Virginia Museum of Transportation and the Town of Clifton Forge to consider the placement of a satellite transportation museum in the Town of Clifton Forge.

WHEREAS, the Town of Clifton Forge has a deep, rich, and lasting history associated with the railroad industry; and

WHEREAS, the Town of Clifton Forge is the home of the C&O Historical Society and numerous trains and artifacts of historical significance to the railroad industry; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to evaluate a partnership that could be developed between the Town of Clifton Forge and the Virginia Museum of Transportation in the City of Roanoke; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the Virginia Museum of Transportation and the Town of Clifton Forge be requested to consider the placement of a satellite transportation museum in the Town of Clifton Forge; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a copy of this resolution to the Executive Director of the Virginia Museum of Transportation and the Mayor of the Town of Clifton Forge in order that they may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia in this matter.