PRINTER'S NO. 623
No. 46 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY LYNCH, B. SMITH, GRUITZA, BROWN, KING, PETRARCA,
RUDY, RUBLEY, FAIRCHILD, GORDNER, FICHTER, COLAFELLA,
VAN HORNE, TRAVAGLIO, YOUNGBLOOD, SATHER, FLICK, JOSEPHS,
TIGUE, LEVDANSKY, HERMAN, E. Z. TAYLOR, ROBERTS, FAJT,
STABACK, PITTS, NAILOR, COY, STAIRS, M. COHEN, JAMES, LEH,
GEORGE, REBER, RAYMOND, SERAFINI, FARGO, BELFANTI,
L. I. COHEN, SANTONI, KAISER, TRELLO, GEIST, BAKER, CLYMER,
PETTIT, GIGLIOTTI, SAYLOR, PESCI, MARSICO, LAUGHLIN, HERSHEY,
LESCOVITZ, CORRIGAN, CHADWICK, READSHAW, DEMPSEY, MILLER,
FEESE, MERRY, ZUG, HENNESSEY, EGOLF, STERN, HESS, CIVERA,
DeLUCA, ZIMMERMAN AND SURRA, FEBRUARY 7, 1995
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 7, 1995
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating the Pennsylvania Game Commission on its 100th
2 Anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Game Commission is celebrating 100
4 years of service to this Commonwealth; and
5 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners,
6 renamed the Pennsylvania Game Commission in 1937, was created by
7 the act of June 25, 1895 (P.L.273, No.187), signed by Governor
8 Daniel H. Hastings; and
9 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Game Commission is charged with the
10 duty to protect, propagate, manage and preserve the game or
11 wildlife of this Commonwealth and to enforce, by proper actions
12 and proceedings, the laws of this Commonwealth relating thereto;
13 and
1 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Game Commission serves more than
2 1,000,000 licensed resident hunters; and
3 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Game Commission's State game lands
4 system, which comprises more than 1.4 million acres, purchased
5 predominantly with sportsmen's dollars, provides recreational
6 opportunities without a fee for millions of residents; and
7 WHEREAS, Over its first 100 years, the Pennsylvania Game
8 Commission has restored many of this Commonwealth's once-
9 troubled wildlife populations, including the white-tailed deer,
10 black bear, beaver and wild turkey; and
11 WHEREAS, Donald C. Madl, Executive Director of the
12 Pennsylvania Game Commission, is the 16th to serve the Game
13 Commission's board of commissioners in that capacity, beginning
14 with Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, who was the first executive director;
15 therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend
17 congratulations to the Pennsylvania Game Commission and its
18 members and employees, both past and present, in recognition of
19 their 100 years of dedicated service to the citizens of this
20 Commonwealth.
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