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A RESOLUTION RELATING TO A PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT IN THE HOURS OF BUSINESS
AND EMPLOYMENT OF VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS, FIRMS, PERSONS AND CORPORATIONS
WHEREAS an adjustment in the hours of business and employment of the
citizens of the City of Paducah would afford more time and opportunity for
such citizens to engage in recreational activities,thereby promoting the
good health and welfare of the community in general.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners of said City recommends
and urges all citizens of the City of Paducah, churches, business and
commercial establishments,.theaters, factories and all other persons, firms
and corporations, to regulate and adjust their hours of business, employment
and convening to one hour earlier than usual during the period from 2:00
o'clock A.M. on the last Sunday in April, 1956 to 2:00 otclock A.M. on the
last Sunday in September, 1956, so that the system of time in the City of
Paducah during such period shall conform as nearly as it may do under the
law to the system of Daylight Saving Time, as in effect in other localities,
and that in each year hereafter such voluntary advancement of one hour over
Central Standard Time may be in effect in the City of Paducah during
corresponding periods, and that in order to avoid confusion and to promote
the orderly conduct of business, the aforementioned citizens of the City
of Paducah, churches, business and commercial establishments, theaters,
factories and all other persons, firms and corporations advance their clocks
by one hour during the designated period.
SECTION 2. Nothing herein contained is intended or shall be construed as
authorizing,,recommending or urging that any person, firm or corporation do
or omit to do any act with reference to the system of time in conflict with
KRS 2.160.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners March 27, 1956
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, March 27, 1956.