2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5: COMMEMORATIVE DAYS AND WEEKS
1 §116. Statehood Day
§116. Statehood Day
March 15th of each year shall be designated as Statehood Day, and the Governor shall annually issue a proclamation inviting and urging the people of the State of Maine to observe the day in schools and other suitable places with appropriate ceremony and activity. Statehood Day shall commemorate the admission of Maine as a state into the United States of America and the ideals and wisdom of those men and women who have formed Maine's history and traditions. The Department of Education shall make appropriate information available to the people and the schools within the limits of its budget. [1989, c. 700, Pt. A, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1975, c. 642, (NEW). 1989, c. 700, §A1 (AMD).
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