[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 168 (Thursday, December 6, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12577-S12578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING DR. JAMES HARVEY EARLY

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration 
of S. 1714, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1714) to provide for the installation of a 
     plaque to honor Dr. James Harvey Early in the Williamsburg, 
     Kentucky Post Office Building.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times, passed, the motion to

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reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to 
the bill be printed in the Record, with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1714) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1714

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. INSTALLATION OF PLAQUE TO HONOR DR. JAMES HARVEY 
                   EARLY.

       (a) In General.--The United States Postmaster General shall 
     install a plaque to honor Dr. James Harvey Early in the 
     Williamsburg, Kentucky Post Office Building located at 1000 
     North Highway 23 West, Williamsburg, Kentucky 40769.
       (b) Contents of Plaque.--The plaque installed under 
     subsection (a) shall contain the following text:
       ``Dr. James Harvey Early was born on June 14, 1808 in Knox 
     County, Kentucky. He was appointed postmaster of the first 
     United States Post Office that was opened in the town of 
     Whitley Courthouse, now Williamsburg, Kentucky in 1829. In 
     1844 he served in the Kentucky Legislature. Dr. Early married 
     twice, first to Frances Ann Hammond, died 1860; and then to 
     Rebecca Cummins Sammons, died 1914. Dr. Early died at home in 
     Rockhold, Kentucky on May 24, 1885 at the age of 77.''.

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