1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 4783 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Clemmons, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, 10 Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brawley, Brown, 11 Bryant, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, Crawford, 12 Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, 13 Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, 14 HendersonMyers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, 15 Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mace, Mack, Magnuson, 16 Martin, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, McGinnis, McKnight, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, 17 B. Newton, W. Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pendarvis, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Ridgeway, M. Rivers, 18 S. Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, 19 Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Trantham, Weeks, West, Wheeler, 20 White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Young and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\25092dg18.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on January 31, 2018 24 Adopted by the House on January 31, 2018 25 26 Summary: French McKinley Smith IV 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 1/31/2018 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 63) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 1/31/2018 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR FRENCH MCKINLEY SMITH 12 IV OF MULLINS FOR HIS NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS 13 IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND TO 14 CONGRATULATE HIM UPON ACHIEVING THE 15 PRESTIGIOUS RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST 16 AWARD IN SCOUTING. 17 18 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 19 Representatives are pleased to learn that French McKinley Smith 20 IV of Troop 708 of the Pee Dee Area Council has successfully 21 completed the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout; and 22 23 Whereas, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a Boy Scout must 24 demonstrate that he lives by the principles of the Scout Oath and 25 Law in his daily life; he must plan, develop, and give leadership to 26 others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any 27 school, or his community; and he must earn a total of twentyone 28 merit badges, actively serve in a position of responsibility within 29 his troop for six months, take part in a Scoutmaster conference, 30 and successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review; and 31 32 Whereas, only about five percent of Boy Scouts complete these 33 rigorous requirements to achieve the coveted rank of Eagle Scout; 34 and 35 36 Whereas, in the early 1900s throughout the British Empire, the 37 Scout Movement began to form troops as a result of reading Lord 38 Robert BadenPowell’s “Aids to Scouting,” written to train soldiers. 39 In 1910, at the age of fiftythree, Lord BadenPowell retired from a 40 highly successful career as a scout in the British army to give his 41 attention to this work; and 42

[4783] 2 1 Whereas, as an outgrowth of the Scout Movement in England and 2 with the endorsement of the Chief Scout of the World, Lord 3 BadenPowell, the Boy Scouts of America was formed in 1910, and 4 for a century it has shaped future leaders of America by combining 5 educational activities with lifelong values and fun; and 6 7 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 8 Representatives are grateful for the legacy of Scouting in America 9 and take great pride in acknowledging the accomplishments of 10 young South Carolinians like French McKinley Smith IV who 11 selflessly give of their time, talents, and energy to enrich their 12 local communities and our State. Now, therefore, 13 14 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 15 16 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 17 by this resolution, recognize and honor French McKinley Smith IV 18 of Mullins for his noteworthy achievements in the Boy Scouts of 19 America and congratulate him upon achieving the prestigious rank 20 of Eagle Scout, the highest award in Scouting. 21 22 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 23 French McKinley Smith IV. 24 XX 25

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