WHEREAS, Assemblyman
Melvin Cottrell, a devoted family man, dedicated many years in public
service to the people of the State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, Assemblyman
Cottrell served the residents of Ocean County as Assistant Superintendent
of Public Property; and
WHEREAS, Assemblyman
Cottrell held public office in Jackson Township from 1986 to 1991 as a
member of the Township Committee, and served as Mayor during 1988 and
1989; and
WHEREAS, Assemblyman
Cottrell was elected to the General Assembly in 1992 and was a respected
member of that House, where he served on the Family Women and Children's
Services and as a former Chair of the Senior Issues Committees; and
WHEREAS, Assemblyman
Cottrell sponsored laws amending the State's murder statute to permit
the display of a murder victim's photograph at the sentencing phase of
a murder trial and amending the Consumer Fraud Act to impose stronger
penalties against those who defraud senior citizens; and
WHEREAS, it is with
deep sadness that we mourn the loss of Assemblyman Cottrell and extend
our sincerest sympathy to his family and friends; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting
and appropriate to honor the memory and the passing of Assemblyman Cottrell;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, JAMES E. McGREEVEY, Governor of the State of New Jersey, by virtue
of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the Statutes
of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
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The flag of
the United States of America and the flag of the State of New Jersey
shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies
and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, October
18, 2002 in recognition and mourning of the passing of Assemblyman
Cottrell.
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This Order shall
take effect immediately.
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GIVEN, under
my hand and seal this 16th day of October in the Year of Our Lord,
Two Thousand and Two, and of the Independence of the United States,
the Two Hundred and Twenty-Seventh.
/s/ James
E. McGreevey
Governor
[seal]
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Attest:
/s/ Paul A. Levinsohn
Chief Counsel to
the Governor