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RESOLUTION NO. 9 <br />VILLAGE OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF POLICY <br />BY THE VILLAGE OF MOUNDS VIEW OPPOSING <br />SUNDAY CLOSING ORDINANCE. <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, at a regular <br />Village Council of the Village of Mounds View, Minnesota, held <br />Hall in said Village on the 1 day of t 4 r 1L 1962 at <br />i <br />o'clock p.m. with the following members present: <br />and the following members absent: <br />Member nt oduced the following resolution and moved its <br />adoption: <br />meeting of the <br />at the Village <br />WHEREAS, The Mounds View Bu_sinessn's Association has adopted a resolution <br />opposing a Sunday closing ordinance in the Village of Mounds View, and <br />WHEREAS, The members of the Village Council have indicated that they are <br />in agreement with this proposition, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Village of Mounds View stand <br />opposed to the passage of a Sunday closing ordinance upon the foliaring reasons. <br />1. A Sunday closing ordinance is an unwarranted interference with one's <br />personal freedom. <br />2. Sunday closing ordinances are often used as a means to regulate <br />competition and it would not be proper to enact laws to provide an economic <br />advantage to a particular group or industry. <br />3. Although proponents of Sunday closing ordinances stets that religious <br />considerations have nothing to do with such laws, it's an undeniable fact that <br />there are religious groups who observe another day than Sunday as their Sabbath. <br />The fact that these groups may be small in number only emphasizes the importance <br />of respecting their rights. The true democratic process rests as much on the <br />principal of respect for the fundamental rights of minorities as on that of <br />majority rule. <br />