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Government offices to close Monday

Clanton to still pick up trash on holiday

By Brent Maze (Contact) | Clanton Advertiser

Published Thursday, August 28, 2008

Just about every local government office will be closing Monday for the Labor Day holiday.

The Chilton County Courthouse will be closed for the state holiday including offices for the Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Sheriff, County Commission and Board of Registrars. Offices will reopen on Tuesday morning.

All county schools and board offices will also take the day off Monday, along with all local banks.

In Clanton, City Hall will be closed all day Monday, but the sanitation department will be picking up garbage as usual.

In Jemison, Maplesville and Thorsby, all municipal offices are closed, and garbage collection will not occur Monday morning.

Jemison’s garbage collection will pick up Monday’s trash routes on Tuesday, along with the usual Tuesday routes.

Thorsby is pushing back its garbage collection a day next week. That means Monday routes will be picked up Tuesday, and Tuesday’s routes will be picked up on Wednesday.

Maplesville’s trash will also be picked up on Tuesday.

Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September every year in accordance with federal law. It is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well being of our country.

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a “workingmen’s holiday” on that date.

On June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.

– Brent Maze can be reached at brent.maze@clantonadvertiser.com.

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