- [signed] Norton 1st, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico!
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Message from the Loyal Order of the Fun Glum Lot,
It is hereby noticed, that our monthly family adventure is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 22, in Commemoration of the anniversary of the beginning of the Reign of Emperor Joshua Norton I, Emperor of The United States and Protector of Mexico. All who are willing to uphold the edict of our Grand Emperor are to meet at 9:30 am, at the Park St. Fellowship Hall at 1510 Oak st. in Alameda, to carpool to San Francisco and join Emperor Joshua Norton I for a tour of His city and lunch at Empire Park on his Palace Grounds at 624 Commercial St. (between Kearny & Montgomery st.) in San Francisco. For more information, contact the Order at [FunGlumLot@gmail.com]. So that we, the Grateful Citizens of the Empire, may be tip-top in knowledge about our kind and benign Emperor, we have compiled an archive of some of the more nortworthy decrees and accomplishments of Emperor Joshua Norton I:
* Decree for a bridge across the Bay: WHEREAS, we issued our decree ordering the citizens of San Francisco and Oakland to appropriate funds for the survey of a suspension bridge from Oakland Point via Goat Island; also for a tunnel; and to ascertain which is the best project; and whereas the said citizens have hitherto neglected to notice our said decree; and whereas we are determined our authority shall be fully respected; now, therefore, we do hereby command the arrest by the army of both the Boards of City Fathers if they persist in neglecting our decrees. Given under our royal hand and seal at San Francisco, this 17th day of September, 1872. * Decree issued 1872: Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco," which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor, and shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars.
* Decree issued August 4, 1869: Being desirous of allaying the dissension's of party strife now existing within our realm, I do hereby dissolve and abolish the Democratic and Republican parties, and also do hereby decree the disfranchisement and imprisonment, for not more than ten, nor less than five years, to all persons leading to any violation of this our imperial decree.
* Our Emperor, having established equality under the law for all of God's Children, on occasion has personally intervened on behalf of those being attacked by lynch mobs, most noticeably in a celebrated incident during an anti-Chinese riot where our Emperor sung the Lord's Prayer, alone, until the crowd dispersed!
