Hello all, Several people have asked me to send them suggested text for their messages to Assemblymember Maze. The following is what I have drafted. If you have had an experience with cemetery vandalism, it would be nice to say something about that also. Thank you! Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves TEXT FOLLOWS: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: AB 207 - SUPPORT The Honorable Bill Maze California State Assembly State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: SB 207 - SUPPORT Dear Assemblymember Maze: I was notified by California Saving Graves that you have introduced SB 207 to amend Penal Code Section 594.35 to strengthen punishment of those who would vandalize military veterans grave marker and monuments. Thank you for taking the time to address this issue which relates to cemetery vandalism in California. Please add my name to the list of those people or organizations as being in SUPPORT of AB 207. Respectfully, NAME ADDRESS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send to: Assemblymember.maze@assembly.ca.gov

Hello list, I understand that one can obtain a copy of death certificate from the county in which the death occurred, and more quickly than from Sacramento. That being said, could someone point me to the address to use to order a death certificate for Contra Costa Co, or the website to use for downloading a form. Thanks so much. Regards, JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR :-) [Hilja Johnson, d. Jan. 22, 1986 in Contra Costa Co. per data on CADI] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR, USA "Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" <designs@hevanet.com> Researching: Kangas, Eskola, Majenpää , Mattson/Matson, Makkonen, Runtujärvi, Rauma Barnes, Benedict, Crandle/Crandall, Miner, Ufford, Loomis & Williams NY/PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear Cemetery Friends, Good News! Assemblymember Bill Maze (34th Assembly District, serving Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Barstow, Lindsay, Exeter, Farmersville, California City, Independence, Lone Pine) has introduced AB 207 to amend Penal Code Section 594.35 to include additional protection and punishment for vandalism of military veteran's grave markers and monuments. His idea for this legislation seems to have come about after heavy vandalism occurred at the Exeter Cemetery in his district. We commend Assemblymember Maze for this legislation and would ask that you send emails to him in SUPPORT of AB 207. Please send your emails under the Subject "AB 207 - SUPPORT" to Assemblymember Maze at: assemblymember.maze@assembly.ca.gov. Be sure to include your name and mailing address. To read the Amended Text of this Bill, go to: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0201-0250/ab_207_bill_20030319_amended_asm.html To check on other pending cemetery legislation, go to http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm and search on the word CEMETERY. When you are at the screen for a specific bill, there is also a COMMENT link that allows you to comment while at that website. Thank you for your help in promoting further protections for our historic cemeteries and the "residents" within them. Sincerely, Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Email: ssilver1951@jps.net

WE NEED YOUR HELP! SB 341 is moving toward a hearing on April 2nd before the bill's author, the Senate Committee on Local Government. We need you to support our request that the Committee delete the proposed Section 9055 from this bill to prevent the sale or conveyance of our historic public cemeteries to private cemetery authorities. I have placed a message on the El Dorado County Saving Graves website regarding this issue. Please see this message at: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/county/eldorado/Sec_9055_public_cemetery_district_law__se.htm For recommended text for your message, go to: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/county/eldorado/Sec_9055_text_for_your_messag.htm. These can be emailed to the Committee's consultant, Peter Detwiler at Peter.Detwiler@SEN.CA.GOV. We have a chance to ensure our public cemeteries remain public cemeteries. PLEASE HELP US PRESERVE OUR HISTORIC CALIFORNIA PUBLIC CEMETERIES IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP! But you need to ACT NOW! TO THOSE WHO ALREADY SENT EMAILS - The Committee's consultant sent a message to another opponent of the proposed Section 9055 stating the following: "The Committee's format doesn't distinguish among shades of support or opposition. We list respondents as either "support" or "oppose." Everyone else who wrote to the Committee with a "qualified support" position will show up on the bill analysis in the "support" column. A few folks, like yourself, have asked us to move them to the "oppose" column and we'll do that." If you have previously sent an email to the Committee under "Qualified SUPPORT", please send a message stating you OPPOSE SB 341. (You may use the recommended text link above.) Anyone who has a question may contact me direct. Thank you! Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves ssilver1951@jps.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/1.2 Message Board Post: Hi...I'm a Musick from California (Redondo Beach). In your E-mail you stated you were looking for Musicks in California. Are we related?

I was checking the home page of the California Library, today and found this link. http://www.zazzle.com/collections/gallery/browse_adv.asp Where you can goto a number of libraries and museums in California, and buy a either prints or card of, photos, posters or other images that they have. George --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/146.2.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, not the same Helen. This Helen came from Illinois and then to California. Happy hunting, Melodi

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LEACJ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2V.2ADI/146.2 Message Board Post: Did this Helen Leach have ancestors from Ohio Co., Ky? I met a Leach lady from CA in the 1950's and her ancestors were from OK who had migrated from Ohio Co., Ky. My grandfather was from Ohio Co., Ky and had two brothers who migrated to OK and one's name was Luther Leach. Please reply if you have any info. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/287.2 Message Board Post: Hello Inger, Please E-mail me at garrlentini1@aol.com My name is Rebecca and I have photos and information for you. My attempts to E-mail you directly have been unsucessful. Sincerly, Rebecca

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/307 Message Board Post: I am in search of more information on my Aunt Ida. She was born in 1872/ 73 in Nodaway County Missouri. Daugther of Charles R. Manley & Nancy A. York. Sister to Cora A. Lynn of Anitoch in the 1930's & 40's. Ida married a Frank Brown on August 3, 1893 in Atinchson County,Clark Township, Missouri. She also had many other sisters and one brother. Frank & Ida Brown had five children. 1. Marie Brown 2. Chalres Brown 3 .Owen Brown 4 .Erbe Brown ( AKA- Jerry ) 5. Frank Brown Jr. ( AKA Frankie ) May have died in a car accident. It is believed Ida & Frank lived in Antioch & San Jose California and Ida may have died about or before 1963 in the San Jose area. I have many wonderul photos to share with the Brown family and would also like to obtain more infomation. Sincerely, Rebecca Garrlentini garrlentini1@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/306 Message Board Post: When my Grandmother died in 1948 in Contra Costa County CA. many phots were found in her home. Her name was Cora Alice Manley. She married two times and those surnames were LYNN & DANIESLON. In those photos was a photo of a cute little man. On the back of the photo it said SAM PAICH. No date given or location of photo. I have been into Genealogy for two years now and the surname Paich does not seem to appear in my family line. This leads me to conclued that Sam must have been a friend of my Grandmothers. I sure would like to learn more about Sam and find his family to share this very special photo of him.The photo is added to this post so PLEASE take a look and put your thinking caps on for SAM PAICH so we can find his family! Thank you and God Bless! Sincerely, Rebecca Garrlentini garrlentini1@aol.com

Go to rootsweb's California Death index at: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi & type in surname VONPLANCK without a space. The three you're looking for will come up. --RB CACONTRA-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: [CAContraCosta] Gordon and George Ridge Von Planck - daughter Armenia > Date: 18 Mar 2003 06:51:40 -0700 > From: splitlog2@hotmail.com > To: CACONTRA-L@rootsweb.com > > Surnames: Von Planck/Ridge > Classification: Query > > Seeking information on Gordon L. Von Planck, his wife, George Ridge Von Planck and daughter Frances Armenia. > they were living in Pittsburg in 1920 and 1930 census. He was a chemist. Would like to find death dates or cemetery records for the Von Plancks and would like to find out what happened to Frances Armenia (marriage record). If anyone has information on these people, or help showing where I could look for info, it would be greatly appreciated. > Gordon and George born in 1887. Armenia born around 1912. > Thank you very much.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Von Planck/Ridge Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2V.2ADI/305 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Gordon L. Von Planck, his wife, George Ridge Von Planck and daughter Frances Armenia. they were living in Pittsburg in 1920 and 1930 census. He was a chemist. Would like to find death dates or cemetery records for the Von Plancks and would like to find out what happened to Frances Armenia (marriage record). If anyone has information on these people, or help showing where I could look for info, it would be greatly appreciated. Gordon and George born in 1887. Armenia born around 1912. Thank you very much.

I am searching for information on Roy Elmer Tungate who died in this county on July 29, 1988. What I am hoping to have is an obituary or a connection with someone else who might also be searching for this surname. Thank you Cheryl Quinn -----Original Message----- From: Sue Silver [mailto:ssilver1951@jps.net] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:15 PM To: CACONTRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAContraCosta] California SB 341 - Public Cemetery District Law Hello everyone, I just received a list of people and organizations who have so far written in support or opposition to SB 341 which I sent out to you last week. THANK YOU to all who responded in opposing Sec. 9055 of the Bill that would allow a public cemetery district to sell it's public cemetery to a private cemetery authority. I also checked the old Legislative Record on when the original section was written in 1961. Usually a law is written to meet a specific need. In this case I expected to find that one public cemetery district needed help so the law might have been written just for that specific district. What I found was that the Bill's author in 1961 told the Governor it would help reduce taxes(!). AND, the only organization mentioned who formally Supported the original bill was the Interment Association of California which is comprised of cemetery industry companies and organizations! Not one cemetery district was listed as having written to support the bill. To me this says a lot. It says the private cemetery operators were trying to figure out how to get ownership of public cemeteries when prior to that such a transfer was not authorized by law! If there is anyone else who is interested in knowing how to voice your opposition to this Bill unless Sec. 9055 is dropped so district's cannot give away our public cemeteries, please contact me direct. Again, THANKS to EVERYONE who sent emails to the Senate Local Government Committee on this issue. With email and the internet, we do have a voice! Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Email: ssilver1951@jps.net Website: www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1

Hello everyone, I just received a list of people and organizations who have so far written in support or opposition to SB 341 which I sent out to you last week. THANK YOU to all who responded in opposing Sec. 9055 of the Bill that would allow a public cemetery district to sell it's public cemetery to a private cemetery authority. I also checked the old Legislative Record on when the original section was written in 1961. Usually a law is written to meet a specific need. In this case I expected to find that one public cemetery district needed help so the law might have been written just for that specific district. What I found was that the Bill's author in 1961 told the Governor it would help reduce taxes(!). AND, the only organization mentioned who formally Supported the original bill was the Interment Association of California which is comprised of cemetery industry companies and organizations! Not one cemetery district was listed as having written to support the bill. To me this says a lot. It says the private cemetery operators were trying to figure out how to get ownership of public cemeteries when prior to that such a transfer was not authorized by law! If there is anyone else who is interested in knowing how to voice your opposition to this Bill unless Sec. 9055 is dropped so district's cannot give away our public cemeteries, please contact me direct. Again, THANKS to EVERYONE who sent emails to the Senate Local Government Committee on this issue. With email and the internet, we do have a voice! Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Email: ssilver1951@jps.net Website: www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shauna Torres Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2V.2ADI/304 Message Board Post: I would like any information on my real dad. He was Bobby Dale Green birthdate aug 17 1939. He died nov 15 1988. Any information is appreaticated. I would like as much info as i can get.I never really knew him so im hoping i can find some answers.Thank you very much Shauna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/303 Message Board Post: Would someone please look up an obit for Herman Arthur Hagerbaumer? He died 05 Sept 1992 in Contra Costa Co. CA. Thank you.

Hello again: I am resending this with the following message: Apparently they only record people who SUPPORT or OPPOSE a bill. Therefore, if you have sent an email under SUBJECT: SB 341 - QUALIFIED Support, you will need to re-send it under OPPOSE, with the explanation that you would support the bill if the public cemetery districts were not allowed to sell their cemeteries when they become full. This is a learning process to me. Thank you for your patience. And THANKS to everyone who has already sent an email as a result of my original request (below). They have definitely been received! (I will be resending MY original email to the committee after sending this.) Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Email: ssilver1951@jps.net Website: www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Silver To: Cemetery Friends Cc: William Spurlock ; CA Historic Cem Alliance Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 6:38 AM Subject: California Legislation - Public Cemetery District Law Greetings: The California Senate Local Government Committee has introduced Senate Bill 341 (SB 341) to update and reform Public Cemetery District law (currently Health and Safety Code beginning at section 8890). Last Fall I served as an advisor to the Working Group which reviewed the present code and made it's recommendations for changes. At that time I asked the group to consider repealing the present section which allows the districts to sell their public cemeteries to private cemetery authorities. Some in the group stated that when the district's cemeteries became filled to capacity, it was not viable for the districts to continue to maintain them since they were no longer self-supporting (generating revenues). They maintain that private cemetery authorities are able to construct mausoleums and columbarium (for cremated remains) where the districts are prohibited from those activities. My greatest concern is that the vast majority of the cemeteries owned and operated by the public cemetery districts are among California's earliest and most historic cemeteries. In fact, they may be public cemeteries to which the people (public) acquired legal title through operation of law as provided in former Political Code section 3105 (Stats. 1872), now Health and Safety Code section 8126. It is my opinion that these historic cemeteries are a part of the state's cultural and historical heritage. Within them rest California's earliest citizen's and pioneers. These cemeteries were intended to belong to the people - not to private corporations who have little or no regard for anything but the money that can be earned off such places. In 1995, an Assembly subcommittee investigated the private cemetery industry in California and reported that there was a crisis throughout the state. This circumstance has not changed since that time. The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau of the Dept. of Consumer Affairs cannot keep up with the present case load of citizen's complaints on cemeteries and has only this year been instructed to begin inspecting the roughly 200 privately operated cemeteries in California. At last count, the state had two inspectors - one for northern and one for southern California. Neither cities nor counties are authorized to sell their public cemeteries. I do not believe public cemetery district's should be allowed to dispose of the public's property as they have been and will continue to be authorized to under SB 341. The district public cemeteries are supported by tax appropriations. The taxpayers have a right to expect that those tax dollars are not being spent to support a public property that will eventually end up in private ownership. Especially a place as sensitive as an historic place of burial. I am asking those who agree with this position to send an email to the Senate Local Government Committee asking that Section 9055 (see text below) be dropped from SB 341, in order to preserve the public's interest in these historic cemeteries. Please address your messages to Senator Tom Torlakson, Chair, and email them to Peter M. Detwiler, the committee's consultant at Peter.Detwiler@SEN.CA.GOV. The following is my suggested text for your messages: "SUBJECT: SB 341 - QUALIFIED Support Senator Tom Torlakson, Chair Senate Local Government Committee Dear Senator Torlakson and Honorable Committee Members: With the exception of the proposed SECTION 9055 related to authorizing public cemetery district's to sell (convey) their public cemeteries to private ownership, I would support the enactment of SB 341. A large number of the public cemetery district's currently own and operate many of the state's earliest and most historic community cemeteries. These places of rest should be preserved in public ownership as cultural and historical resources representing California's earliest heritage. The graves of this State's pioneer citizenry should not be sold to private operation. Respectfully, [Your NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER]" To view the complete text of SB 341, go to: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_341_bill_20030219_introduced.html It is important that these comments be sent as soon as possible as the Local Government Committee will soon be holding hearings on this bill. Should you have any questions about this request, please contact me direct at ssilver1951@jps.net. Thank you, Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Website: www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/ BILL NUMBER: SB 341 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Committee on Local Government (Senators Torlakson (Chair), Ackerman, Hollingsworth, Machado, Margett, Perata, and Soto) FEBRUARY 19, 2003 An act to amend Sections 25210.4a, 53961, and 56036 of the Government Code, and to add Part 4 (commencing with Section 9000) to Division 8 of, and to repeal Part 4 (commencing with Section 8890) of Division 8 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to cemeteries. 9055. (a) A district may convey a cemetery owned by the district to any cemetery authority, pursuant to this section. (b) The board of trustees of a district that proposes to convey a cemetery owned by the district to a cemetery authority shall adopt a resolution of intention that contains: (1) A description of the cemetery that the district proposes to convey. (2) The name of the cemetery authority to which the district proposes to convey the cemetery. (3) The terms and conditions of the proposed conveyance. The terms and conditions shall require that the cemetery authority maintain the cemetery as a endowment care cemetery pursuant to Sections 8738 and 8738.1. The terms and conditions shall provide for appropriate consideration. (4) A statement of the facts justifying the proposed conveyance. (5) A declaration that the proposed conveyance is in the public interest and in the best interests of the district. (c) The board of trustees shall send its resolution of intention to the board of supervisors of the principal county. (d) Within 60 days of receiving a resolution of intention adopted pursuant to subdivision (b), the board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing on the proposed conveyance. The board of supervisors shall give notice of its hearing by publishing a notice pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of the district at least 10 days before the hearing. The board of supervisors shall post the public notice in at least three public places within the jurisdiction of the district, at least 10 days before the hearing. One of the public places shall be at the cemetery that the district proposes to convey, and one of the public places shall be at the offices of the district. In addition, the board of supervisors shall mail the notice at least 10 days before the hearing to the district, the cemetery authority, and any other person who has filed written request for notice with the clerk of the board of supervisors. (e) At its hearing, the board of supervisors shall receive and consider any written or oral comments regarding the proposed conveyance of the cemetery. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall make a finding regarding the value of written protests filed and not withdrawn and take one of the following actions: (1) If the written protests filed and not withdrawn are at least 50 percent of the registered voters of the district or property owners owning at least 50 percent of the assessed value of the land within the district, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution that terminates the proceedings to convey the cemetery. (2) If the written protests filed and not withdrawn are less than 50 percent of the registered voters of the district or property owners owning less than 50 percent of the assessed value of the land within the district, the board of supervisors may by a four-fifths vote adopt a resolution that concurs in the conveyance of the cemetery to the cemetery authority. (f) The board of supervisors shall send copies of its resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (e) to the district and the cemetery authority. (g) If the board of supervisors adopts a resolution that concurs in the proposed conveyance of the cemetery, the board of trustees may order the conveyance of the cemetery to the cemetery authority, subject to the terms and conditions set by the board of trustees and concurred in by the board of supervisors.

Greetings: The California Senate Local Government Committee has introduced Senate Bill 341 (SB 341) to update and reform Public Cemetery District law (currently Health and Safety Code beginning at section 8890). Last Fall I served as an advisor to the Working Group which reviewed the present code and made it's recommendations for changes. At that time I asked the group to consider repealing the present section which allows the districts to sell their public cemeteries to private cemetery authorities. Some in the group stated that when the district's cemeteries became filled to capacity, it was not viable for the districts to continue to maintain them since they were no longer self-supporting (generating revenues). They maintain that private cemetery authorities are able to construct mausoleums and columbarium (for cremated remains) where the districts are prohibited from those activities. My greatest concern is that the vast majority of the cemeteries owned and operated by the public cemetery districts are among California's earliest and most historic cemeteries. In fact, they may be public cemeteries to which the people (public) acquired legal title through operation of law as provided in former Political Code section 3105 (Stats. 1872), now Health and Safety Code section 8126. It is my opinion that these historic cemeteries are a part of the state's cultural and historical heritage. Within them rest California's earliest citizen's and pioneers. These cemeteries were intended to belong to the people - not to private corporations who have little or no regard for anything but the money that can be earned off such places. In 1995, an Assembly subcommittee investigated the private cemetery industry in California and reported that there was a crisis throughout the state. This circumstance has not changed since that time. The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau of the Dept. of Consumer Affairs cannot keep up with the present case load of citizen's complaints on cemeteries and has only this year been instructed to begin inspecting the roughly 200 privately operated cemeteries in California. At last count, the state had two inspectors - one for northern and one for southern California. Neither cities nor counties are authorized to sell their public cemeteries. I do not believe public cemetery district's should be allowed to dispose of the public's property as they have been and will continue to be authorized to under SB 341. The district public cemeteries are supported by tax appropriations. The taxpayers have a right to expect that those tax dollars are not being spent to support a public property that will eventually end up in private ownership. Especially a place as sensitive as an historic place of burial. I am asking those who agree with this position to send an email to the Senate Local Government Committee asking that Section 9055 (see text below) be dropped from SB 341, in order to preserve the public's interest in these historic cemeteries. Please address your messages to Senator Tom Torlakson, Chair, and email them to Peter M. Detwiler, the committee's consultant at Peter.Detwiler@SEN.CA.GOV. The following is my suggested text for your messages: "SUBJECT: SB 341 - QUALIFIED Support Senator Tom Torlakson, Chair Senate Local Government Committee Dear Senator Torlakson and Honorable Committee Members: With the exception of the proposed SECTION 9055 related to authorizing public cemetery district's to sell (convey) their public cemeteries to private ownership, I would support the enactment of SB 341. A large number of the public cemetery district's currently own and operate many of the state's earliest and most historic community cemeteries. These places of rest should be preserved in public ownership as cultural and historical resources representing California's earliest heritage. The graves of this State's pioneer citizenry should not be sold to private operation. Respectfully, [Your NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER]" To view the complete text of SB 341, go to: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_341_bill_20030219_introduced.html It is important that these comments be sent as soon as possible as the Local Government Committee will soon be holding hearings on this bill. Should you have any questions about this request, please contact me direct at ssilver1951@jps.net. Thank you, Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Website: www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/ BILL NUMBER: SB 341 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Committee on Local Government (Senators Torlakson (Chair), Ackerman, Hollingsworth, Machado, Margett, Perata, and Soto) FEBRUARY 19, 2003 An act to amend Sections 25210.4a, 53961, and 56036 of the Government Code, and to add Part 4 (commencing with Section 9000) to Division 8 of, and to repeal Part 4 (commencing with Section 8890) of Division 8 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to cemeteries. 9055. (a) A district may convey a cemetery owned by the district to any cemetery authority, pursuant to this section. (b) The board of trustees of a district that proposes to convey a cemetery owned by the district to a cemetery authority shall adopt a resolution of intention that contains: (1) A description of the cemetery that the district proposes to convey. (2) The name of the cemetery authority to which the district proposes to convey the cemetery. (3) The terms and conditions of the proposed conveyance. The terms and conditions shall require that the cemetery authority maintain the cemetery as a endowment care cemetery pursuant to Sections 8738 and 8738.1. The terms and conditions shall provide for appropriate consideration. (4) A statement of the facts justifying the proposed conveyance. (5) A declaration that the proposed conveyance is in the public interest and in the best interests of the district. (c) The board of trustees shall send its resolution of intention to the board of supervisors of the principal county. (d) Within 60 days of receiving a resolution of intention adopted pursuant to subdivision (b), the board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing on the proposed conveyance. The board of supervisors shall give notice of its hearing by publishing a notice pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of the district at least 10 days before the hearing. The board of supervisors shall post the public notice in at least three public places within the jurisdiction of the district, at least 10 days before the hearing. One of the public places shall be at the cemetery that the district proposes to convey, and one of the public places shall be at the offices of the district. In addition, the board of supervisors shall mail the notice at least 10 days before the hearing to the district, the cemetery authority, and any other person who has filed written request for notice with the clerk of the board of supervisors. (e) At its hearing, the board of supervisors shall receive and consider any written or oral comments regarding the proposed conveyance of the cemetery. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall make a finding regarding the value of written protests filed and not withdrawn and take one of the following actions: (1) If the written protests filed and not withdrawn are at least 50 percent of the registered voters of the district or property owners owning at least 50 percent of the assessed value of the land within the district, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution that terminates the proceedings to convey the cemetery. (2) If the written protests filed and not withdrawn are less than 50 percent of the registered voters of the district or property owners owning less than 50 percent of the assessed value of the land within the district, the board of supervisors may by a four-fifths vote adopt a resolution that concurs in the conveyance of the cemetery to the cemetery authority. (f) The board of supervisors shall send copies of its resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (e) to the district and the cemetery authority. (g) If the board of supervisors adopts a resolution that concurs in the proposed conveyance of the cemetery, the board of trustees may order the conveyance of the cemetery to the cemetery authority, subject to the terms and conditions set by the board of trustees and concurred in by the board of supervisors.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Owen, Shaw Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/302 Message Board Post: Would like an obit. or any information about descendents of Herbert Franklin Owen. He was born in Custer County(?), Nebraska, 6/10/1897, to Charles L. and Clara Shaw Owen. He died 11/26/1954 in Contra Costa County, CA. I don't know which city. Charles Owen was the oldest brother of my grandfather. Herbert had a brother named Aaron and sisters named Elva, Nellie, Mary, Elaine, and Vera. We have lost track of this part of our family. Can anyone help?