This is Al Metts This further message is from William Spurlock. Al I have been over to the archives of the Hodges-L list and several other locations researching this problem so I have a slightly better understanding of it now. What needs to be done is this. Contact the South Carolina Attorney General's office, inform them of the situation and that you feel that this is in direct violation of Tittle 6, Section 6-1-35 - "Preservation and protection of cemeteries". This section reads as follows: (A) Counties and municipalities are authorized to preserve and protect any cemetery located within its jurisdiction which the county or municipality determines has been abandoned or is not being maintained and are further authorized to expend public funds and use county or municipal inmate labor, in the manner authorized by law, in connection with the cemetery. (B) As used in this section, the term "preserve and protect" means to keep safe from destruction, peril, or other adversity and may include the placement of signs, markers, fencing, or other appropriate features so as to identify the site as a cemetery and so as to aid in the preservation and protection of the abandoned cemetery. What you want to ask to be done is for the Attorney Generals office to ensure that this law is enforced by ensuring that the county of Greenwood and the town of Hodges take whatever steps that are nesseassay to act within accordance of the above law at once. William (Bill) Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com