how do I PLEASE unsubscribe from this? On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 10:34 PM, Lois Mauk wrote: > Dear Sandy: > > You and your neighbors may have some new tools in your arsenal, come > 7/1/2002. > > See http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/legislation.html for a summary of > House > Bill 1241 (now Public Law 155) and links to the language of the new > statutes. > > In a nutshell, P.L. 155 makes significant changes to the PROCEDURE which > must be followed in order to dismantle a cemetery. But the new language > will not kick in for almost two months. > > HOWEVER, a very important question that begs to be answered is, "Where > does > the Township Trustee stand on this issue?" You indicated that the site > was > turned over to the Trustee "years ago". I assume by this you mean that > the > property is actually DEEDED to the cemetery. You might also wish to > poll > the members of the Township Board to find out what side of the fence > they > are resting on. > > The site having been deeded over to the Trustee years ago is NOT > sufficient > to protect it from relocation, but it certainly could be helpful, IF the > Trustee is willing to stand up to the developers. > > Lois > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy Hennis" <sand4606@yahoo.com> > To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:32 PM > Subject: [INPCRP] Cemetery Relocation Questions > > >> Hello to everyone. >> >> I have a topic I would like to have addressed. It has come to my > attention that a cemetery in my area is being 'eyed' for relocation by a > developer. This cemetery was turned over to the area Trustee years ago > and > it is maintained by the Trustee. The last burial is believed to have > been > in the 1990's. The cemetery has over 100 graves, including Civil War > veterans, as well as veterans of WWI, WWII, and Korea. >> >> A developer working in the area has purchased a large tract of land >> and is > developing it. It has also purchased an area around this cemetery, > which > contains a church and grounds, with the cemetery being located behind > the > church. Some of the relatives of people buried there have gotten wind > of > the situation and they are absolutely against any attempt to move these > graves, as is the official in charge. >> >> I recall some discussion on this list about this type of problem. >> Could > you please re-address this topic. What would the developer have to do > to > relocate the graves, as far as permission, etc? It seems I recalled a > couple of horror stories about developers actually moving graves on a > court > order, without anyone knowing about it until it was a done deal. Is > there > anything that needs to be done to stop the relocation, or is it > possible? >> >> Please share your thoughts and experiences about this matter. >> >> Yours truly, >> >> Sandy Hennis > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, > IA > >