Please excuse the last message, I forgot to check who I was sending it to. Cindy L (Skiles) Frie "SkiFri" ----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy & Dale Frie <skifri@qtm.net> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] We have run into a snag! > Marge I got two reply's already from the Indiana List. How long has the > clerk held this office? > Cindy L (Skiles) Frie > "SkiFri" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jon andrews <sianoil@hotmail.com> > To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 11:14 PM > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] We have run into a snag! > > > > Maybe your township trustee should be investigated for spending public > money > > on private property! Just a thought. > > > > > > >From: "Cindy & Dale Frie" <skifri@qtm.net> > > >Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: [INPCRP] We have run into a snag! > > >Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 21:24:29 -0500 > > > > > >Hello everyone I sure hope someone can offer some advice here! I know I > am > > >asking about Michigan laws but I'm hoping some one some where can help. > > > > > >Since March we have been working along side a group of volunteers in one > of > > >the "township" owned cemeteries in Berrien County. We have been cutting > > >down > > >old trees and bushes that were taking over "the headstones". As well as > > >repairing broken stones and cleaning them, and we are still repairing > > >headstones. > > > > > >The cemetery we have been cleaning is actually two cemeteries. One > consists > > >of a 1/2 acre, that became a cemetery in 1907 that is owned by the > > >township. > > >The other cemetery is an acre which was started on or before 1854. The > two > > >cemeteries are divided by a row of 3 maple trees. Since there is not > other > > >physical boundary between these cemeteries they appear to be one. > > > > > >There have been burials in the acre cemetery as late as 1996 if not 1999, > > >under the jurisdiction of the township. > > > > > >The acre cemetery was deeded by the land owner to about 10 men for the > sum > > >of $1.. According to a local history book (which by the way was written > by > > >a > > >local judge) the land was deeded to the settlement of Bainbridge. > > > > > >About a month ago the township decided since there is no legal document > > >stating the land was turned over to the township the acre cemetery is in > > >fact not owned by the township and therefore will stop taking care of it! > > > > > >Does anyone on this list know of any Michigan Cemetery Law that can hold > > >the > > >township responsible for the upkeep of the acre cemetery? > > > > > >Cindy L (Skiles) Frie > > >"SkiFri" > > > > > > > > >==== 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 > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > or to INPCRP-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com (for DIGEST version) > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > This list is for discussion of topics related to the Indiana Pioneer > Cemeteries Restoration Project only. >