The record-union., 1899-02-14

ate chamber last night to hear petit
TONERS from Solano County who desire
the land on which they live to be ceded
is a strip from two to four miles wide
on the south side of Putah Creek, ex.
tending across the north end of Solano
County and has an assessed valuation
of about 81, 100000 Ninety per cent.
of the residents Of the territory signed
the accession petition. and some twenty
or more of them were present to pre-
sent their case. The cause Of the
trouble is alleged refusal of Solano
County to build needed roads and
bridges, the inconvenience of getting
to trading places and the lack of
school facilities. Another meeting
will be held by the committee Wednes-
day evening at which Solano's repre-
sentatives will endeavor to show why
the cession Of territory should not be
made.
CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS.
1t has just come to light that bill
recently introduced in the interest of
cremation. has within it clause which,
if it became law, would open the
door to fraud Of the gravest character.
The bill referred to is S. B. 152 and A.
b. l5l-intended to be Supplemental
to an Act entitled, An Act to authorize
the Incorporation of Rural Cemetery
| ociations-approved April %, 1859,
authorizing such associations to erect,
purchase or lease buildings and fur
bodies, also to erect or lease buildings
for the care of the cremated dead, etc.
1t also contains a clause, permitting
and empowering the Trustees of such
| associations as may have been organ
lied under the original Act to use their
funds for the establishment of new
cemeteries
There is clause in the original Act
which provides that '.All surplus funds
over and above incidental expenses
shall be used as fund for the per-
petual maintenance and care of such
cemeteries and for no other purpose"
This was wise provision and is a
guarantee to all persons holding lots
and having their dead buried therein
that the walks, drives and cemetery
grounds should receive perpetual care
and be kept in order. If the bill as at
present, should pass, it will result in
the funds being diverted from their
| ruin Of our cemeteries to satisfy pri-
vate greed The bill referred to as
outlined in the enacting clause is a
worthy one and should become a law,
but it should be amended by striking
out the words cemetery in line six
thereby avoiding the possibility of a
Board of Trustees diverting the funds
and removing the guarantee which was
intended and provided for by the franz
| ers of the original Act It is under
stood that this amendment was agreed
upon and made by both houses on the
third reading of the bill, but that a
strong effort is now being made, evil
IDENTIFY in the interest of the San Fran
cisco cemeteries, who hold large trust
funds that they wish to manipulate, t.
have the bill amended back to it's orig
inal FORM Their efforts in this direc-
tion should meet with defeat The
original Act for the Incorporation OF
cemeteries is right and just and affords
protection and rights to ALL which
should be maintained and it is hoped
that our representatives and people
generally will look to it and see that
it is maintained and that the supple
mental bill as it now stands, be passed
without further amendments.