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GIFFORD CEMETERY <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT A QUESTION HAS BEEN <br />RAISED REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CEMETERY NEAR THE SCHOOL IN <br />GIFFORD, AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT COULD BE DONE IN ORDER FOR THE <br />COUNTY TO OBTAIN THE TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD <br />DONE A SURVEY ON THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. HE ADDED THAT MANY YEARS <br />AGO THE DUBOSE FAMILY PLATTED THAT CEMETERY, AND THERE WERE SOME BURIALS <br />IN THE NORTH END. MR. THOMAS CONTINUED THAT THIS CEMETERY WAS A <br />SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION OF ANOTHER BURIAL CORPORATION THAT HAD GONE <br />DEFUNCT - NOTHING SINCE THEN HAD BEEN DONE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE DEFUNCT CORPORATION <br />WAS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION THAT HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS, <br />AND NO TAXES WERE PAID ON IT. HE ADDED THAT THE STATUS OF THE TITLE <br />FOR THE 10 ACRE CEMETERY IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. THE ATTORNEY THEN <br />EXPLAINED THAT IF THE BOARD WAS INTERESTED IN USING THIS PROPERTY <br />FOR A CEMETERY, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT; THE ONLY APPROACH WOULD BE TO <br />CONDEMN THE PROPERTY AND TRY TO FIND THE LEGAL TITLE HOLDERS, <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT HE WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNTY TO <br />TAKE STEPS TO OBTAIN THE TITLE, BECAUSE IF THE BOARD DOES NOT DO <br />ANYTHING, THE STATUS OF THIS PROPERTY WILL NEVER CHANGE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STRESSED THAT THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT THIS <br />WAS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION AND NO SHARES WERE EVER PASSED ON. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CITIZENS <br />OF GIFFORD HAD REQUESTED THAT THIS PROPERTY BE USED AS A CEMETERY. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER Loy, THAT THE BOARD TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO OBTAIN THE <br />TITLE TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND <br />CARRIED, WITH COMMISSIONER WODTKE VOTING IN OPPOSITION. <br />Hmomrol <br />11 <br />sca 44 PAGE 811, <br />