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<br />and is authprized to construct axxd main`~,a~.n a rystem of pubLc high~rays in said State and has general
<br />supervision over ell matters relatin,---, to the construction and maintenance of State higtnrays in h!orth
<br />and the letting of contracts therefore that sairi State Fagk:ray Coc~mission is also vested rdth full
<br />poser to Widen, relocate, change, or alter any existing public roads or highxrays yr tho State,
<br />2. That your petitioner, 1fiss Badie 0. Janes, joins in this petition solely for the purpose of
<br />cooperating with the said State Fighway Commisson as more fully set Corth hereinbalov.
<br />3. That nor scant to the pmrer and authority vested ;n said State Fligkxay Commission, it has
<br />under consbruc lion Project B.1L572, Orange County, the sane being a public hlglrrray in Orange County
<br />e.Ytending across the property armed by the said Piss Sadie 0. Jones on ;;bich there is located the
<br />unlmmm and abandoned cemetery hereinbelrn~ referred to.
<br />4. Ihat in order properly to continue and cmgnlete the construction of said high;my project in
<br />said Orange County, the right of Tray thereof as no;; located rdll of necessity Hass through a cemetery
<br />or burying ground located on the property of said Liiss Sadie 0, Jones, said abandoned cemetery being
<br />3esignated herein as the "Unkno;e¢ Cemetery'!.
<br />$. That as far as petitioners are able to ascertain, apnroxnately five persons, ;.hose names
<br />unkno;m to your petitioners, are ti:e only persons buried in the cemetery designated as the
<br />dcnotm Cenretery" on the property of said Llias Sadie 0. Jones} that your petitioners have been
<br />ble to ascertain the exact date on :rhich the last burial. in said cemetery eras made, but your
<br />itioners are ini'onned and believe that there has not been any burials in said cemeter,/ Within the
<br />t seventy-five years; that meaarmile said cr~etery bas fallen into a state of disuse, and the samo
<br />not been visited or in any Tray maintained •:lthin the recollection of any of the neartry residents
<br />that particular community, 1'nat said cemetery or 6ur,/ing ground is in truth and in fact an
<br />ndoned cemetery, and That it is necessary and expedient that the graves situated thereon be removed
<br />a suitable plot in some other cemetery or cemeterieag that said removal should be done under tF.e
<br />ervision of the Counbj Health Officer of Orange County and of your honorable Board.
<br />6. That your petitioner, i:prttx Carolina State Fiighrray Commission, is ready, able, and xdlling
<br />bear all necessary e:cpenses in connection •:ith sa=d removals, in order to be in a position
<br />perry to continue and cannlete the constz uction of the sold highway project as aforesaid.
<br />7. That your petitioner, Easy Sadie 0, Janes, joins in tlxis petition solely for the purpose
<br />cooperating with said State 51ginray CommSssion in obtaining the legal right to remove said
<br />vas and to grant tha right for the removal thereoi insofar as is 'nYihin her poser as onmer of
<br />property as aforesaid; that said yiss Sadie 0. Jones joins in ibis petition vrith the soecii'ic
<br />erstanding and upon the specific agreement that she :all not be held respons'i61e in ax~v say for
<br />removal of said graves, cetaetery or burying ground or any e::nense in connection therc;ath.
<br />TIIuP~O&G, your petitioners pray that an order 6e entered declaring said cematesy or burying
<br />d abandoned and fir:ding that it is necessary and e>[pedient that the waves situated therein be
<br />ed under the provisions oC Section 65-15 of the North Carolina General Statutsses.
<br />~.. This the 9 day of Jvne, 19$8.
<br />Bespectfully submitted
<br />fQItluSS: S1nI]. iiIGff;i?Y CO:.~[ISSION
<br />s/ aattie {. Hatt By /s/ J. f7. Jenld.nson
<br />Division vsgineer
<br />~Ytr rss:
<br />/s/ Sadie 0, Jones
<br />s/ B, L. Pollock Siiss Sul+_e 0, Jones
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<br />Co~nnissLoner Stanf oni introduced the fo?lordng resolution and moved its adootipn:
<br />'W7NI'fL.M1S, Petition has been filed rdth this Board by ttxe North Carolina Stata Highsav Commission
<br />d Liiss Sadie 0. Jones, re¢uesting said Poard to fin3 that the cemetery or burying ground dasignated
<br />'n said petition as 'Unlmorm Cemetery' pn the property pf said Uiss Sadie 0. Janes, ;~hi.ch said llnknorm
<br />emetcry lies nitixin the right oP gray oC the public hi~hvra} being constructed trj said State Highway
<br />~ o~ni¢ssion, designated as }ii-hazy Commission Project 8,1L572, is an abandoned cemetery or burial
<br />'4TiwiEiv?S, said petitioners further reouc st that authority be given to then 1'ox the removal of the
<br />' ~ sues located therein, nor svant to the provisions of Section bS-15 of the Hprth Carolina General
<br />"tatutes; and
<br />"'i~d6iiEhS, at appears to the Board tr on; the petition and other evidence offered in support thereof,
<br />ghat the last burial ;n said cemetery took place anprma~.;ately seventy-five years ago; that said
<br />emetery tors fallen into a state of disuse and is nos, in truth and in fact, an abandoned cemetery, and
<br />"Y715?IiGAS, it furtF.er appears to ire Board, and the Eoazd finds es a fact, that it is necessary and
<br />"pedient brat the graves situated in said abandoned cemetery or 6uryi7g ground be removed therefrom
<br />o a suitable plot in scma ot:ner cemetery try petitioners puz-scant to the provisions of Section 65-1y' of
<br />he tlorth Carolina Caner al Btatutes}
<br />' "::0{'i, Pd31ts O1?E, PT. n;9 IT IS hT?LBY :diSODl~ nil 0~>:iilw , that the cemetery or burying ground knaisn
<br />d designate3 as the 'UNmvm Cemetery", located on the lands of petitioner, Liss Sadie 0. Sonec, be and
<br />he sane is hereby ceclued an abandoned cemetery} ar~d petltioner, State Hihway Coamiss on, is authorise and
<br />'reeled to remwo the waves !'ram said abandoned cemetery to some suitable plot in same other cemetery
<br />er the supervision of tld.s Eoazd and the County Health Officer of Orange County, and that in such
<br />removal due care be taken to pz oiect the tpmbstones or headrmarLers and to replace them nrcnerly, so as
<br />o leave the groves in as good condition as they :.-ere before removal.
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