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RESOLUTION OF ZNTENTZON TO DECLARE ABANDONMENT OF
CHINEBE CEMETERY AND TO DEDTCATE TT AS A PIONEII2
MEMORIAL PARK
WHEREAS, there is within the boundaries of the County
of Butte a cemetery known as the "Chinese Cemetery", which cemetery is
described in Exhibit A and was historically utilized to inter
persons of Chinese ancestry who resided in various mining communities
of the County, including the City of Oroville and those former
communities known as Bagdad and Lava Beds; and
WHEREAS~ it appears that th.e said cemefiery is not
a~ ~he p~esent time being utilized to inter human dead bodies and
has not been so utilized for a period •in excess of five years from
this date; snd
WHEREAS, it appears that the cemetery in its present
condition endangers the health, safety, comfort and welfare of the
public,
NOW, THERE~'ORE, BE I'T RESOLVED that this Board
intends to declare the Chinese Cemetery described in Exhibit A
abandoned as a place of future interment and to dedicatie it as a
Pioneer Memorial Park after publication of this Resolution pursuan~
to the requirements of §8826 of the Health and Safety Code and the
holding of a public hearing on the question,
BE IT FURTHER RE50LVED that a public hearing r~rill
be held on the question of abandonment of the Chinese Cemetery and
dedication of it as a Pioneer Memorial. Park on Februar~29 _~
19 72 , a~. 1:30 pomo in the Board of Supervisors Room, Courthouse, Oroville, Cali€orniae
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall
be published by the Clerk of this Board in accordance with §8826
of the Health and Safety Code.
PASSE~ ANII ADOF'TED by the Butte County Board of
Supervisors this ~ls+_ day of December, 1971, by the following
vote:
,AYES: Supervisors Madigan, Mxxon, McKillop and Chafrman Reynolds
NOES : i3one
ABS ENT: Supervisor Madigan
NOT VOTING: None
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J E. R Y OLDS, C airman o t-~ie-
B t e County Board of Supervisors
ATTES T:
CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk of the Board
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~ That eerta-in parcel of rea2 property located in Sec'tion 19,
T, 19, N. R. 4E., M. D. B. & M., more particularly described
~ as follows:
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"1:42 acr~s in z•rhat is l:.nown as t~ie '~Ch.inese Cemetery"
on the sai~ ~*?~arysville-~roville• Hi.ghway, in sazd Section 7.9
described as~~o'llo~u~s: Beginning at a point that is Io~atEd
.~ South 8o ZO' i~est 1G01..0 fee~ and thence 1~7orth 77° 2Q' .West
38.0 €eet fxom the Southeasterly corn~r o:E the 3Q-acre
tract of land conveqed by deed from i~7atomas Company to
Butte Coun~y t~arm Bureau arid recorded in Book 655, Of- '
ficial Records of ~ut•te Co.w.~ty,_ at ga,ge 157; runnin~
thence South 8° 48F West 250.0 feet; tnence P~orth 77p
20' Wes~ 252.0 ±=eet; thence l~TOrt~ 15° 00' East.25U.0 ~
feet and.thence South 77Q 2p~ East~235,0 feet to the ~
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