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WHEREAS, there is within the boundaries of the County
of Butte a cemetery known as the "Chinese Cemetery", which cemetery
is described ~n Exhibit "A" and was l~istorically utilized to inter
persons of Chinese ancestry who resided in various mining communi~ies
ot the County; and
WHEREAS, on December 21, 197I, this Board passed
Resolutian.No. 71-314 expressing its intention to declare the said ~
cemetery abandoned as a place of future intermen~ and to dedicate it
as a Pioneer Memorial Park aftex p~blication of the said resolution
pursuant to the requirements of §882b of the Health and Sa~ety Code
and the holding of a public hearing on the question; and
WHEREAS, the said resolution has been pu.blished pur-
suant to §8826 of the Health and Safety Code and a public hearing
held on the question of abandonment of the Chinese Cemeter}r and
dedication o£ it as a Pioneer Memorial Park; and
WHII2EIaS, the said cemetery is not at the present time
being utilized to inter human dead bodies and has not been so ~tiliz-
ed in excess of five years preceding tnis date; and
WHEREAS, the cemetery in its present condition en-
dangers the health, safety, comfort and wel~are o~ the public in that
it has been inadvertentJ.y utilized by tourists as a camping ground and
the said to~rists have deposited garbage and refuse thereon; that the
cemetery itself has been desecrated by unknown persons diggzng and
excavating within it; that the said digging and excavating has been
accomplished in such a manner that hazardous ditches, holes, excava~
tions and open graves remain; that ~rhe cemetery h.as became over-grown
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17ESOLUTION DECLARING ABANDONMENT OF CHINESE CEMETERY
AND AEDIC,ATING IT AS A PIONEER MEA'lORIAL PARK
with weeds and that persons, particularly children, could falZ intv
these unmarked excavations which are concealed by weeds and could
injure themselves or e.~cpose ~hemselves to disease; and that the cemetery
is infested with rodents which eould harbor and spread disease; and
Wt-I~REAS, the Chinese community mad.e great and signifi-
cant historical contributfons to the growth snd development of Butte
County.
NOW, THERE~'OFtE, SE IT RESOLVED THAT the cemetery known
as the Chinese Cemetery and described in Exhibit "A" shall be and is
hereby declared to be abandoned as a place o~ future interment and a.s
dedicated as a Pioneer Memorial. Park to be maintained by the County
of Butte so that it wi11 not endanger the heal~h, safety, comfort'
or weltare ot the public.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Butte County Historical
Society shal~. be requested to inves~igate the possibility of causing
a eu~.~able cen~ral memorial to be erected at the cemetery honorin.g '.
those who have been interred thare.
BE IT FURTHER R~SOLVED T"H,AT this resolution shall'be
recorded with the County Recorder of the County of Butte.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of
Supervisors this 29~h day of February, 7.972, by the fo~.].owing vote:
AYES : Supervisors Il~adigan, 1~2axon, McK~.~.~op, Reynolds
' and Chairman Gilmata
NOES: None
AfiSEN'S : Norie
NOT VOTING: None n ~ ~, ~ 1
Board o~
ATTEST:
CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk
and ex-officio Cleric of ~he Board
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~ -That certain parcel of real groperty Iocated in Section 19,
T. 19, N. R. 4E., M. D. B. & M., more particularly described
as follows:
"I;42 acres in s•=hat i.s known as tlie '~Chinese Cemetery"
on the said ~iarpsville-uroville HiG~~zaay, in said Section I9
described as to:Ll.ows: Be~inning a~ a poi.n:t that is Iocated ~
~ South 80 1.0' T•Test IGOZ.O feet and thence Iiorth 77° 2Q' ~,~est
' 38'.0 fee4 f'rom the Southeast2rly corner o~ the 3Q-acre
traCt of land conveyed by deed from P~Tator~as Company to
Butte County ra~m Bu~eau arid recorded i~ Book 6~~, Of-
ficial Racords oL But~e CaunLy,_at page i57; running '
thence Sou~h 8° ~.$' Wes-~ 2SC~.0 feet; tnence iv'o-rth 770
20' West 252,0 1=~~t; thenre I~orth 15° 00' ~ast 25U.0 ~
feet and thence South 77o 20' East~235,0 feet to ~he ~
' point at beginning,~' -- .
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. EXHIBIT '~A~~