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From: "Julia A. Krutilla" <>
Subject: [WVHANCOC] Charleston WV: House OKs mapping cemeteries
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:43:37 -0400

Charleston: House OKs mapping cemeteries
<http://wvgazette.com/News/200903300293>http://wvgazette.com/News/200903300293

The county extension service that aids West Virginia farmers may also help
the state keep tabs on its cemeteries.

The House of Delegates voted 87-11 Monday to send the Senate a measure that
would use extension agents in collect­ing global positioning system
coordinates for a statewide map of grave sites.

The measure comes as the state’s family and community cemeteries are being
lost to time and to mining, timbering and development.

Opponents question adding this duty to an agriculture agency.

But supporters say its officials endorse the idea, and locat­ing these grave
sites would be a great project for local 4­H clubs.

The mapping measure appears the most successful of sev­eral bills introduced
this session that aim to protect small cemeteries. * *

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