REPAIR OF CEMETERIES.
Mr. Bryant's bill [H.R. 132] to provide for the fencing, repair and keeping in repair public cemeteries of the several Townships of the State was read the third time.
Mr. BRYANT said this bill authorizes the Trustees to repair fences of the burial grounds in the different Counties and Townships. Such repairs are necessary in almost every cemetery in the State. This bill is for the purpose of keeping them in good condition. I hope the bill will pass.
Mr. THOMPSON said the bill was before the Committee on County and Township business. It provides that the Township Trustee shall levy a tax of not to exceed two cents on the $100, for the purpose of keeping up these repairs. It is a bill very necessary. We have a great many burial grounds established years ago which have been neglected. This bill makes it a duty of the Township Trustee to levy this tax and make the repairs. It is a bill that ought to pass.
Mr. WLSON moved to amend the bill by inserting in line eleven the word "purchasing" after the word "fencing."
The amendment was agreed to and the bill passed--yeas, 72; nays, 7.
