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From: Kathi Jones-Hudson <>
Subject: Re: [MD-CEM] RE: Damaged cemetery
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:48:31 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <JDEOKBBHHNCOPAOMHLHEKEKHDCAA.chicora@bellsouth.net>


I will second Michael's comments about making the
Exxon company and/or affiliate pay for the damage to
the cemetery and for restoration of the tombstones.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcpmbs/coalition01.htm

Also I will suggest you contact the Coalition to
Protect Maryland's Burial's sites and see who you
should contact regarding enforcement of the law and
restitution as already provided for under the law.

Md law provides:
Article 27, Section 267 (a) provides for a fine of up
to $5,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 3 years for
anyone convicted of wilfully destroying, mutilating,
defacing, injuring or removing any tomb, monument,
gravestone, or other structure placed in a cemetery or
any building, wall, fence, railing or other work for
the use, protection or ornamentation of any cemetery.

In Article 27, Section 807, it is also provided that
the judge may issue an "order of restitution" for the
"victim", which, in the case of cemetery vandalism,
the law defines as "the owner of the burial site and
an individual related by blood or marriage to the
individual buried in the burial site." Such an order
of restitution can apply if the property of the victim
is "stolen, damaged, destroyed, converted, unlawfully
obtained, or its value substantially decreased as a
direct result of the crime."


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Kathi Jones-Hudson
MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland.html

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