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<br />4 <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />The oak and elm trees need cleaning. <br /> <br />Some big oaks <br /> <br />have died and it appears many others are dying. <br /> <br />There <br /> <br />is no way to replace a great oak or elm. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />I have left the first recommendation until the last. <br /> <br />The commission urgently recommends a semi-automatic <br /> <br />watering system to be installed that will water the <br /> <br />entire cemetery. <br /> <br />In 1924 the San Marcos Cemetery Association deeded <br /> <br />the cemetery to the city of San Marcos. <br /> <br />At this time <br /> <br />water lines were laid, and this was the last time that <br /> <br />any improvements on the water provisions for the <br /> <br />cemetery have been made. <br /> <br />That was sixty-four years <br /> <br />ago. <br /> <br />There is no map of the water lines; therefore it <br /> <br />often hqppens that in opening a grave a line is <br /> <br />broken, and, again, since there is no map to indicate <br /> <br />cut-offs this line by necessity is capped. <br /> <br />And, also, during the sixty-four year-interval of <br /> <br />no improvements corrosion has taken place, as well as, <br /> <br />underground leaks and runnings faucets. <br /> <br />Again, because <br /> <br />there is no map for the existing water lines, corrections <br /> <br />can be made only by capping the line. <br /> <br />In 1961 Perpetual Care was introduced and 448 people <br /> <br />bought into the plan. <br /> <br />One hundred years after Lindsey <br /> <br />gave land for first cemetery, San Marcos Cemetery <br />