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<br /> 3 <br /> care and then, to beautify the whole cemetary. The nature of <br /> the investments in government securities was clearly stipulated <br /> by the Trust. As far as I can find, no interest from the trust <br /> fund has been spent on capital improvements of the cemetary-- <br /> but has, in fact, annually, gone into the General Fund of the <br /> City of San Marcos. Of course, one can argue that the main- <br /> tenance contract has been budgeted from the General Fund, but <br /> that is purely maintenance and not capital improvement. As a <br /> result of not keeping a cumulative record of income, City <br /> Councils, for many years past, have had the impression that <br /> the cemetary has been all "out-go. " This is far from the fact! <br /> During the years since 1961, the cost of buying perpetual <br /> care, and the fees charged to those who did not have perpetual <br /> care, have increased until, at the present time, while the cost <br /> of a single grave lot with perpetual care is now $400.00, fees <br /> charged to those whose lots were purchased before perpetual <br /> care was instituted can amount to $685. Who are these people <br /> who own lots for which Perpetual Care has not been paid? They <br /> are either very old people, or people who have moved away from <br /> the area. We don't even know, in every case, who owns the lot <br /> presently or whether it will, indeed, ever be used. However, <br /> if they ever use the lots, the city will assess these large <br /> fees. So, actually, they are paying, one way or another. <br /> The search for past records of income, in order to discover <br /> how much income the cemetary has generated since 1961, was a <br /> difficult and frustrating task. The finance officer said it <br />