By:  Turner                                     S.R. No. 1068
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The community of Weches in Houston County is one
    1-3  of the oldest settlements in the state, having been settled before
    1-4  1847; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, The hamlet was first called "Neches," but when the
    1-6  citizens applied for a post office that name had already been taken
    1-7  by another town; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, With commendable initiative, the townspeople
    1-9  substituted "Weches," which is the present name of the community;
   1-10  and
   1-11        WHEREAS, The people of Weches have been burying their
   1-12  departed loved ones in the Weches Cemetery for more than 100 years,
   1-13  so that the cemetery is now full and needs to acquire land for
   1-14  expansion; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, Weches Cemetery is substantially surrounded by land
   1-16  belonging to the Parks and Wildlife Department; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, It is in the public interest for persons in the
   1-18  vicinity of Weches Cemetery to have an easily accessible place for
   1-19  their funeral ceremonies and burials; now, therefore, be it
   1-20        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   1-21  73rd Legislature, hereby direct the Parks and Wildlife Department
   1-22  to negotiate with the Weches Cemetery Association in Houston County
   1-23  for the sale of one acre of real property at an agreed price.
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    2-2                                        President of the Senate
    2-3                                      I hereby certify that the
    2-4                                 above Resolution was adopted by
    2-5                                 the Senate on May 25, 1993.
    2-6                                 _____________________________________
    2-7                                        Secretary of the Senate
    2-8                                 _____________________________________
    2-9                                         Member, Texas Senate