SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 57
(By Senator Chafin)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 28-20/5-
0.07, located in Mercer County, the "Yon-Peraldo Memorial
Bridge".
Whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon were natives of
Piedicavallo, Italy; and
Whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon learned the stonemason
trade as apprentices during their childhood; and
Whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon settled in Bramwell, West
Virginia, when they arrived from Italy; and
Whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon, with a crew of at least
20 stonemasons, built grand structures, foundations, stone walls,
cemetery walls and reservoirs; and
Whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon's artistic work remains
as a treasured legacy for the people in the 21
st Century to
appreciate; and
Whereas, It is fitting, to honor the memory of Mauro Peraldo
and Livio Yon, by naming bridge number 28-20/50.07, located in
Mercer County, the "Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
name bridge number 28-20/5-0.07, located in Mercer County, the "Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge
as the "Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation.