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CHAP. 49. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
the validity of the title to said property: And whereas part of
the
said property, being purchased for a burial-ground, is found unfit
for that purpose, and no power exists to make sale thereof, and it
is necessary to purchase another lot of ground for a place of burial;
therefore, |
Lands vested in
elders of church. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
all lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods, chattels and other
property, which hath heretofore been conveyed to any person or
persons, or which is now held by any person or persons, in trust
for the benefit and use of the congregation of the German or High
Dutch Reformed Christian Church in Frederick-town, in Frederick
county, by whatsoever name it may be called, shall be and the
same is hereby vested in John Brunner, John Gebhart, Daniel
Hauer, senior, Mathias Buckey, Michael Hauser and Philip Rohr,
the present elders of the said church, and to the successors of the
said elders appointed according to the constitution, rules and ordinances,
of the said congregation. |
Authorised to sell
or lease lands
vested in them. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said elders,
and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority
to sell, lease, or otherwise convey, the whole or any part of the
lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels or other property,
hereby declared to be vested in the said congregation, or which
shall hereafter be vested in the same, in such manner, and for such
estate therein, as conveyances may be made by any individual for
any like property; provided that no sale, lease, or other disposition
of the said property, or any part thereof, shall be valid, unless the
same shall be made with the consent and approbation of a majority
of the members of the said congregation, agreeably to the rules
and constitution of that church. |
And purchase
property. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said elders,
and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall be and they are hereby enabled
and empowered to purchase, for the use and benefit of the said
congregation, any property, not exceeding in value six thousand
dollars. |
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Passed Jan. 7,
1804. |
CHAP. L.
An Act for the benefit of John Lyon, of Montgomery County.
Lib.
JG. No. 4, fol. 406. A Private Act. |
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Passed Jan. 7,
1804. |
CHAP. LI.
An Act to enable the Levy Court of Talbot County to assess and levy
certain sums of money for the respective purposes therein
mentioned.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 407. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the commissioners heretofore appointed for
building a
new gaol in the town of Easton, in the said county, have represented
to this general assembly, that in the execution of their trust
they have advanced, or made themselves responsible for, the sum
of one hundred and fifty-two pounds nine shillings and five-pence
current money, over and above the funds appropriated by law for
the completion of the said buildings; and the justices of the county
court of the said county, on examining and passing the accounts
of the said commissioners, have certified their opinion that the
foregoing representation is true, and that the new prison is faithfully
and substantially built, and that it is just and reasonable that |
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