ELIHU B. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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hundred and eighty, and recorded among the aforesaid land

records, in liber F. A. P., number eight hundred and eighty-six,

folio two hundred and thirty-two, said St. John's English evan-

gelical independent lutheran church of Baltimore city did grant
and convey the aforesaid lot of ground in fee-simple to the home

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missionary society of the Maryland annual conference of the

methodist protestant church, a corporation duly incorporated

under the laws of this State; and

WHEREAS, said home missionary society of the Maryland

annual conference of the methodist protestant church are now

seized in fee and possessed of said lot of ground, the title to the

same being acquired under and through the several conveyances

hereinbefore mentioned, and doubts have been suggested as to the

validity of their title to said property and their acquisition and
holding thereof under the aforesaid conveyances, until the sanction

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of the said general assembly shall have been given to each of the

several aforementioned conveyances and the successive acquisition

and holding and disposal of said ground by each of the respective

religious corporations hereinbefore mentioned; and

WHEREAS, said corporation, the home missionary society of the

Maryland annual conference of the methodist protestant church

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is desirous of having the leave and sanction of said general assem-.

bly to each of the aforesaid conveyances, and its title to said

property thereunder ratified and confirmed; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the leave and sanction of said general assembly be and is

hereby given to each of the several hereinbefore mentioned con-

veyances of lease, assignment or deed, and that the leave and sanc-

tion of the said general assembly be and is hereby given to the suc-
cessive acquisition, holding and disposal of said lot of ground

situate on the northeast corner of Broadway and Monument street

in the city of Baltimore, by each of the several hereinbefore

To sanc-
tion.

mentioned religious corporations under the respective conveyances

to them as recited, and that the leave and sanction of said general

assembly be and is hereby given to the acquisition and present

holding of said lot of ground in fee by said home missionary

society of the Maryland annual conference of the methodist

protestant church under the conveyance to said corporation here-

inbefore mentioned, as well as under the several conveyances here-

inbefore mentioned through and under which its title to said lot

of ground is derived and traced, and that the title of said home

missionary society of the Maryland annual conference of the

methodist protestant church to said lot of ground, be and is hereby

ratified and confirmed so far as the sanction of this general

assembly is necessary to the same.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

Effective.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.