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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

hundred and eighty-six, and recorded among the aforesaid land

records in liber J. B., number ten hundred and ninety-two, folio

one hundred and fifty, &c.

Seventeenth. And whereas, by deed dated April ninth, Anno

Domini, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and recorded among

aforesaid land records in liber J. B., number ten hundred and

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ninety-two, folio one hundred and fifty-two, &c., said minister

and trustees of the methodist protestant church of west Baltimore

station in the city of Baltimore, did grant and convey both of

said lots of ground in fee to the president and directors of the

German fire insurance company of Baltimore city, a body cor-

porate under the laws of this State.

Eighteenth. And whereas, by indenture dated April fourteenth,

Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and recorded

among the aforesaid land records in liber J. B., number ten hun-

dred and ninety-two, folio one hundred and fifty-four, &c., said

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president and directors of the German fire insurance company of

Baltimore city, did lease said lots of ground to said minister and

trustees of the methodist protestant church of west Baltimore

station in the city of Baltimore, for the term and at the rent in

said indenture set forth, which said rent under the terms of said

lease is made redeemable, hereafter at the time therein specified.

Nineteenth. And, whereas, said corporation, the minister and

trustees of the methodist protestant church of west Baltimore

station, in the city of Baltimore, is now possessed of the lease-

hold interest in said lots of ground, the title to the same being

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acquired under and through the several conveyances hereinbefore

mentioned, and said corporation is also desirous of hereafter re-

deeming the rent reserved under the last mentioned lease and of

acquiring the reversionary and fee-simple interest in said lots of

ground.

Twentieth. And, whereas, doubts have been suggested as to the

validity of the title of said corporation to said property, or to any

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subsequent grant of the fee in said lots until the sanction of

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

hereinbefore mentioned conveyances, and the successive acquisition

holding and disposal of said property by each of the respective

corporations hereinbefore mentioned, and also to any future acqui-

sition of the fee in said lots of ground by said minister and

trustees of the methodist protestant church of west Baltimore

station, in the city of Baltimore aforesaid.

Twenty-first. And, whereas, said corporation, the minister and

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trustees of the methodist protestant church of west Baltimore
station, in the city of Baltimore, is desirous of having the leave

and sanction of the General Assembly to each of the hereinbefore

mentioned conveyances and its title to said property thereunder

ratified and confirmed; therefore,