ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

579

Chapter 434.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the vestry of

Chester Parish, in Kent county, to remove the re-

mains of persons interred in the old burying ground

attached to said parish church, and to sell and con-

vey, in their discretion, the whole or any part of

said ground.

WHEREAS the old burying ground in Chestertown,

belonging to the vestry of Chester Parish, has been

for many years disused, all available space having

been long since appropriated, and all interments being

now made in Chester cemetery; and, whereas, the

brick wall which formerly enclosed said old burying

ground, has been twice destroyed and removed by

Preamble.

trespasses, and the ground is subject to continual

trespass and desecration, which the vestry are unable

to prevent or punish; and, whereas, said burying

ground, in the condition in which it is, and has

been for many years, is a discredit to the town and

church, therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the vestry of Chester Parish be

and they are hereby authorized and empowered to re-

move from the said burying ground the remains of all

such persons interred therein as shall be capable of

identification and removal, after giving notice by

Give notice to
remove remains

advertisement in some newspaper printed in Kent

county, once in each of three successive weeks, warn-

ing all persons interested to remove the tombstones

and remains of relatives and friends interred therein,

and said remains, when removed by said vestry, shall

be deposited in some suitable place, and a record

thereof shall be kept upon the minutes of said vestry,

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That after the removal

of all such remains as shall be capable of identifica-

tion, the said vestry of Chester parish be and they are

Power to sell.

hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey,

in their discretion, the whole or any part of said bury-

ing ground, by deed or deeds to be executed, acknowl-

edged and recorded according to law.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.