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convey in fee simple, by its deed duly executed and acknowl-
edged according to law, a lot of ground situated on the
south side of east Church street, extended, and on the west
side of Wisner street, in Frederick city, Maryland, which
was conveyed by Worthington Johnson and wife to the
council of said church, and their successors forever, by deed
dated July 12, 1823, and recorded in Liber J. S. No. 18,
folio 201, etc., of the land records of Frederick county,
Maryland, and which lot of ground has been used by the
council of the said church for burial purposes. Before
said sale shall be made it shall be the duty of the said
council to purchase an adequate lot or lots in Mt. Olivet
cemetery, at Frederick city, Maryland, and they are hereby
authorized, empowered and directed to remove all bodies
interred in said lot and to re-inter the same in the lot or lots
so purchased in said cemetery, and that all expenses
incurred thereby and the purchase money for said lot or
lots in said cemetery shall be paid by the said council,
and the same shall be refunded to them out of the proceeds
of the sale of the said original lot, provided the owner or
holder of any burial area in the said lot having remains
interred therein, or any relative or friend of any deceased
person whose remains are interred in the said lot,
shall first have the right and privilege of removing such
remains and re-interring the same at such place as they may
select, at their own cost and expense, and within the period
of ninety days after the passage of this Act. And the
remainder of the proceeds of the said sale, if any there be,
after the payment of all expenses incurred by the said council
in carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall be applied
by the said council to the use and benefit of the said church,
for the improvement and benefit of such cemetery or burial
lot as it shall purchase and acquire.
82. To the holding by the Faith Presbyterian Church of the
city of Baltimore, a corporation, of the property conveyed to it
in the three following deeds: The first from Stephen P.
Harwood and Charlotte Harwood, his wife, bearing date of
the first day of February, 1904, and recorded among the
land records of Baltimore county, in Liber W. P. C. No.
274, folio 306, etc.; the second from Robert J. Beacham,
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Various gifts,
bequests, etc.
sanctioned.
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