1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 74.

CHAPTER 74.

Passed Feb.
23, 1860.

AN ACT to authorize the Superior court of Balti-
more city to pass a decree for the sale of certain
Real Estate belonging to the trustees of the First
Society of the New Jerusalem church in the city
of Baltimore, and others.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General As-
sembly that a bill has been filed in the Superior
court of Baltimore city by the trustees of the First
Society of the New Jerusalem church, in the city
of Baltimore, for the sale of a lot of ground situate
in said city, heretofore used as a burial ground by
the said trustees and certain lot-holders, it being
the same parcel of ground conveyed by the "Min-
ister and acting committee of the Second Baptist
church, in the city of Baltimore, " to the "Minister
and acting committee of the New Jerusalem church,
in the city of Baltimore, " the then corporate title
of said church, and that notice has been given in a
newspaper in the city of Baltimore, of the objects
and purposes of said bill, and it being doubtful
whether there is jurisdiction in the said court to
pass a decree for the sale of said lot of ground;
therefore,

Superior
court autho-
rised to order

sale.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the notice heretofore given of
the objects and purposes of said bill be sufficient to
bind all persons claiming an interest as lot-holders
in the said lot of ground, whether they are entitled
as heir, assignee, or other representative of the
original lot-holders in said lot, and whether they be
non-residents or infants, and that the said Superior
court of Baltimore city is hereby invested with
complete jurisdiction without further notice, upon
being satisfied by affidavits or otherwise, that it
would be for the interest and advantage of all par-
ties interested in the said lot of ground, that the
same shall be sold immediately, to pass a decree
for the sale of the same, upon such terms as shall
be proper, and to distribute the proceeds of said
sale among the parties interested equally, accord-
ing to their several interests, as the same shall be
shown to the said court.

Valid.

SEC. 2. And. be it enacted, That any decree
passed by the said court for the sale of the said lot of