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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

contained in the last will and testament of the said
John K. Rowe, late of Baltimore county, deceased,
which are set forth in the above recital.

Exeutors au-
thorised and
empowered.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the executors of
the said last will and testament, and the survivor of
them, be and are hereby authorised and empowered
to sell the houses and lots mentioned and referred to
in the devise and provisions aforesaid, either at pub-
lic or private sale, subject to an annual ground-rent
of three dollars per front foot, to be made payable in
half yearly instalments; and when the sale shall be
ratified by the Orphans' Court for said county, and
the purchase money paid, the said executors, or the
survivor of them, shall execute a lease for each of
said houses and lots to the purchaser for the term of
ninety-nine years, renewable forever at the said year-
ly rent, payable as aforesaid, to the said executors,
and the survivor of them, their heirs and assigns, for
the uses and purposes expressed in said will, and
which are set forth in the above recital; said leases
to contain the provisoes, stipulations, and mutual
covenants customary in leases of real estate, in said
city; and the rent accruing under said leases to be
applied as directed by said will.

Incorporated.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the pur-
pose of more fully effectuating the intents of the tes-
tator, the grantees in the deed of trust executed by
the said John K. Rowe, bearing date the seventh day
of January, eighteen hundred and forty-three, and
recorded amongst the land records of said Baltimore
county, on the fifth day of January, eighteen hun-
dred and fifty-six, namely: George F. Adams, Wil-
liam Rowe, John Rowe, Thomas M. Ward, Joseph
Rowe, E. R. Heva, James Rowe, and Joseph K.
Rowe, be and they are hereby incorporated and made
a body politic, by the name and style of the Trustees
of the Baptist Church in the village of Hereford, in
Baltimore county; and by that name, they and their
successors in office forever, shall have succession in
law, and shall have and possess all the franchises
and privileges of a corporation; and shall be capa-
ble more especially to take and hold the property
mentioned in said deed of trust, for the uses and pur-
poses therein expressed; and also capable of ac-
cepting an assignment from the executors aforesaid,
or their heirs, of the ground-rents aforesaid, and of
holding appropriations, and disposing of the same,
according to the provisions and directions of the said