1032                               Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 630

cemetery, burial ground or other appropriate place of sepulture and
the monument or marker situate on the old lot shall be removed and
relocated on the new lot so purchased, and the title to the new lot shall
be taken in the name of the owner or parties in interest in the old
lot; 3rd, for the removal of monuments or markers located in such
cemetery or burial ground which are not damaged but are in good
condition which can be definitely identified with a body or bodies who
is or are removed from such cemetery or burial ground and rein-
terred as provided for in item 1st hereof and for the re-erection of
such monuments or markers at the new lot; 4th, for the elimination
and removal of any and all existing conditions that are a menace or
detrimental to the public health, safety, security or welfare, unless
the contract covering the sale of such cemetery or burial ground
provides for the abatement of such conditions within a reasonable
period of time after such sale has been fully consummated; and 5th,
after any and all expenses incurred for or in connection with doing
any and all of the things mentioned in or contemplated by the first
four items hereof, and the costs of conducting the necessary legal
proceedings, including court costs, trustee's commissions and legal
fees, and all taxes, if any, have been paid in full, then the balance of
the proceeds of sale remaining in the hands of the trustee shall be
paid over to the legal entity who had record title to such cemetery
or burial ground in its entirety, subject to the burial rights which
had been granted therein, as disclosed by the Land Records of Balti-
more City, immediately prior to the sale of such cemetery or burial
ground by the said trustee as hereinbefore provided, free, clear and
discharged of, and from, any and all claims of any lot owners or other
persons in interest in such cemetery or burial ground or the land or
property contained therein, regardless of whether they may be
entitled as original lot owners or heirs or assignees and regardless of
whether they are residents, non-residents, adults, infants or other
persons under any legal incapacity. Any decree or order passed in
a legal proceeding and any deed or other conveyancing instrument
executed by a trustee under the provisions of this section shall be
valid to pass to the purchaser or purchasers of any such cemetery or
burial ground the title to all land and property contained therein,
free, clear and discharged of, and from, any and all claims of the
legal entity who owned such cemetery or burial ground in its entirety
immediately prior to the sale of such cemetery or burial ground by
a trustee as hereinbefore provided, its, his or their heirs, personal
representatives, successors or assigns, and of, and from, any and all
claims of any lot owners or other persons in interest in such cemetery
or burial ground or the land or property contained therein, regardless
of whether they may be entitled as original lot owners or heirs or
assignees and regardless of whether they are residents, non-residents,
adults, infants or other persons under any legal incapacity, and free,
clear and discharged of any proclaimed or actual use or appropriation
or dedication of any land or property contained in such cemetery or
burial ground for burial purposes.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any and all laws and any
and all parts of laws which are inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency
and are hereby declared not to be applicable to the provisions of
this Act.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case it be judicially
determined that any word, phrase, clause, item, sentence or para-