116 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 36

maintained in good order and condition, and any monument or
marker situate on such lot that has been and is being maintained
in good order fare] 'is not damaged but [are] is in good
condition, than a lot shall be purchased in any other 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 reintered
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 has 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, nonresidents, 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, regard-
less of whether they may be entitled as original lot owners or heirs
or assignees and regardless of whether they are residents, nonresi-
dents, adults, infants or other persons under any legal incapacity, and
free, clear and discharged of any proclaimed or actual use or appro-
priation or dedication of any land or property contained in such
cemetery or burial ground for burial purposes.