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CHICAGO, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The city of Chicago says it could begin moving about 1,200 graves from a cemetery within weeks to make way for a new runway at O'Hare International Airport.
DuPage County Judge Hollis Webster Monday awarded the city possession of the 161-year-old, 5.3-acre St. Johannes Cemetery, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.
Webster ordered Chicago to pay St. John's United Church of Christ $630,000 for the land, which is to become part of a $15 billion airport modernization project.
The judge ruled in December the city had the right under eminent domain to acquire the land from the church, which maintains removal of the graves violates its religious beliefs.
No graves are to moved for at least 20 days to allow the church to appeal the ruling.
A schedule announced Monday by city officials calls for all of the graves to be moved by spring of next year.
The city says it will pay to have the graves moved to cemeteries chosen by relatives of the deceased.
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