CHAP.
LI.
Expence to
be paid, &c. |
relating to said addition, as they the said Peters, Deakins, Beatty
and Threlkeld,
or any three of them, shall think right and proper, to the clerk of
the territory
of Columbia, to be by him recorded among the records of the territory
of Columbia,
and when so recorded, an attested copy thereof, under the hand and
seal
of said clerk, shall be good evidence of the same, or any part thereof,
in any
court of law or equity in this state.
IV. And be it
enacted, That the expence arising in consequence of this act,
shall be paid by the aforesaid Robert Peters, William Deakins and John
Threlkeld. |
Preamble.
J. Threlkeld,
&c. may propose
a scheme,
&c.
Commissioners
to demand
the bond, &c. |
WHEREAS sundry inhabitants of George-town, in the territory of Columbia,
by their petition to this general assembly have set forth, that
the inhabitants of said town made choice of, and set apart, certain
pieces or parcels of ground for a market-place, and to erect a market-house
thereon; that in consequence of such choice several of the citizens
of said town,
for the general benefit thereof, did enter into contracts for said
ground, and the
building a market-house; that at the time these contracts were made,
the
citizens
so contracting had very flattering expectations that they should be
enabled, by
the voluntary contributions of the citizens at large, not only to erect
a public
market-house, but also to comply with their engagements for the ground
purchased;
their success however not having extended farther than to enable the,
to erect the market-house, which is so far advanced as to be useful
to the citizens
at large, and the engagements by them entered into for the ground have
now
become due, have prayed for an act to grant them a lottery or lotteries
to raise a
sum, not exceeding two thousand dollars, to enable them to discharge
their engagements
for the ground whereon the market-house is erected; therefore,
II. Be it enacted,by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and
may be lawful for John Threlkeld, Charles A. Beatty and Samuel Turner,
junior, or a majority of them, to propose a scheme or schemes of a
lottery for
raising the sum of two thousand dollars, to sell and dispose of the
tickets thereof,
provided the said Threlkeld, Beatty and Turner, or a majority of them,
do,
before the sale or disposal of any ticket or tickets in said lottery,
give their bond
to the state of Maryland, in the penalty of four thousand dollars,
with good and
sufficient security, conditioned, that they will well and truly apply
so much of
the money arising therefrom, within two months after the drawing thereof,
as will
satisfy the fortunate adventurers for prizes drawn in said lottery,
and the necessary
expences incurred in the management thereof, and to pay the residue
to
the following persons, to wit: George French, Marsham Waring
and Anthony
Reintzel, who are hereby appointed commissioners, under whose directions
the
said lottery shall be conducted, said commissioners being vested with
full power
and authority to apply such money to the discharge of debts due for
the purchase
of the ground aforesaid, and the completion of the market-house, so
far as they
in their judgment may think right and proper, and if there be any surplus,
to
pay the same to the clerk of the corporation of George-town, for the
use of said
corporation.
III. And
be it enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them.
are authorised and empowered to demand and receive the bond hereby
required,
and lodge the same in the clerk's office of the territory of Columbia,
to be there
recorded; and upon such bond, or an attested copy thereof, suit or
suits may be
instituted against the obligors thereof, or any of them, or their or
any of their
legal representatives, for any breach or non-compliance with the condition
thereof. |
