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EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
shall be deemed and considered a public highway for ever, and as
such shall be kept in repair in the same manner that other public
roads in Prince-George's and Anne Arundel counties respectively are. |
NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 140. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall not be
lawful for any
person to stop up, change, or in any manner obstruct, the said
road, under the penalty of twenty dollars for every such offence. |
Penalty for stopping
up, &c. road. |
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CHAP. CXLI.
An Act authorising a Lottery to raise a sum of Money to open and
repair the Baltimore and Liberty-Town Road. Lib.
TH. No. 2,
fol. 359.
See 1817, ch. 208. |
Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for Peter Little, Daniel Conn, Basil Elder,
Richard Benson, Michael Riddlemosier, Benjamin Jones,
Moses Brown, John Ridgely, Thomas Gorsuch, Robert Shipley,
Nathan Munro, Alexander Walters, Moses Worman, John Crooks
and Beale Randall, or a majority of them, to propose a scheme of
a lottery for raising a sum of money, not exceeding thirty thousand
dollars, clear of all expenses in drawing said lottery, and to
dispose of the tickets thereof; provided the said Peter Little,
Daniel Conn, Basil Elder, Richard Benson, Michael Riddlemosier,
Benjamin Jones, Moses Brown, John Ridgely, Thomas Gorsuch,
Robert Shipley, Nathan Munro, Alexander Walters, Moses Worman,
John Crooks and Beale Randall, or a majority of them, as
shall undertake to act under this law, shall, 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 sixty thousand dollars, conditioned
that they will well and truly apply so much of the money
arising therefrom, within six months after the drawing said lottery,
as will satisfy the fortunate adventurers for prizes drawn by
them, and shall, within twelve months after the drawing the said
lottery, apply the money raised by such lottery to the opening and
completing the Baltimore and Liberty-town road. |
Scheme may be
proposed. Bond
to be given. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the said
commissioners, before they act as such, to lodge the bond entered
into as aforesaid in the office of the clerk of Baltimore county,
there to be recorded, and upon such bond, or any office copy thereof,
suit or suits may be instituted against the obligors therein, or
any of them, or their legal representatives, for any breach or noncompliance
with the conditions of the same. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
be, and they,
or any person or persons appointed by them, are hereby authorised,
to dispose of and sell all or any of the tickets of said lottery
in the city of Baltimore, or any other part of this state, exclusive
of any control over the same by the corporation of the city of
Baltimore, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Authorised to sell
tickets in any part
of the state. |
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CHAP. CXLII.
An Act authorising a Lottery for raising a sum of Money for the
purposes therein mentioned.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 360.
A Supplement, 1817, ch. 127. |
Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
WHEREAS it appears to the legislature, that at the
November
session of the general assembly of Maryland, in the year seventeen |
Preamble. |
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