| NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 142.
* Ch. 69. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
hundred and ninety-eight, an act* passed to authorise certain
persons therein mentioned to raise, by lottery, a sum of money for
the purposes therein mentioned: And whereas nothing was effectually
done under said act: And whereas it sufficiently appears to
this legislature, that large sums of money were advanced by Richard
Tilghman, William Hopper, Thomas J. Seth and Thomas
Wright, of Thomas, for the purpose of building, in Queen-Anne's
county, a new church, and repairing the chapel near the same:
And whereas it also appears, that neither Richard Tilghman, nor
the executors or executrix of the other persons, who are since
dead, have ever received compensation for the money they expended;
therefore, |
Scheme may be
proposed. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Doctor Edward Harris, Joseph H. Nicholson, David Winchester,
William Cooke, Thomas Dixon, Ralph Higginbothom and Samuel
Wright, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised
to propose a scheme or schemes of a lottery or lotteries, and to
sell and dispose of the tickets, as well in the city of Baltimore as
in any other part of the state, clear of city taxes, any law to the
contrary notwithstanding, for raising a sum of money, not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars, for the purpose of compensating
the said Richard Tilghman, and the legal representatives of the
said William Hopper, Thomas J. Seth and Thomas Wright, of
Thomas, for the money expended in building the new church in
Queen-Anne's county, and repairing the chapel of the same.
By 1817, ch. 127, other managers added
to those herein named who are alive. |
| Bond to be given. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, that before the said
Doctor Edward
Harris, Joseph H. Nicholson, David Winchester, William Cooke,
Thomas Dixon, Ralph Higginbothom and Samuel Wright, proceed
to make sale of any ticket or tickets in the said lottery, they shall
give and execute a bond to the state of Maryland, in the penalty
of twenty-six thousand dollars, conditioned that they will well and
truly conduct the drawing of said lottery, and apply the money
arising therefrom, within twelve months after the drawing thereof,
to the payment of the prizes drawn therein to the adventurers to
whom they shall be due, and the necessary expenses incurred in
the management thereof. |
To be lodged in
clerk's office. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bond shall
be lodged in
the office of the clerk of Baltimore county, to be there recorded,
and upon such bond, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits may
be instituted for any breach or noncompliance with the condition
thereof. |
Sum appropriated
for certain persons
for expenditures
made by them. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That after paying the
prizes as drawn
in the lottery aforesaid, with the necessary expenses of drawing,
that then the managers are hereby authorised to appropriate thirteen
thousand dollars, in fair and just proportions, to the said
Richard Tilghman, or the executors or legal representatives of the
aforesaid William Hopper, Thomas J. Seth and Thomas Wright,
of Thomas, according to the several sums by them expended as
aforesaid. |
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