| NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 170.
Passed Jan. 7, 1810. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. CLXX.
An Act to authorise a Lottery to raise a sum of Money for repairing
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the City of Annapolis.
Lib.
TH. No. 2, fol. 388.
A Supplement, 1810, ch. 27. |
Managers appointed
—to give bond. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for John Barber, James P. Maynard,
Frederick Green, Henry Maynadier, Jonathan Pinkney, Nicholas
Brewer and Lewis Duvall, or a majority of them, to act as managers,
and to propose a scheme of a lottery for raising a sum of
money, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and to dispose of the
tickets thereof; provided the said John Barber, James P. Maynard,
Frederick Green, Henry Maynadier, Jonathan Pinkney,
Nicholas Brewer and Lewis Duvall, or such 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 two thousand dollars, conditioned
that they will well and truly apply so much of the money
arising therefrom, within six months after the drawing of said lottery
shall commence, as will satisfy the fortunate adventurers
for prizes drawn by them, and after deducting the necessary expenses
incurred in said lottery, shall, within six months after the
drawing of said lottery apply the money raised by such lottery to
the repairing of the Protestant Episcopal church in the city of Annapolis. |
Authorised to sell
tickets in any part
of the state. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said John Barber,
James P.
Maynard, Frederick Green, Henry Maynadier, Jonathan Pinkney,
Nicholas Brewer and Lewis Duvall, or any one of them, or any
person or persons acting for them, shall be and they are hereby authorised
to sell, dispose of and vend, any ticket or tickets in any
part of the state, free of any cost, charge, license or tax, any by-law
or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Bond to be lodged
with clerk of
mayor's court. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the said
managers, before they act as such, to lodge the bond made and entered
into as aforesaid with the clerk of the mayor's court of the
city of Annapolis, there to be recorded, and upon such bond 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 condition of the same. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1810. |
CHAP. CLXXI.
An Act to ascertain and declare the condition of such Issue as may
hereafter be born of Negro and Mulatto Female Slaves,
during
their servitude for Years, and for other purposes therein
mentioned.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 389. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS by the laws of this state slaves may be
liberated from
servitude, either by last will and testament, or by deed of manumission:
And whereas in virtue of the same, negro or mulatto female
slaves may hereafter be declared free after certain years of
service, or at some specified age, or upon the performance of some
condition: And whereas during such years of service, or before
the age specified for liberation, or before the performance of the
condition may arrive, issue of their body may be born: And whereas
the state and condition of such issue seems not to be settled
with sufficient legal precision; therefore, |
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