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CHAP. 25.
Passed Dec. 23. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. XXV.
An Act to appoint Thomas Harris, junior, of the City of Annapolis,
Trustee for the sale of the Real Estate of John Gwinn,
Esquire,
late of the said City, deceased. Lib. TH.
No. 2, fol. 451. A
Private Act.
A Supplement, 1814, ch. 91. |
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Passed Dec. 23. |
CHAP. XXVI.
An Act authorising a Lottery to raise a sum of Money for the purpose
therein mentioned. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 457.
A Supplement, 1817, ch. 171. |
Scheme may be
proposed—bond to
be given. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for Richard Marshall (a), William B.
Beanes, David Crawford, John Hodges, of Thomas, and Alexander
H. Boteler, or a majority of them, to propose a scheme of a lottery
for raising a sum of money not exceeding five thousand dollars (b),
and to sell the tickets in said lottery, provided they, or a
majority of them as shall undertake to act under this law, shall,
before the sale of any ticket or tickets in said lottery, give their
bond to the state of Maryland, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars,
conditioned that they will well and truly apply so much of the
money arising therefrom, within six months after the completion of
the drawing of said lottery, as will satisfy the fortunate adventurers
for such prizes as may be drawn to their tickets, and after deducting
the necessary expenses of said lottery, shall, within twelve
months after the drawing, apply the balance of the money arising
from said lottery to the clearing out and opening the navigation of
that branch of the Patuxent river on which the town of Upper-Marlborough,
in Prince-George's county, is situated.
(a) William Beanes and Edward
H. Calvert, substituted as commissioners by
the act of 1817, ch. 171, s. 2, in lieu of Richard Marshall and William
B. Beanes,
deceased.
(b) By the act of 1817, ch. 171, an additional
sum of money, not exceeding
15,000 dollars, authorised to be raised, &c. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the said
commissioners, before they act as such, to lodge the bond made and
entered into as aforesaid in the office of the clerk of Prince-George's
county court, 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 of, or noncompliance with, the conditions of the same. |
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Passed Dec. 23.
* Nov. 1809, ch. 170. |
CHAP. XXVII.
A Supplement to an Act*, entitled, 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. 458. |
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WHEREAS in an act to which this is a supplement
certain persons
are named as managers, most of whom have declined executing the
provisions therein contained: And whereas the sum thereby authorised
to be raised is deemed insufficient to repair the building, and
the further sum of one thousand dollars is prayed for, therefore, |
Additional managers
appointed. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Samuel Ridout, James Shaw, Lewis Neth, junior, and John Golder,
be and they are hereby added to the persons appointed as managers
of the lottery aforesaid by the act to which this is a supplement, |
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