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CHAP. 72. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
act as shall be directed by the said commissioners; to prevent the
tumultuous and irregular meeting of slaves, negroes, and other dissolute
and disorderly persons, within the limits of the said town,
or if so assembled, to disperse them by reasonable and lawful means,
and to punish with moderate correction, under such rules and regulations
as shall be prescribed by the said commissioners, all such
negro and other slaves as shall be found wandering or strolling
about the streets in the night-time, or frequenting the houses of
other persons in the said town, without the permission or consent
of their masters, mistresses or overseers. |
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Passed Dec. 15. |
CHAP. LXXIII.
An Act authorising a Lottery to raise a sum of money to purchase
a
Lot of Ground in Coxe's-Town, in Baltimore County, and
to erect
a Building thereon, to be used as a School-House and
Meeting-House.
Lib. TH. No. 3, fol. 404.
A Supplement, 1816, ch. 145. |
Scheme may be
proposed. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John Murray, jun. John Nace, Richard Richards, John Fouble,
(of Jacob,) Michael Armongost, William Murray and Jacob Henestophel,
or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised
to propose a scheme of a lottery, and to sell and dispose of tickets
therein, for raising a sum of money not exceeding eighteen hundred
dollars, to be appropriated to purchase a lot of ground in
Coxe's-Town, in Baltimore county, and to erect a building thereon
to be used as a school-house and meeting-house.
By 1816, ch. 145, other commissioners
are appointed; the sum to be raised increased,
and the penalty of the bond to be given enlarged. |
Managers shall
give bond. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the said
John Murray,
jun. John Nace, Richard Richards, John Fouble, (of Jacob,)
Michael Armongost, William Murray and Jacob Henestophel, 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 three thousand six hundred dollars (a), conditioned that
they will well and truly conduct the drawing of said lottery, and
apply the money arising therefrom, within six months after the
drawing thereof, to the payment of the prizes drawn therein, to
the adventurers to whom they shall be due, and to the necessary
expenses incurred in the management thereof, and the residue to
the purchasing a lot of ground in Coxe's-Town, in Baltimore
county, and to the erecting a building thereon, to be used as a
school-house and meeting-house.
(a) See note to section 1. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bond shall
be lodged
with the clerk of Baltimore county court, to be by him recorded
among the records of the said county, and upon such bond, or any
office copy thereof, suit or suits may be instituted for any breach
or non-compliance with the condition thereof. |
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Passed Dec. 15. |
CHAP. LXXIV.
An Act to lay out a Public Road from McShan's or Taylor's Ferry,
on the Potomac, to Crampton's Gap, on the South Mountain,
in
Washington County. Lib. TH. No. 3, fol. 405. |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
and open a road. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John Brien, Hezekiah Boteler and Thomas Crampton, be and |
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