| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
the tickets in said lottery, and they are hereby authorised to draw
said lottery; provided, that the said George Smith, John Miller,
Philip Grove, Jacob Miller and Matthias Spong, 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 or lotteries,
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 money arising therefrom, within six months after the drawing
of said lottery or lotteries shall be completed, as will satisfy the
fortunate adventurers for prizes drawn by them, and after deducting
the necessary expenses incurred in the said lottery shall, within
two years from the time the drawing of said lottery shall be complete,
apply the money raised by such lottery or lotteries, for the
purpose of purchasing a fire-engine in the town of Sharpsburgh in
Washington county. |
1815.
CHAP. 4. |
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 Washington
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 or noncompliance with the conditions of the same. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
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CHAP. V.
An Act to lay out and make public a Road in Cecil County.
Lib. TH.
No. 4, fol. 402. |
Passed Dec. 15. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John C. Hull, Levy Tyson, Henry Reynolds, Ezekiel Giberson
and John Ewing, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners
for the purposes of this act, and that they, or a majority of them,
are hereby authorised and required to survey and lay out a road
not exceeding thirty feet wide, clear of ditches, beginning at a certain
point to be fixed on by said commissioners, or a majority of
them, on the public road leading from Elkton to the Blue Ball Tavern,
through the lands of Elk Forge Company, and running a
south-easterly course to the lands of John Scarborough, and the
heirs of Benjamin York, thence continuing the said course along
the lines of the said Scarborough and York's heirs, to the line of
the heirs of John McCreery and Robert Carter, thence along the
line of the heirs of said McCreery and Carter, passing over Little
Elk Creek, thence continuing said south-easterly course, as the
said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall judge best, until it
intersects the great road leading from Elkton to Fair Hill; Provided,
that the said road shall not be made to pass through the
buildings, yards, gardens or orchards, of any person or persons,
without the consent of the owner or owners thereof. |
Commissioners appointed
to survey
and lay out a road.
Proviso. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the said
commissioners, or a majority of them, on or before the first Monday
in September next, to cause a plot and certificate of said road
to be made, and return the same to the levy court of Cecil county
at their first sitting thereafter; and if the said levy court, upon
consideration of all circumstances, shall be of opinion that the said
road will be of advantage, then and in such case the clerk of said
county shall record the same plot and certificate, whereupon it shall |
Plot and certificate
of road to be
made. |
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