| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
Troxell, John Grabil, Christian Witmore, Lewis Motter, George
Fleck, Michael Scloss, Jacob Troxell, (of John,) and Frederick
Gelwick, or a majority of them, to propose a scheme or schemes
of a lottery, for raising a sum of money not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars, and sell and dispose of the tickets in said lottery, and
to draw the same; provided, that Philip Nunamaker, Jacob Harbaugh,
junior, Michael Blessinger, Peter Troxell, George Sheets,
George Troxell, John Grabill, Christian Witmore, Lewis Motter,
George Fleck, Michael Scloss, Jacob Troxell, (of John,) and
Frederick Gelwick, or a majority of them that 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 three thousand dollars, conditioned that they will well
and truly apply so much money arising therefrom, within three
months after the drawing of the said lottery shall be completed, as
will satisfy the fortunate adventurers for prizes drawn by them,
and after deducting the necessary expenses incurred in said lottery,
shall within eighteen months after the drawing of said lottery shall
be completed, apply the money raised by such lottery for the purpose
of repairing the church aforesaid. |
1815.
CHAP. 47. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the said
commissioners, before they act as such, to lodge the bond entered
into as aforesaid in the office of the clerk of Frederick 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. XLVIII.
An Act for making certain Roads in Baltimore and Harford Counties.
Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 463.
Supplements, 1816, ch. 176, and 1818, ch. 50. See 1818, ch.
117. |
Passed Jan. 3, 1816. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Henry Thompson, John Davis and William Stansbury, (of Abraham,)
of Baltimore county, and John Moores, James Steele and
William Glenn, of Harford county, shall be commissioners, who
are authorised and directed to lay out a road from the city of Baltimore
toward the Susquehanna river, and to branch the same into
two branches, at such place as shall appear to them best adapted to
the public convenience; and they shall lay out one of those branches
through Belle-Air to the Susquehanna river, at the place contemplated
to build a bridge at Rock Run, and the other branch through
or to and through the upper part of Harford county, in a direction
towards the bridge at McCall's ferry; and they shall lay out a road
from Belle-Air to the place contemplated to build a bridge at the
Rough Island or Conewango across the Susquehanna river; and
said roads shall be laid out not exceeding sixty feet wide; and a
majority of said commissioners shall be competent to perform the
duties of the board, and before they proceed to act, they shall take
the following oath or affirmation: " I, A. B. do swear or affirm,
that I will discharge the duties assigned to me by the act, entitled,
An act for making certain roads in Baltimore and Harford counties,
to the best of my skill and judgment, and without favour or
partiality;" and if any of said commissioners die or refuse to act, |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
a road. |
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