| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
same manner, and under the same penalties, as if such appointment
had been made by the levy court. |
1816.
CHAP. 85. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That from and after
the last Monday in
August next, so much of the act of assembly to which this is an
additional supplement, as authorises the supervisors of public roads
in Allegany county to summon and warn every free able bodied
male person, above the age of eighteen, to assist in repairing the
public roads, be and is hereby repealed.
See 1807, ch. 58, and 1808, ch. 6. |
Part of an act repealed. |
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CHAP. LXXXVI.
An Act to authorise the drawing of a Lottery in Allegany County.
Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 227. |
Passed Jan. 15, 1817. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
James Scott, George Thistle, James M. Cresap, Lenox Martin,
Michael C. Sprigg, Thomas Munnett and and James Higgins, or a majority
of them, be and they are hereby authorised, to raise by lottery,
at any place within this state, a sum of money not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars, and sell and dispose of the tickets therein
at any place within the same, free from tax. |
Lottery authorised. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before any of the
persons above
named shall proceed to make sale of any ticket or tickets, shall give
bond to the state of Maryland, in the sum of sixty thousand dollars,
conditioned that they will well and truly apply so much of the
money arising therefrom, within sixty days after the drawing thereof
is completed, as shall satisfy the fortunate adventurers for prizes
drawn by them, and after deducting the necessary expenses, within
five months thereafter commence applying the residue for the
purpose of building three bridges, to wit: one across the north
branch, and one across the south branch of Potomac river, near
the confluence of said branches; also one across a creek called Town
Creek, in Allegany county; and the surplus, if any, to be applied
towards erecting a bridge across Fifteen Mile Creek, or to be
laid out in improving the roads, as the said managers may think
most conducive to the public good, so that the whole money
aforesaid shall be applied to the purposes aforesaid in five years
thereafter. |
Bond to be given. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the bond so as
aforesaid to be
entered into, be lodged with the clerk of Allegany county court,
and upon the same, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits may
be brought for any breach or non-compliance with the conditions
thereof. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
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CHAP. LXXXVII.
An Act authorising Townley Robey, late Sheriff and Collector of
Charles County to complete his Collection. Lib.
TH. No. 5, fol.
228. |
Passed Jan. 1 5, 1817. |
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CHAP. LXXXVIII.
An Act authorising a Lottery to raise a sum of money for the purpose
of completing a School House, and purchasing Church
Bells, in the
Town of Boonsborough, in Washington County. Lib.
TH. No. 5,
fol. 228. |
Passed Jan. 15, 1817. |
WHEREAS by the petition of sundry inhabitants of
Boonsborough,
in Washington county, it hath been prayed, that a law may pass |
Preamble. |
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