| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ.
GOVERNOR.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the visitors
and governors
aforesaid, or a majority of them, proceed to act, the said bond shall
be lodged in the office of the clerk of Kent county, to be there recorded,
and upon such bond, or any certified copy thereof by the
clerk of the county aforesaid, suit
or suits may be instituted for
any breach or noncompliance with the condition thereof. |
1816.
CHAP. 89.
Bond to be lodged
with clerk. |
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CHAP. XC.
An act authorising a Lottery for raising a sum of money to build
an
Impartial Academy and Free Church in or near Taney-Town,
in
Frederick County. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 230. |
Passed Jan. 16, 1817. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John McKillip, John Shorb, Nicholas Snider, Samuel Thompson,
James Drummond, David Kephard, Dr. William B. Hebbard, Samuel
S. Forney, John McKaleb, C. Burnie, Thomas Jones and
Joseph Sim Smith, 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 five
thousand dollars clear of expenses, to be appropriated to the building
in or near Taney-town, in Frederick county, an academy or
school-house, and place of Divine worship, in he English language,
under the title of The Impartial Academy and Free Church. |
Lottery authorised. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the the
said John McKillip,
John Shorb, Nicholas Snider, Samuel Thompson, James Drummond,
David Kephard, Dr. William B. Heppard, Samuel S. Forney,
John McKaleb, C. Burnie, Thomas Jones, and Joseph Sim
Smith, 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 ten thousand dollars, 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 the necessary expenses incurred in
the management thereof, and the residue to the building an academy
or school-house and free church, in or near Taney-town, in
Frederick county. |
Bond to be given. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bond shall
be lodged in
the office of the clerk of Frederick county court, to be there recorded,
and upon such bond, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits
may be instituted for any breach or noncompliance with the condition
thereof. |
Bond to be lodged
with clerk. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the managers aforesaid,
or a majority
of them, be and they, or any person or persons appointed
by them, or a majority of them are hereby authorised to dispose
of and sell all or any of the tickets of said lottery, in the city of
Baltimore, or any other part of this state, exclusive of any control
over the same by the corporation of the city of Baltimore, any
law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Tickets may be
sold in any part
of state. |
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CHAP. XCI.
An Additional Supplement to the act*, entitled, An act to Incorporate
the
Stockholders in the Hager's-Town Bank. Lib.
TH. No. 5, fol. 231. |
Passed Jan. 17, 1817.
* 1807, ch. 26. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the president and directors of the Hager's-Town Bank are hereby |
Authorised to sell
real property. |
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