| 1803.
CHAP. 7. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
lottery to raise the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars for
the purpose of finishing said church; therefore, |
Scheme to be proposed
--bond to be
given. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the reverend John Duboil, Raphael
Brooke, Henry Darnall, Joseph Smith and Leonard Jamison, (a)
or a majority of them, to propose a scheme or schemes of a lottery
for raising a sum of money, not exceeding three thousand six hundred
dollars, and to sell and dispose of the tickets thereof; provided
the said reverend John Duboil, Raphael Brooke, Henry Darnall,
Joseph Smith and Leonard Jamison, or a 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, give their joint
and several bond to the state of Maryland, in the penalty of seven
thousand two hundred dollars, conditioned that they will well and
truly apply so much of the money arising therefrom, within six
months after the drawing of said lottery shall commence, as will
satisfy the fortunate adventurers for prizes drawn by them, and
after deducting the necessary expenses incurred in said lottery,
shall, within two years from the time the drawing of said lottery
shall commence, cause the said money to be raised by this lottery
to be expended and applied towards the completion of the said
church.
(a) Other commissioners appointed by ch. 58. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of said commissioners,
before they act as such, to lodge such bond in the
clerk's office of Frederick county, there to be recorded, and upon
such bond, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits may be commenced
and prosecuted against the obligors therein, or any of
them, or their or any of their legal representatives, for any breach
or non-compliance with the condition of the same. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. VIII.
An Act authorising a Lottery to raise a sum of money for the purpose
of finishing a House of Worship at Ephesus, in
Cecil County.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 362. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of the trustees, and others, members of the presbyterian
church at Ephesus, in Cecil county, that said church is in an unfinished
state, that their funds are insufficient to complete the same,
and have prayed that a law may pass authorising a lottery to raise
a sum of money, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the
purpose of finishing said church; therefore, |
Scheme may be
proposed--bond to
be given. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for Samuel Miller, Robert Evans, Thomas
Williams, David Patten, David Cummings, James Sims, John
Porter and Jonathan Hartshorn, or a majority of them, to propose a
scheme of a lottery for raising such sum of money as they, or a majority
of them, shall consider sufficient to complete said church,
not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, and to sell and dispose of the
tickets thereof; provided, the said Samuel Miller, Robert Evans,
Thomas Williams, David Patten, David Cummings, James Sims,
John Porter and Jonathan Hartshorn, of a majority of them, who
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 |
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