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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for Nathan Cromwell, Abraham Cole,
junior, Amon Butler, junior, Thomas Lemmon and John Cockey,
or a majority of them, to propose a scheme of a lottery for raising
a sum of money, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, and to sell
and dispose of the tickets thereof; provided that the said Nathan
Cromwell, Abraham Cole, junior, Amon Butler, junior, Thomas
Lemmon and John Cockey, 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, 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 of the money arising therefrom,
within six months after the drawing of the 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 the said lottery shall commence, cause the said house of public
worship to be completed and finished in the best manner the sum
of money raised by said lottery will admit. |
1803.
CHAP. 13.
Scheme may be
proposed--bond to
be given.
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3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bond shall
be lodged in
the clerk's office of Baltimore county, to be there recorded, and upon
such bond or an office copy thereof, suit or suits may be instituted
for any breach or non-compliance with the condition thereof. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
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CHAP. XIV.
An Act to lay out and straighten a certain Road in Baltimore County.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 367. |
Passed Dec. 31. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of sundry inhabitants of Baltimore county, that the convenience
of the public would be greatly promoted by straightening and amending
the road now opened and used from the Liberty-town road to
Thomas Gorsuch's and Anthony Hook's mill, and from the said
mill to the Deer Park Road; therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Thomas Cockey, Beale Owings and Nathan Manro, be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out, straighten and amend,
the road now open from where it intersects the Liberty-town
road at or near a tract of land called Grey Hound Forest, and from
thence to Thomas Gorsuch's and Anthony Hook's mill, and from
the said mill until it intersects the Deer Park Road, of a width not
exceeding thirty feet, in the straightest and best direction that the
nature of the ground will admit; and the road when so laid out,
straightened and amended, and the valuation herein after directed
to be made shall have taken place, shall be recorded by the clerk of
Baltimore county, and shall for ever thereafter be deemed and taken
to be a public highway, and kept in repair as other public roads in
said county. |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
road. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, shall ascertain and value what damages may be sustained
by any person or persons through whose land the said road
shall pass, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages,
if any, and the same, when so assessed, shall be paid, or secured
to be paid, by the person or persons who may apply to have the
said road laid out, straightened and amended as aforesaid, to the |
Damages to be ascertained. |
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