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CHAP. 82. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
and swine, so distrained and secured, shall be forfeited for the benefit
of said town, and shall be sold at public auction to the
highest bidder, and the profits arising from the sale thereof, (except
the sum of one shilling for every goose, and the sum of two
shillings for every swine, to be retained by the said bailiff for his
trouble,) shall be accounted for and rendered by the bailiff to the
said commissioners, to be applied by them for the use and advantage
of the said town. |
Commissioners to
make laws and regulations. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
aforesaid shall
have power and authority to make and execute, or cause to be executed,
all such further laws, rules and regulations, not contrary to
the laws of this state or of the United States, as may be necessary
for the preservation of order and decorum within the said town,
and to promote the happiness and convenience of its inhabitants. |
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Passed Jan. 19, 1805. |
CHAP. LXXXIII.
An Act to authorise a Lottery in Allegany County for the purposes
therein mentioned. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 665. |
Scheme may be
proposed—bond to
be given. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for Upton Bruce, David Hoffman, senior,
Thomas Thistle, George Hoffman and William McMahon, or a majority
of them, to propose a scheme or schemes of a lottery for raising
a sum of money, not exceeding two thousand dollars, and to
sell and dispose of the tickets thereof; provided the said Upton
Bruce, David Hoffman, senior, Thomas Thistle, George Hoffman
and William McMahon, 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 five thousand dollars, conditioned, that
they will well and truly apply so much of the money arising therefrom,
within six months time 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 apply the residue of the money so raised,
first to the purchase of a fire engine for the use and safety of
the town of Cumberland, in said county, and the balance afterwards
remaining, to be applied to the erecting a bridge across Will's
creek in said town. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
2. 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 Allegany county, 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 non-compliance with the condition of the same. |
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Passed Jan. 19, 1805. |
CHAP. LXXXIV.
An Act authorising the Levy Courts of Kent and Queen-Anne's Counties
to levy a sum of money for building a bridge over Chester
River,
at the Head of Chester. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol.
665. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that the
public bridge across Chester river, at the head of Chester, which
has been kept up in common by Kent and Queen-Anne's counties,
has been swept away by the late extraordinary floods of water, to
the great injury of the public: And whereas the levy courts, by the |
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