| 1805.
CHAP. 74. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
body of the community: And whereas it is reasonable that his own
private resources should be aided by the interference of the government
in a work so praiseworthy and patriotic as the improvement
of the rising generation in the principles of virtue and science;
therefore, |
Mayor and city
council may authorise
S. Knox to
institute a scheme
of a lottery. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful
for the mayor and city council of Baltimore to authorise the aforesaid
Samuel Knox to institute a scheme of a lottery within the said
city, consisting of one or more classes, under the direction of John
McKim, junior, James Mosher, Thomas Dixon, Thomas McElderry
and John Hilten, who are hereby appointed managers of such
lottery, and to dispose of tickets therein, for the purposes aforesaid,
under such limitations as the mayor and city council shall be ordinance
direct and appoint, provided that not more than twelve
thousand dollars be raised by any scheme in virtue of this act. |
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Passed Jan. 25, 1806. |
CHAP. LXXV.
An Act to amend, and make conveniently passable, the public Road
leading from the Lands of Mrs. Dennison to the Upper
Ferry in the
Town of Havre-de-Grace, in Harford County. Lib.
TH. No. 1,
fol. 96. |
Commissioners
appointed to view
road. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John Moores, Doctor Elijah Davis and Gilbert Jones, of Harford
county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and they,
or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to
view the public road leading from the lower end of Mrs. Dennison's
land to the upper ferry in Havre-de-Grace, and to alter, in their
discretion, the present location of the same, beginning at the lower
end of Mrs. Dennison's land as aforesaid, and thence to lay out the
said road, and mark and bound the same, to the said ferry, in such
direction, and over such ground, as they in their judgments shall
consider best and most beneficial to the public; And provided, that
the said road shall not be laid through the yard, garden or orchard,
of any individual, without his or her consent first had and obtained,
and to return a plot thereof, with a certificate of the courses, to the
levy court of Harford county, to be recorded among their proceedings,
who, at their first court thereafter, are hereby authorised
and empowered to levy such cum as they shall conceive sufficient
to open and clear said road so laid out as aforesaid, which shall be
levied and assessed, and paid, as other county charges, and to appoint
an overseer to open, clear and amend, said road, which, when
opened, cleared and amended, shall be thereafter a public road, and
shall be kept in repair as other public roads are kept in repair. |
| Damages to be assessed. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall be
and they are hereby further authorised and required to assess the
damages sustained by any person or persons over whose land the
said road so as aforesaid to be laid out may pass, taking into consideration
all advantages and disadvantages attending the said road
passing over their land as aforesaid, and to return a certificate of
such valuation of damages to the said levy court, which shall be levied,
collected and paid, as other county charges in said county. |
| Commissioners allowance. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
herein named
shall be entitled to receive for their services two dollars per diem |
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