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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
and almost impassable, from the decayed state of the same,
and that it would greatly conduce to the convenience of the inhabitants
of said counties, and the public generally, that a new bridge
be erected at the place aforesaid; therefore, |
1806.
CHAP. 85. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the justices of the levy courts of Anne-Arundel and Prince-George's
counties be and they are hereby authorised and directed to levy,
on the assessable property of said counties, at their next meeting
for the purpose of laying the levy of said counties, a sum of money,
not exceeding four hundred dollars in each of the aforesaid
counties, to be collected and paid to the commissioners for the purpose
of erecting the bridge aforesaid. |
Levy authorised
for erecting
bridges. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That Thomas Woodward
and Samuel
Tyler, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to contract
with and employ any person or persons to build and complete the
same. |
Commissioners
to contract for
building the same. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy courts
of said counties
allow to the said commissioners two dollars per day for each day
they may be employed in advertising, contracting for and receiving,
said bridge. |
Their allowance. |
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CHAP. LXXXVI.
A Supplement to an act, * entitled, An act authorising a Lottery
to
raise a sum of money to purchase a Fire Engine, and
to purchase
Ground and build a School-House, in Rockville, in Montgomery
County. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 280. |
Passed Jan. 4, 1807. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Upton Beall, Honore Martin, Lewis Beall, Thomas Linsted, Thomas
P. Wilson, Richard Anderson and Solomon Holland, or a majority
of them, be and they are hereby authorised to propose a
scheme of lottery for raising a sum of money, not exceeding two
thousand five hundred dollars, and to sell and dispose of the tickets
thereof; provided, that the said Upton Beall, Honore Martin,
Lewis Beall, Thomas Linsted, Thomas P. Wilson, Richard Anderson
and Solomon Holland, or a majority of them before they
proceed to the sale of any ticket tickets in said lottery, shall
give bond to the state of Maryland, in the penalty of five thousand
dollars, conditioned, that they will well and truly apply the monies
arising therefrom, within ninety days after the drawing thereof, to
the payment of the prizes drawn therein to the adventurers to
whom they shall be due, and after deducting the necessary expenses
incurred in the management thereof, shall apply the residue,
within twenty months thereafter, first to the purchasing ground in
the said town, or the precincts thereof, and building a school-house
thereon, and then to the purchase of a fire engine. |
Scheme may be
proposed—managers
to bond. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bond shall
be lodged in
the clerk's office of Montgomery county, to be there recorded, and
upon such bond, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits may be instituted
for any breach or non-compliance with the condition hereof. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
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CHAP. LXXXVII.
An Act to alter and change the times for holding the Court of Oyer
and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for Baltimore County.
Lib.
TH. No. 1, fol. 281.
This act has no operation since 1816, ch. 193. |
Passed Jan. 4, 1807. |
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