| 1807.
CHAP. 110.
Fines imposed in
Baltimore county
on persons keeping
houses of ill-fame
appropriated
to use of dispensary. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
7. AND, for the purpose of assisting the funds
of the said institution,
BE IT ENACTED, That all fines imposed in Baltimore county
on persons convicted of keeping houses of ill-fame, shall be and
they are hereby appropriated to the use of the said General Dispensary,
and when collected shall be paid to such person as the president
and managers shall appoint as their treasurer. |
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Passed Jan. 20, 1808. |
CHAP. CXI.
An Act authorising the drawing of a Lottery for the benefit of the
College of Medicine of Maryland. Lib. TH.
No. 1, fol. 424.
Supplements, 1808, ch. 96, and 1811, ch. 132. See 1807, ch. 53. |
Scheme may be
proposed—bond
to be given. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John Eager Howard, James McHenry, James Calhoun, Charles
Ridgely, of Hampton, William Gwynn, John Comegys, Charles A.
Warfield, John Crawford, Solomon Berkhead, John B. Davidge
and Ennalls Martin, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby
appointed commissioners (a), and authorised to propose a scheme of
a lottery for raising a sum of money, not exceeding forty thousand
dollars, for the use of the college of medicine of Maryland, and to
sell and dispose of the said tickets in the said lottery as well in
the city of Baltimore as in any other part of the state, any law to
the contrary thereof notwithstanding, and shall proceed to draw
the said lottery; provided, the said commissioners, or such majority
of them as shall act under his 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 penal sum of eighty
thousand dollars, conditioned that they will well and truly, within
six months after the drawing of said lottery shall commence, apply
so much of the money arising therefrom as will satisfy the fortunate
adventurers for prizes drawn by them, and pay over the balance,
after deducting all necessary expenses of said lottery, to the
regents of the college of medicine of Maryland.
(a) By 1808, ch. 96, the regents
of the college of medicine of Maryland authorised
to appoint other commissioners than those here named—See also 1811, ch.
132, and 1817, ch, 154. |
| Bond to be recorded. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the said
commissioners, before they act as such, to lodge the said bond
in the clerk's office of Baltimore county, there to be recorded, and
upon such bond, or office copy thereof, suit or suits may be
instituted and prosecuted in any court of law or equity in this state,
wherein such obligors may be legally sued for any breach of, or
non-compliance with, the condition of the same. |
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Passed Jan. 20, 1808. |
CHAP. CXII.
An Act to lay out and open a straight Road from Forgusson Smith's
to Marley Mills, in Cecil County. Lib. TH.
No. 1, fol. 425. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS sundry respectable inhabitants of North
Milford Hundred,
in Cecil county, have petitioned that a straight road may be
made from Forgusson Smith's to Marley Mills, in Cecil county; and
the prayer of said petitioners appearing reasonable, therefore, |
Commissioners
may be appointed
to lay out and
open a road. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the justices of Cecil county levy court be and they are hereby authorised,
upon the application of a respectable number of the inhabitants
of said county, if the said court, upon consideration of all |
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