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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. CIX.
An Act to authorise a Lottery to raise a sum of money for building
a Church for the use of the German Lutheran and
Presbyterian
Congregations in or near the Village of Boonsborough,
in Washington
County. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 101. |
1808.
CHAP. 109.
Passed Dec. 24. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for George Scott, John Brandner, Henry
Nyman, John Ludy, Henry Locker, junior, and George
Troutman, or a majority of them, to propose a scheme of a lottery
for raising a sum of money, not exceeding two thousand six
hundred dollars, and to dispose of the tickets thereof; provided
the said George Scott, John Brandner, Henry Nyman, John Ludy,
Henry Locker, junior, and George Troutman, 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 four thousand
dollars, conditioned that they will well and truly apply so
much of the money arising therefrom, within six months after 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, within
twelve months from the time the drawing of said lottery shall commence,
apply the money raised by such lottery to the building of
the German Lutheran and Presbyterian Church. |
Scheme may be
proposed—bond to
be given. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the said
commissioners, before they act as such, to lodge the bond made
and entered into as aforesaid in the office of the clerk of Washington
county court, 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. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
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CHAP. CX.
An Act to empower the Executive to purchase Arms for the use of
the
Militia of this State, and for other purposes therein
mentioned.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 102.
This act repealed by Resolution of 1815. |
Passed Dec. 24. |
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CHAP. CXI.
An Act to incorporate a Company for the purpose of building a Bridge
over the River Susquehanna.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 103.
Supplements, 1815, ch. 123, and 1816, ch. 190. |
Passed Dec. 25. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Tobias E. Stansbury, Lloyd Dorsey, James Parker, Osborn Williams,
John S. Belt, Jonathan Ellicott and Robert Stewart, be and
they are hereby appointed commissioners, and they, or a majority
of them, are hereby required and directed, as soon as may be after
the passage of this act, to proceed to the river Susquehanna, and
fix upon a site for a bridge, at such point on said river, (at or between
Havre-de-Grace and the Bald Friar Ferry,) as to them
shall appear the most proper; and the said commissioners, or a
majority of them, shall, so soon as they have fixed upon said site,
cause a survey to be made thereof, and return the same, together
with their proceedings, to the clerks of Harford and Cecil county
courts, there to be recorded; and the said site, so fixed upon by the |
Commissioners appointed
to fix upon
a site. |
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