| NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 56.
Election to be held
annually. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That an election for
commissioners of
the town shall be held annually hereafter on the first Monday in
April. |
Lawful proceedings
of present
commissioners
confirmed. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all lawful proceedings
of the present
commissioners shall be and are hereby confirmed. |
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Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
CHAP. LVII.
A Further Supplement to an Act (a) authorising a Lottery
for raising
a sum of Money repairing of Saint-George's Church, on
Deer
Creek, in Harford County. Lib. TH. No. 2,
fol. 199.
(a) 1805, ch. 102. See 1811, ch. 103. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the act to which this is a supplement, and
the former
supplement thereto, has been inadequate to the purpose for which
they were intended; therefore, |
Scheme may be
proposed. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
William Jolley, William Prigg, Thomas Street, Richard W. Hall,
Thomas S. Chew, Reuben Stump and Robert Morgan, or a majority
of them, be and they are hereby authorised to propose a scheme
of a lottery for raising a sum of money, not exceeding four thousand
five hundred dollars, for repairing the said church, and
for such other purposes for the benefit of the congregation of said
church, as to the said persons, or a majority of them, shall seem
best; and the said persons are hereby appointed managers to conduct
said lottery, and direct the application of the profits arising
therefrom, in the manner and within the limitations herein after
prescribed. |
Managers authorised
to appoint
agents, &c. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said managers,
or a majority
of them, shall have full power and authority to appoint, on such
terms as to them may seem expedient, one or more agent or agents
to conduct the drawing of the said lottery, to sell and dispose of
tickets therein, and apply the money arising therefrom to the payment
of prizes and expenses thereof, and the benefit of said congregations,
under the direction of the managers aforesaid, or a majority
of them. |
Managers to give
bond before they
dispose of tickets. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no manager or managers
shall
sell or dispose of any ticket or tickets in the said lottery, before he
or they shall give and execute a bond to the state of Maryland, in
which they shall propose, conditioned that they will well and truly
conduct the drawing of said lottery, and apply the money arising
therefrom, within six months after the drawing thereof, to the payment
of the prizes drawn therein to the adventurers to whom they
shall be due, and the necessary expenses incurred in the management
thereof, and the residue to the repairing of the said church,
and such other purposes for the benefit of said congregation, as shall
be directed by a majority of the aforesaid managers. |
Bond to be lodged
in clerk's office. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bond shall
be lodged in
the office of the clerk of Harford county, to be there recorded, and
upon such bond, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits may be instituted
for any breach or noncompliance with the condition thereof. |
Agents authorised
to sell tickets in
any part of the
state. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the agent or agents,
or any other
person or persons appointed by the managers, are hereby authorised
to dispose of and sell all or any of the tickets of said lottery
in any part of this state, any regulation, law or usage, of any |
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