| NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 74.
Passed jan. 6, 1810. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. LXXIV.
An Act authorising John McWilliams, late Sheriff and Collector of
Saint-Mary's County, to complete his Collection.
Lib. TH. No. 2,
fol. 227. |
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Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
CHAP. LXXV.
An Act to authorise a Lottery or Lotteries in Frederick County.
Lib.
TH. No. 2, fol. 227. |
| Lottery authorised. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Andrew Shriver, Joshua Cockey, Greenberry Majors, Ludwick
Miller, Christian Bower, Adam Feeser, George Koontz, John S.
Shriver, Peter Erb and Nicholas Dill, or such of them as shall
enter into bond as herein after required, be and they are hereby
authorised to raise by lottery or lotteries, at any place within this
state, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, and sell and dispose
of the tickets at any place within this state, free from tax. |
| Bond to be given. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before any of the
persons above
named shall proceed to make sale of any ticket or tickets, they
shall give bond in double the sum to be raised by said lottery or
lotteries, conditioned that they will well and truly apply so much
of
the money arising therefrom, within six months after the drawing
thereof, as shall satisfy the fortunate adventurers for prizes drawn
by them, and after deducting the necessary expenses, within two
years, apply the residue to the purposes of purchasing a lot of
ground, and to erect thereon a good and suitable building for a
place of divine worship and school, adjacent to Union Mills, in
Frederick county, open to ministers professing the Christian religion
of all denominations. |
To be lodged in
clerk's office. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the bond or bonds
be lodged with
the clerk of Frederick county court, and upon the same, or any office
copy thereof, suit or suits may be brought for any breach or
noncompliance with the conditions thereof. |
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Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
CHAP. LXXVI.
A Supplement to the Act (a), entitled, An act for the recovery
of small
Debts out of Court, and to repeal the acts of
Assembly therein
mentioned. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 228.
(a) 1791, ch. 68. See 1801, ch. 42, and 1818, ch. 166. |
Jurisdiction of justices
of the peace
extended. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the first day of May next, in all cases where the
real debt and damages doth not exceed the sum of fifty dollars (b),
it shall and may be lawful for any one justice of the peace of each
respective county wherein the debtor doth reside, to try, hear and
determine, the matter in controversy between the creditor and debtor,
and upon full hearing of the allegations and evidences of both parties,
to give judgment (c) according to the laws of the land, and
the equity and right of the matter, in the same manner, and under
the same rules and regulations, to all intents and purposes, as such
justices of the peace are now authorised and empowered to do when
the debt and damages do not exceed the sum of ten pounds current
money.
(b) By December 1813, ch. 162,
a justice of the peace is authorised to determine
cases of damages for cutting, destroying, or carrying
away, timber or wood, where
such damage doth not exceed fifty dollars.
(c) By ch. 153, the justices
of the peace, upon entering judgments, to enter the
same so as to carry an interest thereon. |
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