JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 1826.
4. And be it enacted, That in the event of an appeal, and
the inquisition of a jury, as provided for by this act, the
amount of damage for the land or real estate, and improve-
ments, so valued and assessed as aforesaid, being paid, or offered
to be paid, to the person or persons entitled to receive the
same, the state of Maryland shall thence forward forever there
after be considered the true and lawful owner and proprietor of
the said land or real estate, with the improvements thereof
and all the wharves, and other appertenances thereto belonging
or appertaining, and all right, title, estate and interest therein,
at law and in equity, shall be vested in the said state, with full
power, nevertheless, to the governor and council, to have any
part thereof condemned and used as a public street, which
they may deem necessary or proper to have so condemned and
used.
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CHAP. 250
After payment of
damages property
vested in state
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CHAP. CCLI.
An Act to explain an act, entitled, An act taxing or licensing certain Deal-
ers in Lottery Tickets, and others, passed December session 1821, chap-
ter 232.
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Passed Mar 12, 1827
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WHEREAS the general assembly of Maryland, by an act pass-
ed at December session eighteen hundred and nineteen, chapter
one hundred and seventy-three, prohibited any person within
this state from having in possession any ticket, or part of any
ticket, of any lottery not granted or permitted by this state,
with intent to sell negotiate or dispose of, the same: And
whereas, by an act passed at December session eighteen hundred
and twenty-one, chapter two hundred and thirty-two, they fur-
ther provided, that dealers in lottery tickets should obtain a li-
cense, and pay for the same, to the use of the state: And where-
as several grand juries of the city court of Baltimore, and
dealers who have obtained licenses to sell lottery tickets, have
construed the provisions of the last mentioned act of assembly,
in opposition to the opinions of the attorney general of, this
state, and the judges of said court, into a permission, to sell
lottery tickets not authorised by the state of Maryland, contra-
ry to the true intent and meaning of the acts aforesaid; There-
fare,
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Preamble
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1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall not be lawful for any person within this state, from
and after the passage of this act, to have in possession any ticket
er part of any ticket, of any lottery not granted or permitted
by this state, with intent to sell, negotiate or dispose of the
same, to sell, negotiate or advertise, in any way whatever,
any such ticket, or part of a ticket, or in any way or manner,
or as agent, factor, broker or attorney, for or on behalf of any
other person or persons, to aid. assist, or in any way to have
any concern with any other person or persons in selling, dis-
posing of, negotiating or transferring, any ticket, or part or parte
of any ticket, or scheme, or class of any lottery not granted or
authorised by this state; and any person offending in any of the
particulars aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay, in the discretion of
the court a sum not less than one hundred dollars, and not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, to be recovered in the county
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Penalty for sell-
ing &c. ticket in
any lottery not
granted by state
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