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Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.
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An ACT authorising a Lottery for raising a sum of Money for the
purpose of erecting a Building to be called The Baltimore Female
Academy.
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That William Sinclair, William Ross, John
Price, Thomas E. Bond, John S. Hollins, Solomon Betts, Charles Robinson, Baltzer Sheffer,
Jacob Myers, Samuel Sterret, Robert Barry, Peter Little and William Stewart, or a majority of
them, be and they are hereby authorised to propose a scheme of a lottery, and to sell and dispose of
the tickets, as well in the city of Baltimore as in any other part of the state, clear of the city taxes,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding, for raising a sum of money, not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars, for the use and purpose herein after mentioned.
II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the said William Sinclair, William Ross, John Price, Tho-
mas E. Bond, John S. Hollins, Solomon Betts, Charles Robinson, Baltzer Sheffer, Jacob Myers, Sa-
muel Sterret, Robert Barry, Peter Little and William Stewart, proceed to make sale of any ticket or
tickets in the said lottery, they shall give bond to the state of Maryland in the penalty of forty thou-
sand dollars, 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 adventures to whom they shall be due, and the necessary expenses in-
curred in the management thereof, and the residue thereof to the purpose herein after mentioned;
and the said bond shall be lodged in the office of the clerk of Baltimore county, to be there recorded,
and upon such bond, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits may be instituted for any breach or non-
compliance with the conditions, thereof.
III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sum of money raised, in manner aforesaid, under the direc-
tion of the said William Sinclair, -William Ross, John Price, Thomas E. Bond, John S. Hollins, So-
lomon Betts, Charles Robinson,. Baltzer Sheffer, Jacob Myers, Samuel Sterret, Robert Barry, Peter
Little and William Stewart, or a majority of them, shall be applied to the building of a commodious
house within the city or precincts of Baltimore, adapted to the purpose of an academy for the edu-
cation of females; and the persons aforesaid, or a majority of them, are hereby nominated, consti-
tuted and appointed, trustees for the purpose of fixing, planning and finishing the same; and as soon
as the said building shall be erected and finished, Sarah Browne and George Matchett, of the city of
Baltimore, who now are jointly engaged in the education of females, under the name and firm of The
Baltimore Female Academy, shall be immediately put into possession thereof; and the said Sarah
Browne and George Matchett, or the survivor of them, shall and may hold, use and occupy, the same,
for the purpose aforesaid, by the name and style of The Baltimore Female Academy, and the said
building shall be ever after held and known by the name aforesaid, and used for the purpose aforesaid.
IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the said Sarah Browne and George Matchett shall die, re-
move out of the city and county of Baltimore, or if either the said Sarah Browne or George Match-
ett, or both of them, shall fail or neglect to teach, or cause to be taught, in the said Baltimore Fe-
male Academy, ten or more female children, for the space of one whole year together, then and in
that case the said building, with its appertenances, shall pass to, and vest in, the mayor and city
council of the city of Baltimore, to be held by them, and their successors, in their corporate capaci-
ty, for ever thereafter, for the purpose aforesaid.
V. AND BE IT ENACTED, That immediately after the said Baltimore Female Academy shall vest
in, and become the property of, the said mayor and city council as aforesaid, or so soon thereafter
as may be, the said mayor and city council shall and may proceed to appoint and employ suitable and
proper persons for the education and instruction of females in the same, and may from time to time
make and pass such ordinances, rules and regulations, for the well being and government of the said
academy, as they may deem just and proper, provided that the same be not in any wise contrary to
the laws of this state, or the laws of the United States.
CHAP. LXXII.
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