EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER.
CHAP. C.

1809.

An ACT authorising Philemon C. Blake, late Sheriff of Queen-
Anne's County, to complete his Collection.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said Philemon C. Blake be and he
is hereby authorised and empowered to collect, until the first clay of January, eighteen hundred
and eleven, all balances due him as sheriff of Queen-Anne's county in the year eighteen hundred
and eight, in the same manner as he could or might have done within the time limitted by law, any
law to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of the said Philemon C. Blake, before he
proceeds to execute or distrain the property of any person or persons for public dues in virtue of this
act, to deliver to such person or persons chargeable with the same, at least thirty days previous to
levying such execution or distress, an account, written in words at full length, of the public dues
demanded of him, her or them, with an affidavit annexed, if required, that he hath not received any
part thereof, nor any thing as security or satisfaction for the same, more than credit given, to the
best of his knowledge.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said Philemon C. Blake, before he derives any benefit from
or under this act, shall lodge a copy of his collection books in the clerk's office of Queen-Anne's
county, to be opened for the inspection of all persons interested in the same.
CHAP. CI.

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.

An ACT authorising a Lottery to raise a sum of Money for building
a Wharf at the Town of Cambridge, in Dorchester County.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for Thomas
Lockerman, James Chaplain, Joseph E. Muse, James Steele and Josiah Bayly, or a majority of
them, to propose a scheme of a lottery, at any place within this state, for raising a sum of money,
not exceeding three thousand dollars, and sell and dispose of the tickets at any place within the same,
free from any tax, any law or ordinance of any incorporation within this state to the contrary not-
withstanding; provided the said Thomas Lockerman, James Chaplain, Joseph E. Muse, James Steele
and Josiah Bayly, 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 bond to the state of 'Maryland, in the
penalty of six 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 ex-
penses incurred in said lottery, shall, within twelve months from the time the drawing of said lottery
shall be completed, apply the money raised by such lottery to the building of a wharf at the town of1
Cambridge, in Dorchester county.

II. 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 Dorchester
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 conditions of the same.

CHAP. CII.

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.

An ACT to erect a Town in Montgomery County, and for other
purposes.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of sundry inhabitants of
Hyatt's-town, Montgomery county, that Jesse Hyatt did formerly lay off a parcel of land
into lots for the purpose of erecting a town, a great part of which have since been purchased, and
considerable improvements made thereon, and there being no record of the same, the titles of the
proprietors thereof are precarious and uncertain, and it is prayed that the same may be surveyed,
marked, bounded and erected into a town; therefore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Greenbury Howard, Edward Bur-
gess, junior, and John H. Smith, be and they are hereby by appointed commissioners, who shall, on or
before the first day of August next, meet at Hyatt's-town aforesaid, and having so met, the said

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.