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WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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1840.
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boats, vessels, property, estate or funds of any other com-
pany, corporation or individual of this State.
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CHAP. 168.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That said corporation is
hereby prohibited from issuing any note, certificate, device
or evidence of debt to be used as currency; and that the
right is hereby expressly reserved to the General Assembly
of Maryland, to repeal this act at its pleasure.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That this act shall endure
for thirty years from the date of its passage, if not sooner
repealed by the General Assembly.
CHAPTER 168.
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Banking forbid.
Right to repeal.
In force.
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An act to authorise the drawing of a Lottery, to introduce
a supply of wholesome Water in the Town of Port To-
bacco, in Charles County.
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Passed Feb. 27,
1841.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That John Ferguson, John Barnes, Gustavus
Brown, John R. Ferguson, William B. Stone, Elijah W. Day,
Francis R. Willis, Lynn Shackelford and William M. Hod-
ges, of Charles county, be and they are hereby appointed
commissioners, with full power and authority, by a scheme
of lottery, and the sales thereof, or of the tickets therein,
to raise the sum of five thousand dollars, over and above
all expenses and charges whatsoever; provided however, that
the said lottery shall be drawn under the direction of the
lottery commissioners, in pursuance of the act of eighteen
hundred and thirty-five, chapter two hundred and five.
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Commissioners
appointed.
To raise by lot-
tery $5000
Proviso.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the scheme aforesaid
shall be approved by the commissioners of lotteries, or
any one of them, before the same, or any tickets, shall be
deemed to be authorised to be sold; and that before the
said commissioners may sell as aforesaid, they shall enter
into bond, with sureties to be approved, and in a penalty to
be fixed by said commissioners of lotteries, or any one of
them, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duty
as commissioners, and for the due application, for the pur-
poses of this net, of all monies coming into their hands;
which bond shall be made to the Stale of Maryland, and
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Scheme to be
approved.
Commissioners
to bond.
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be filed in the clerk's office of Charles county court, and
may, on a certified copy thereof as evidence, be sued as
other public bonds may, by any person or persons, or body
politic interested in the condition thereof.
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May sue bond.
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