1807.

NOVEMBER. LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP.
LXVI.

tenance, until the said Thomas Fleming shall arrive to the age of twenty one years, and the said
Nancy Fleming to the age of sixteen years, under the directions and authority of the orphans court
of Worcester county.
CHAP. LXVII.

Passed 20th of
January, 1808.

A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act authorising the drawing
of a lottery to defray the expense of building a masonic hall in the
city of Baltimore.

Lottery may be
carried into ef-
fect, &c.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That John. Crawford, John Scott, William
G. D. Worthington, John Johnson, Peter A. Guestier, Edward G. Woodyear and J. Lewis Wam-
pler, or any four of them, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to carry the said lot-
tery into effect, and to do and perform every thing which could or might have been done by the per-
sons named in the original act to which this is a supplement.

CHAP. LXVIII.

Passed 20th of
January, 1808.

An ACT to incorporate a Fire Insurance Company in the city of
Baltimore.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, that the establishment of an institution
in- the city of Baltimore for insuring buildings and personal property of certain descriptions;
from loss or injury by fire, would be of great public utility, by alleviating the distress to which in-
dividuals are exposed, particularly in cities and towns, by affording them additional security to com-
mercial transactions, facilitating internal intercourse, and thereby contributing to an increase of the
wealth of society; therefore,

Capital stock,
&c.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General A sembly of Maryland, That the capital stock of the said com-
pany shall consist of five hundred thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each, and that subscrip-
tions for the same be opened in the several counties of this state, and in the cities of Baltimore and
Annapolis, for the several proportions thereof, in manner following, to wit: At Baltimore, for the-
city and county of Baltimore, for five thousand shares, under the direction of James Calhoun, Alex-
ander M'Kim, William Wilson, Mark Pringle, Adam Fonerden, Joseph Townsend, Edward John-
son, Henry Payson, Michael Diffendaffer, Henry Stouffer, William Norris, Andrew Ellicott, Jo-
seph Biays, Hezekiah Waters and John Ogston, or a majority of them; at Annapolis, for the city
of Annapolis and Anne-Arundel county, for three hundred and fifty shares, under the direction of
John Johnson, John Muir and Jonathan Pinkney, or any two of them; at Belle Air, for the county
of Harford, for three hundred shares, under the direction of John Moores, Henry Dorsey and John.
C. Bond, or any two of them; at Frederick-town, for Frederick county, for four hundred shares,
under the direction of Abraham Shriver, George Baer and George Creager, junior, or any two of
them; at Elizabeth-town, for Washington, for four hundred shares, under the direction of Natha-
niel Rochester, Jacob Schnebly and William Heyser, Frederick Dorsey and Henry Lewis, or a majo-
rity of them; at Cumberland, for Allegany county, for two hundred shares, under the direction of
George Hebb, George Thistle, and Patrick Murdock, or any two of them; at Montgomery court--
house, for Montgomery county, for two hundred and fifty shares, under the direction of Upton Beall,
Thomas P. Wilson and James Lachland, or any two of them; at Upper-Marlborough, for -Prince-
George's county, for two hundred and fifty shares, under the direction of Richard Marshall, Francis
Magruder and Leonard Covington, or any two of them; at Port-Tobacco, for Charles county, for
three hundred shares, under the direction, of John Edward Ford, William H. M'Pherson and John,
Barnes, or any two of them; as Leonard-town, for Saint-Mary's county, for two hundred. and fifty-
shares, under the direction of Henry, Neale, Thomas Barber and Joseph Ford, or any two of them;

at Prince-Frederick-town, for Calvert county, for one hundred and seventy shares, under the direc--
tion of Peter Emerson, Michael Taney and Joseph Ireland, or any two of them; at Easton, for
Easton and Talbot county, for three hundred shares, under the direction of Solomon Dickinson,
David Kerr, junior, and William Dunn, or any two of them; at Cambridge, for Dorchester county,
for two hundred and thirty shares, under the direction of James Steele, Richard Goldsborough and,
Samuel Brown, or any two of them; at Centre-Ville, for Queen-Anne's county, for three hundred
and fifty shares, under the direction of William Chambers, Prichard T. Earle and Daniel C. Hopper,
or any two of them; at Denton, for Caroline county, for two hundred shares, under the direction
of William Whitely, Solomon Brown and William Potter, or any two of them; at Chester-town,
for Kent county, for two hundred and twenty shares, under the direction of Benjamin Chambers,.
James Hodges, junior, and Philip F. Rasin, or any two of them; at Princess-Anne, for Somerset
county, for two hundred and thirty shares, under the direction of John Gale, Littleton D, Teacle.