1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 246.

To raise money
by lottery.

chester county, be and they are hereby appointed commis-
sioners, with full power and authority, by a scheme or
schemes of lottery, and the sales thereof or of the tickets
therein, and without being subject to any tax whatever, to
raise the sum of ten thousand dollars, free and clear and over
and above all expenses, and charges and interest whatso-

Schemes to be
approved, &c.

Commissioners
to bond.

Bond to be filed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the scheme or schemes
aforesaid, shall be approved by the commissioners of lot-
teries, or any one of them, before the same or any tickets
shall be deemed to be authorised to be sold; and that be-
fore the said commissioners may sell as aforesaid, they shall
enter into bond with sureties to be approved, and in a pe-
nalty to be fixed by said commissioners of lotteries, or any
one of them, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their
duty as commissioners, and for the due application, for the
purposes of this act, of the monies coming to their hands
as commissioners, which bond or bonds shall be made to
the State of Mary land, and be filed in the clerk's office of
Dorchester county court, and may on a certified copy there-
of as evidence, be sued as other public bonds may by any
person or persons or body politic interested in the condi-
tion thereof.

Schemes to be
sold, &c.

Bond to be gi-
ven.

To be filed.

To make report.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said commission-
ers appointed by this act, may sell for such sums of mo-
ney as they may deem proper, the scheme or schemes
aforesaid; and the purchasers thereof and their assigns shall
have and enjoy all the rights and privileges in the disposal
of the tickets in said schemes and the raising money there-
from, as are by this act conferred on said commissioners;
provided however, that before such purchasers or their as-
signs shall so avail themselves of said schemes, they shall
enter into bond to the State of Maryland with sureties to be
approved and in penalty to be fixed by said commission-
ers of lotteries, or any one of them, for the punctual pay-
ment of all prizes that shall be drawn to such tickets, and
the bond or bonds shall be filed in Dorchester county court,
and may be sued as provided in cases of said bonds of said
commissioners; and said commissioners shall make report,
verified by affidavit, immediately upon making the sale or
sales of a scheme or schemes as aforesaid, particularly
certifying the amounts and terms of such sales.

To pay prizes
drawn, &c.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That when the said commis-
sioners, shall in place of selling a scheme, sell the tickets
therein, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to pay
the prizes which may be drawn to such tickets, which ob-